A woman who admitted to receiving food stamps after winning $1 million on a Michigan state lotto game show was found dead today.
The circumstances surrounding Amanda Clayton's death were not immediately released by police, but ABC News' Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV reported that sources within the police department said they suspect the woman died of an overdose.
An autopsy is pending on Clayton's body, which was found at a home in Ecorse, Mich., police said.
Clayton, who became a millionaire after her big win last September, caused outrage earlier this year when it was revealed she was continuing to get $200 in monthly food aid from the state.
According to the attorney general's office, Clayton failed to report her winnings and employment while receiving $5,475 in food and medical assistance.
"It's simply common sense that million dollar lottery winners forfeit their right to public assistance," Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement. "We will continue to work with local, state and federal authorities to uphold state laws intended to ensure wise stewardship of taxpayer dollars."
Michigan public assistance programs require participants to report income and employment.
She pleaded no contest to welfare fraud and was sentenced to probation in July.
By: kings World
In: Regional News
Tags: 1, Million, Dollar, Lotto, Winner, Found, Dead, In, Michigan, charged, with, fraud, food, stamps
Location: Michigan, United States (load item map)
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i bet drugs were the reason she was assistance in the first place....why dont we drug test people on assistance again?
Posted Sep-30-2012 Bydietcokesucks (1006.50) 
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@dietcokesucks
Exactly. But then again, why should the freeloaders be tested? Only those of us that work our asses off daily deserve it, right? Endless billions would be saved each year if it happened. Or at least a lot of people just might possibly quit the narcotics; though doubtful.
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByPathfinder27 (144.60) 
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@dietcokesucks
always playing the race card...
oh wait.
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByAiredale (2724.26) 
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@Pathfinder27
Now, her baby daddys have fled the crib.
kids back on assistance... it never ends.
a shame the pro choice crowd doen't push sterilization after 1 free be pops out of the oven, ward of the middle class "baby daddy" tax payer
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByAiredale (2724.26) 
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Dumb bitch + lots of money = Darwin wins
Posted Sep-30-2012 Bymedainbramaged (559.00) 
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This is such awesome news.
This woman was a cunt.
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByEnwon Geegeefor (136.80) Enwon Geegeefor View Channel Send Message
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Correct me if I am wrong but she was a WIC momma,
she leaves her crack baby's with uncle sam paying for the raising of her village idiots
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByAiredale (2724.26) 
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@Americanalltheway
I don't care if the constitution has an amendment protecting the rights to bare children at government expense
BAN FOOD STAMPS !
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByAiredale (2724.26) 
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Rest with the maggots you fucking cunt... Good riddance..
Posted Sep-30-2012 BySubhumanContinent (161.20) 
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I wonder which brutha now holds her last wad of cash
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByAiredale (2724.26) 
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@Airedale The brutha with the biggest crack rock on the street.
Posted Sep-30-2012 BySubhumanContinent (161.20) 
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It wasn't suicide. That was karma at it's finest.
Posted Sep-30-2012 Bydiggathadj (38.50) 
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Agreed. And why did this video have RIP at the end. Should have said rot in hell instead.
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByPathfinder27 (144.60) 
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poetic justice...served cold
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByAiredale (2724.26) 
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Suicide? Of course not, she was just a stupid trailer trash bitch who had no idea just how fucking lucky she had been!
Good. Fucking. Riddance
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByRowhan (143.70) 
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Good,
greedy bitch.
Posted Sep-30-2012 Bymoefugger (2158.46)

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Karma bitch.
Posted Sep-30-2012 By65AC427 (60.28) 
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drugs,,end of story
Posted Sep-30-2012 Byoutsidelooknn (1132.10) 
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ikr
She got ahold of some good raw...
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByBen Cambone (496.40) 
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Did she starve to death when they stopped her food stamps?
Posted Sep-30-2012 Byfr33thinker (901.10) fr33thinker View Channel Send Message
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Karma comes in many ways, shapes and forms.
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByKULLPRIT (67.60) 
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Tax payers funded her death.
Posted Sep-30-2012 Bytncobra (337.52) 
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Yes, the WIC $ was used to purchase the ticket, without a doubt.
End the food stamp program
Posted Sep-30-2012 ByAiredale (2724.26) 
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