Georgia lottery winner murdered in home invasion

A Georgia lottery winner’s luck ran out after he was murdered in a home invasion on Thursday. Craigory Burch Jr., 20, recently won almost half a million dollars from the Georgia lottery’s Fantasy 5 in November. Two months later, robbers broke into his home and gunned him down.

Craigory Burch, forklift driver who won $430K lottery, murdered in home invasion

Jasmine Hendricks, his girlfriend, who was in the house during the break-in, ran for help after the deadly attack, according to WALB. Threee masked robbers blasted open the door with a shotgun and held Burch at gunpoint, demanding his money and wallet, she said.


"When they came in, he said, 'don't do it bro. Don't do it in front of my kids. Please don't do it in front of my kids and old lady,'" she told the local station. "He said I'll give you my bank card."

Burch then threw his pants to the robbers, who rummaged through the clothes to find his wallet. When the search came up short, the three shot and killed him before fleeing. Police are stilling hunting for the killers who targeted the recent lottery winner.

Burch, a forklift driver, bought his winning ticket on Nov. 29 from a gas station and won the $434,272 jackpot prize. “My right eye and hand had jumped for the past two weeks,” Burch explained in December, saying he had a feeling this was a lucky ticket.

“I knew that I would come into money.” His friends said he used his $434,272 winnings to help buy Christmas presents for people in need. His mother, Leslie Collins, gave a tearful message to the thieves behind the slaying on Thursday:

"I want them to know what they took from me. They took a part of my life away from me."