PA - Francis Decero, 25, murdered after potentially winning the lottery, Philadelphia, April 26, 2022

[j_in_c]

Saw this news story - It doesn't make sense to me that he would be killed for a lottery ticket since they would know it was stolen? I guess criminals don't always think things all the way through. So terribly sorry for his family and the loss of their loved one, seemingly over greed.

From the article linked below:

A missing Philadelphia man was found dead last week and may have just won the lottery before his death, according to local reports. Francis Decero, 25, was found by a group of children in some bushes on Douglas Street, Philadelphia on May 4 and had been missing since April 26, according to a KYW news report.

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[worm]

I guess the victim had notified the lotto of the ticket or ? If he had the ticket and it hadn’t been verified yet then it would be like cash. This is strange.

 

[JoeFromLB]

He was tortured. Shot, stabbed, beaten, and burned.

The cruelty here is unreal and inhuman. We can only hope the detectives will place this case high on their priority list.

Francis Decero murder: Philadelphia man was shot, stabbed and burned, police say

 

[Marg from Oz]

Perhaps he had already collected his winnings.