Cyanide poisoning killed $1 million lottery winner, authorities confirm

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A Chicago man who died the day after he collected on a $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket was killed by cyanide poisoning, a medical examiner ruled Friday, confirming an earlier finding.

The announcement shed no further light on the death of the man, Urooj Khan. Authorities dug up his body last month in hopes of learning more, but the tissue had decomposed too badly to yield any additional clues, the medical examiner said.

Dr. Stephen Cina, medical examiner for Cook County, said that blood tests after the exhumation confirmed the finding. He also told reporters that he could not conclude how the cyanide was administered. It can be swallowed, inhaled or injected.

Coronary artery disease was ruled a contributing factor after examiners found an artery 75 percent blocked, Cina said.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148201-cyanide-poisoning-killed-1-million-lottery-winner-authorities-confirm?lite

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