1 million to 1.

Funny, I thought they embalmed every person. If he wasn't, it's going smell pretty ripe!

On another note, why does this guy look like I seen him hundreds of times before?

Maybe because I'm always going to the convenience store.

I wouldnt really use "Un-lucky" here, he was poisoned & MOST likely a house/family member since I beleive reading that his last meal was at home & cooked by his F$%#@ -B%$@ wife!!!! So not un-lucky I'd say just cant tell whom to trust when you come across a good deal of cash!!! Thats too bad man!!! RIP bro!! & who ever did this will get thiers, either in karma & or in HELL!!! I hope BOTH!!!

@creek dog - Perhaps one of the most moronic and insensitive comments I've read today, on several levels.

occupy, if that is the most insensitive comment you've seen here, you haven't read many other comments on Newsvine.

Besides, if you lived in NJ, you'd know what he means.

I know exactly what he means. The guy died. He makes references to dead bodies smelling and racial stereotypes. I know exactly what I'm talking about and it was an asinine comment.

Depends on the faith of a person weather they would do embalming or not. That and if there is no viewing they don't have to be embalmed either, it's optional at that point. Either way, they could find out what killed him still. The ME office I am sure is used to less than perfect condition.

The dead bodies smelling is just a fact, whether harsh or not. But ok, its not my intention to defend Creek. LOL

But I have a convenience store down the road from me, and this man actually looks like him. Middle aged Indian man of about the same weight and height. So that's how I took his comment, and not a racial slur.

I think they can check for arsenic even if embalming took place. But I haven't watched CSI in a while, so not sure.

Creek Dog -

Didn't I see a comment from you earlier this week criticizing others for making jokes about a story involving a death??

Creek Dog - HERE IS YOUR POST:

California man drowns trying to save wife, dog from big waves

Thu Jan 3, 2013

• C'mon guys. Have compassion man. The guy is dead not to mention technically died a hero trying to save his wife. Jesus. R.I.P. Mr. Quaid. The guys above would've done the same thin …
• Only the immature laugh at tragic deaths. You'll never see someone crack a joke about a tragic death in their family. This is what makes "everyone" outside their family "fair Game" …
• Inigo, Yeah, you get all kinds here. Just think of their personality when you read a post like that. It's what I do. They're so dry up there, they don't know what to write. So they …

In an effort to play Attorney for Mr Creek, that all depends on your definition of "Tragic".

LOL I'm just kidding

At her request, my grandmother wasn't embalmed (don't know why, but knowing her, it was to keep things simple and cheap). They brought her out of cold storage for the viewing, then we went immediately to the cemetery.

Creek Dog,

You've seen him, THOUSANDS of times before. It's because you do all your grocery shopping at convenience stores. You've had many a Slurpee. Which reminds me of a joke which prolly doesn't pertain to you, Creek Dog. "If you do all your banking at a convenience store... you are a Mexican."

Yeah, I gotta gree.. Minooj ain't gonna look, nor smell, too good. Eww. hahaha. Febreze won't help. People, get over the insensitivity.

The "Medical Examiner" & staff really screwed up on the original autopsy & the check for the existence of chemicals in the unfortunate guy's body.

TFNJ... INTP.

MY PREDICTION: A member of the family is guilty of the poisoning; narrowing the list of suspects down, most likely the interviewed guy with the broken English. The wife cooked dinner; the brother-in-law poisoned the dinner whilst the wife was distracted. I've seen it in my Mind's Eye.

This is the only definition of INTP I can find.

http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html

After reading that I guess I cannot deny any truth to it.

i read this story a few days ago and cant seem to get it off my mind when I bought a ticket last wed. I am glad the judge and the coroners office are looking into this...its not normal...and i wish they would up the age of natural causes...to something like 50-55 , and even then that is really young for "natural causes"...cheaper on the states i guess that's why, idk.

TFNJ

So that's how I took his comment, and not a racial slur.

yes it was. It was a way to circumvent saying all Indian men look alike, just like saying all black guys look the same...all Mexicans a fat and lazy who would walk past someone in need...all white people care about is their bank account, all dems care about is free handouts, all republicans are nuts, all tea party members deserve to be laughed at because they ruin everything, all native americans are drunks....I can find more if you want...newsvine is a plentiful source of hatred.

