Saturday, December 28, 2024

Recent lottery winner killed in home invasion

Craigory Burch, Jr. tragically was killed in a home invasion Thursday night.
Craigory Burch, Jr. tragically was killed in a home invasion Thursday night.

Every lottery winner’s good luck doesn’t always last. Sadly, some winners turn into cautionary tales. That’s the sad case of Craigory Burch, Jr. a  Georgia forklift operator who won $434, 272 in the Fantasy 5 Georgia lottery last November. Burch, Jr. was killed in a home invasion this week.

AJC.com reports: 

A recent lottery winner was shot and killed during an overnight home invasion in south Georgia, authorities said Thursday.

No one has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Read more here.

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