The DISTURBING Story Of The $1M Lottery Winner Who Died Of Cyanide Poisoning The Very Next Day

Urooj Khan won $1 million on an Illinois lottery scratch-off. The state issued his check on July 19, 2012, and he died the next day. His death was initially called natural, his body was buried, and the check was later cashed. Then a preserved blood sample revealed a lethal level of cyanide. This is the forgotten story of how a Chicago lottery celebration became an unsolved homicide investigation. We examine the suspicious timing, the exhumation that failed to reveal how the poison was administered, the family conflict over Khan's businesses and estate, and the eventual division of the jackpot while his killer remained unidentified. Who do you think poisoned Urooj Khan, and was the lottery money the real motive? Tell us what you think in the comments. Subscribe to Dumb Money Club for more unbelievable lottery winners, jackpot crimes, and true stories about what happens when life-changing money goes wrong. Sources and further reading: Associated Press via CBS News, Chicago lottery winner died from poisoning: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-... Los Angeles Times, homicide finding unchanged after autopsy: https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm... CBS News, wife and daughter divide the estate: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wife-and... Urooj Khan died before receiving the money he had won. His brother proved the death was not natural, but no one has been publicly charged with the killing.