Lottery winner exhumation begins
2013-01-18 21:00
Chicago - Authorities have begun exhuming the body of an
Indian-born man who was poisoned with cyanide after winning the lottery.
Backhoes began digging at a Chicago cemetery on Friday
morning to exhume the body of Urooj Khan.
The medical examiner plans to conduct another autopsy in
an effort to figure out exactly how he died.
Khan died in July as he was about to collect $425 000 in
lottery winnings.
His death was initially ruled a result of natural causes,
but a relative pressed for a deeper look.
Full toxicology results revealed in November that Khan
was poisoned.
His death was reclassified as a homicide.
Authorities hope a forensic autopsy will produce more
evidence and tests on Khan's organs may determine whether the poison was
swallowed, inhaled or injected.
- SAPA
