Lotto winner who secured $27m ended up living in shed covered in human faeces five years later
dailyrecord.co.ukA man who bagged a $27million lottery jackpot ended up blowing all the money in just five years and living in a shed covered in human faeces.
David Lee Edwards was a convicted felon from Ashland, Kentucky whose life should have been changed forever when he won a quarter-share of the Powerball $280m jackpot in August 2001.Despite it being one of the biggest lottery wins in history, all of Mr Edward's money had been spent by 2006 on excessive purchases and drugs.
The first thing he had done after securing his prize was marry his girlfriend Shawna Maddux in Malibu, California and then the couple sent out to splash his cash, the Mirror reports.Just some of the lavish purchases included a mansion in a gated community, a private jet and a dozen more luxurious cars.
However, the overspending soon caught up with them and only five years later, Mr Edwards and Mrs Maddux were left penniless and living in a storage shed that was allegedly covered in human faeces.Mrs Maddux soon left to remarry and she and her new husband eventually took Mr Edwards in before finding a space for him in a hospice.
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