Creekdog, you usually dont stoop to that level? what gives today

TFNJ

In an effort to play Attorney for Mr Creek, that all depends on your definition of "Tragic".

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall down an open sewer and die." ---Mel Brooks

Has anyone considered that maybe Creek Dog has the flu today? Give him a break!

Good one Denver Bill. I rest my case.

Hey, Spiderman never told me why he called me INTP. If the meaning Iposted is what he meant, then he will know this will nag my brain until I get an answer!

the wife did it....all these medical expenses should be paid back with the winnings

Kahn (thinking to himself): "My jumbo cherry squishee has a slight almond smell today for some reason."

damn tf youve had an interesting day here.i think spidey might have been talking about himself with the INTP.because right after that he gave his prediction as to why his spidey senses were tingling.dont take it personal.and good job w/creek.but i think he left ya hanging.taker ez TF.

Oh I'm not taking it personal, didn't mean for it to sound that way. I enjoy a good diagnosis and don't mind hearing what people think. I really am just curious why he would think that though. The way I read it anyway. Maybe you are right.

That plus my Attorney act is just my wacky sense of humor.

i get it but some just dont.some people are just tooooooooooooooo sensitve.i was going to comment on creeks post that im white and sometimes i cant tell white people apart.so his statement isnt that bad to me.but i didnt.glad i didnt too.im to tired to try to defend that.but it is what it is.plus your right about NE stores.and gas stations and smoke shops and dollar stores and......sh.t, someone will prob give me hell now.damn!!

TFNJ,

I was merely introducing myself to you that I am an INTP Brain Type. I wasn’t accusing you of anything.

R Battle,

You are correct, sir. I am INTP. But, I am a native American who does NOT live in a TP (I krak me up). See, there are Slurpee Convenience Store Indians, and then , there are TP Indians. Or , Casino Indians, if you prefer.

I believe Brain Typing is the true method of properly psychologically diagnosing and helping maintain/attain the emotional balance of people based on their neurological design; and I also believe that most of the old psychology philosophy that are studied in college courses have no decent physical basis and are wishy-washy pseudo-science, because one size DOES NOT fit all, as individual neurological development & behavior goes.

Be my friend TFNJ? And , also the rest of you. Sorry for the non-sequiturs. But, everything I bring up does relate to the articles commented on.

Lol, certain people like Creek I can kid with. But you are right others will not know and think its serious.

Hey its friday. Everyone enjoy and don't take life too serious.

Its fine if you had been Spidey, as I do fit those descriptions. The good and the bad parts. I agree with you on the psychology. They put you into premade molds depending on how you answer questions.

Surely on the friend request.

here here its friday! im glad you got your answer from DS.and i admit i was a little curious on that too.ok guys (or gals) im outta here.have home improvement to do.(whoopee) have a goodnight and ill see ya around the vine.peace.

Why would the wife kill him for $425 k, if his businsess is worth more than that and she would probably inherit it ?

JK and a few others,

I truly apologize if you mistook my post to be arrogant and stereotyping. There was no pun intended. After rereading it, I do realize it could be taken as insensitive. JK, you're correct as in, I do not like posts joking over a person who has passed on.

I was not cracking a joke. Where I live, there are many, many Indian people who own just about every gas station, convenient store, laundromats and dry cleaners. They're very hard working and deserve to reap the rewards of their hard work.

They are the nicest people. The deli around the corner where the whole family works are the funnies people. I go there just for their humor and kindness as in, the cashier guy messes with me and gives me too much change or too little so when I notice, we just laugh.

There is a dry cleaners around the corner where this poor guy in the story could be his twin brother.

If I crack a joke, you'll see an "LOL or Heh heh" after my post.

As for the body smelling, I was not cracking a joke there either. I thought it was standard procedure to embalm a body but, apparently I was wrong. The intention of embalming is to "preserve" a body.

This guy has been dead for a little while and not being embalmed, well, you know. This is also good because if he was embalmed, I doubt that they could retrieve the evidence they're looking for.

roadlesstraveled,

Your post is a very good example of how many people can mistake a post for numerous other intentions;

TFNJ

So that's how I took his comment, and not a racial slur.

yes it was. It was a way to circumvent saying all Indian men look alike, just like saying all black guys look the same...all Mexicans a fat and lazy who would walk past someone in need...all white people care about is their bank account, all dems care about is free handouts, all republicans are nuts, all tea party members deserve to be laughed at because they ruin everything, all native americansare drunks....I can find more if you want...newsvine is a plentiful source of hatred.

