<p>Police in Chicago, Illinois were trying to determine on Monday (January 7) if a man who recently won the Illinois state lottery was fatally poisoned before he tried to collect his big prize.</p><br /><p>Yarooshj Khan was the proud owner of three Chicago dry cleaning businesses when he won half a million dollars with a scratch off lottery ticket last July.</p><br /><p>Illinois lottery officials made a check out to Khan for his winnings but he was unable to collect the money because he fell ill.</p><br /><p>On the night of July 20th Khan felt ill and was taken to Saint Francis hospital where he died within hours.</p><br /><p>Medical examiner Dr. Stephen Cina believed Khan died of natural causes.</p><br /><p>"The preliminary investigation showed no suspicious circumstances," Cina said.</p><br /><p>That sentiment changed when Cina's office got a phone call from a relative of Khan's.</p><br /><p>"A family member contacted the doctor who had done the autopsy and suggested we might want to look a little further into the case," Cina said.</p><br /><p>The medical examiner's staff retested the toxicology samples and they found lethal evidence of cyanide.</p><br /><p>Now Cina's team is planing on exhuming the body to probe further into the death of Khan.</p><br /><p>-Reuters</p>
