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Urooj Khan of Chicago is pictured holding his winning $1 million lottery ticket in this undated handout photo from the Illinois Lottery. Khan died of cyanide poisoning on July 20, 2012, and his death is now a homicide investigation.
By Andrew Mach, Staff Writer, NBC News
Authorities in Chicago expect to begin exhuming the remains of poisoned lottery winner Urooj Khan Friday morning, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times Thursday.
The Cook County Medical Examiner?s office and prosecutors in court last Friday issued the request to inspect Khan, who died shortly before he was to collect his winnings, to see how cyanide entered his system.
Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Susan Coleman signed off on the request,?saying no one had objected to exhuming Khan?s body, which had been laid to rest at Rosehill Cemetery on Chicago?s North Side.
Khan, 46, died July 20, one day after the state issued a $425,000 lump sum payout check for his $1 million winning lottery ticket. The check wasn?t cashed until Aug. 15, possibly by a member of his estate.
An autopsy had not been performed last summer because medical examiners believed Khan died from natural causes, but testing revealed he actually died of cyanide poisoning.
The case was recently reclassified as a homicide when a relative told authorities to take a closer look at Khan's death.?
In an affidavit, Chief Medical Examiner Stephen Cina said?it was necessary to do a full autopsy to ?further confirm the results of the blood analysis as well as to rule out any other natural causes that might have contributed to or caused Mr. Khan?s death.?
Khan?s widow and father-in-law have denied any involvement with the death. A lawyer described them as devastated. Khan?s estate with his dry cleaning business and his lotto winnings is said to be worth about $2 million.?
Police have not announced any suspects in their investigation.
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