14. Amanda Clayton
Amanda Clayton won the lottery in Michigan and promptly told everyone about it, and this might have been the key to her demise. After announcing that she had won many random new ‘friends’ were lining up to take advantage of her and her new found wealth. Shortly into her time as a lottery winner Clayton was found guilty of collecting over $5000 worth of food stamps from the state of Michigan after she collected her lump sum from the lottery. She was tried and sentenced to nine months of probation and to pay back the $5500 that she wrongfully took from the state. In her time as a million dollar winner Clayton also threatened her neighbors with three hired strong arms carrying a bat and a knife. One ran away and the two that remained went to jail. In September 2011 Amanda Clayton was found dead in her house holding her 1-year-old daughter. The young woman appeared to have died from a drug overdose.
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