This June 2012 photo provided by WMAQ-TV in Chicago shows Urooj Khan, center, holding a ceremonial check in Chicago for $1 million as winner of an Illinois instant lottery game. At left, is Khan's wife, Shabana Ansari. Khan, 46, who owned several dry cleaning operations and some real estate, died suddenly on July 20, 2012, just days before he was to collect his winnings. Khan's death has been ruled a homicide. Court records show that Ansari has battled with his siblings over control of his estate, including his $425,000 prize money. A Cook County judge on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, approved the exhumation of Khan's body. (AP Photo/Courtesy of WMAQ-TV in Chicago)
This June 2012 photo provided by WMAQ-TV in Chicago shows Urooj Khan, center, holding a ceremonial check in Chicago for $1 million as winner of an Illinois instant lottery game. At left, is Khan's wife, Shabana Ansari. Khan, 46, who owned several dry cleaning operations and some real estate, died suddenly on July 20, 2012, just days before he was to collect his winnings. Khan's death has been ruled a homicide. Court records show that Ansari has battled with his siblings over control of his estate, including his $425,000 prize money. A Cook County judge on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, approved the exhumation of Khan's body. (AP Photo/Courtesy of WMAQ-TV in Chicago)
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Lottery shows Urooj Khan, 46, of Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, posing with a winning instant lottery ticket. On Friday, Jan 11, 2013, a Cook County judge granted authorities permission to exhume the body of the Chicago lottery winner who was fatally poisoned with cyanide just as he was about to collect his $425,000 payout. His July 20 death was initially ruled a result of natural causes. (AP Photo/Illinois Lottery, File)
CHICAGO (AP) ? Authorities have begun exhuming the body of a Chicago man who was poisoned with cyanide after winning the lottery.
Backhoes began digging at a Chicago cemetery Friday morning to exhume the body of Urooj (oo-ROOJ') Khan. The Cook County medical examiner plans to conduct another autopsy in an effort to figure out exactly how he died.
Khan died in July as he was about to collect $425,000 in lottery winnings. His death was initially ruled a result of natural causes, but a relative pressed for a deeper look.
Full toxicology results revealed in November that Khan was poisoned. His death was reclassified as a homicide.
Authorities hope a forensic autopsy will produce more evidence and tests on Khan's organs may determine whether the poison was swallowed, inhaled or injected.
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