I understand where you're coming from however, to accuse me of all of the above from just one sentence again, is a good example of how different people can mistake one sentence for my entire personality and my outlook on life.

I am the farthest thing from a racist. I have many friends of color, creed, race etc... The best part of them is that we never look at each other outside of simply being a human being. We also tell each other jokes no matter what race just because they're funny and we understand each other so it does not matter.

Again, my apologies to anyone who was offended by my post. I will be more careful and do more proofreading in the future to avoid these type of circumstances.

Thanks for understanding and hope you all have/had a great weekend...

I don't think it is unusual for the wife to want to cash the check, even if it was close to the time of her husband's death. I must admit, I didn't click on your link, so I don't know all the details though.

I am glad that they are investigating this poor guy's death. He was one of those types of people who I like to see win the lottery. He actually seemed to have a smart plan for the money.

The check would go to his estate and be held by the probate court until such time as the courts release the estate to the family.

@starbuck: I just read the link, and WOW, what an eye opener! It does cast suspicion on his "wife." What a legal mess that whole situation is going to be, on many levels.

I know I didn't follow this story from the beginning when he died, but isn't it standard practice to perform an autopsy if he died while not in a hospital, or when they are not sure of the reason for death?

This whole thing doesn't seem right to me.

I lived in the UK for a few years. The Daily Mail is not really a source you would want to rely on for the truth. Just look at the headline about cashing a $1 million dollar check. That's more than twice what the check was. If they can't get that correct, then the rest of the article is highly suspicious. You may as well get your news from the National Inquirer.

Thanks for enlightening me on the validity of the Daily Mail. I really had no idea of the reputation it has. If it is comparable to the National Enquirer, it would be wise to be skeptical of any information it presents.

Not true about the check going to probate court, necessarily. My mom passed away and my sister was in charge of everything. She gave my brothers and I part of the money before the funeral, even. The rest right after. She had her name on my mom's checking account along with my mom. This was his wife, and I'm sure she had a joint checking account with him. I'm curious as to why nothing was checked into sooner, with such a horrible, tragic death. Poisoning is such an awful, painful way to die. Should have been checked into immediately! Not like it was a quick heart attack...

Apparently so, and ditto for cab drivers. But doctors are not....hmmm, apparently if you make enough money, a racist stereotype is then positive instead of negative and therefore not racist.

"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important sides.."

That's good, avjguy!

I posted a couple of days earlier some other possible stories, including a fellow on the trip to Mecca, who took note of the "May I die if I ever gamble again," statement; a disgruntled former employee, and some others, and the poison (according to my thoughts) was slipped into his medication, disguised to look like a regular night-time prescription pill, and it was a lottery of sort of when he'd take it.

First, it wasn't arsenic, it was cyanide. Second, cyanide is so fast-acting that the single dose it takes to kill wouldn't have time to get into the hair. Traces in the hair indicate long-term, chronic poisoning.

Many religions don't go for embalming. Fortunately, he didn't ask to be cremated.

Maze, he got a lump sum payout rather than the full million he would have gotten if he'd set up the payment on a 10-20yr annuity, as most states do. Lump sum is basically around 60% of the value of the prize, then he pays taxes on that. The 425K is his aftertax payout.

The money would go into his estate. His executor would cash it, or his wife if he had not specified an executor.

It all seems suspicious to me. Don't need to be Ellery Queen to deduce that something is wrong.

That can be said every day.

@ TIM I agree with you 100% No one in this forum made comment like that ...What in the world happened to the hospital staff? medical examiner ? that tells you how fast they wants you to go in the grave and NEXT .....

If I was the brother I would sue the medical examiner how young you have to be I understand the cook county is age 45 and younger to be autopsied ,.But the circumstances ...common.or because he is foreigner .....sloppy job from MR CHINA STEPHEN (whatever).

Could have been worse. He could have not won the money and then died.

He didn't even get to cash his first check lol his family benefited more from his winning. At least he can pay for his own funeral I guess. Ya ya ya I know, insensitive blah blah blah

If it was the wife that did this, her justice will come when the ghost of Urooj haunts her every living day

I don't ever want to be murdered.I want to be buried in Eufaula, Al

I want to be buried in Eufaula, Al

A fate worse than death...