Winner of $2 million lottery prize found dead in Michigan river [View all]
MIDLAND, MI — Police have identified a body found floating in the Tittabawassee River over the weekend as that of a Bay County, Michigan, man who won about $2 million in the lottery more than 10 years ago.
The Midland Police Department confirmed the body was that of 69-year-old Leroy N. Fick, an Auburn resident. Officers said the circumstances of Fick’s death do not appear to be suspicious, though they did not disclose the cause or manner of death.
Within two years of winning the lottery and having squandered most of the funds, Fick was living on a fixed income of about $1,100 per month.
Fick said “I thought people would love me if I helped them out some. I had the wrong idea, I guess. They all turned on me and that was it.”
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