Expand / Collapse search
Watch TV
Menu

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper.

Police and Law Enforcement

North Carolina man who hit $10M lottery jackpot charged with murder

Body of 23-year-old victim found in hotel room by maid

By Vincent Barone New York Post
Published
close
Fox News Flash top headlines for July 22 Video

Fox News Flash top headlines for July 22

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

A North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery in 2017 has been charged with murder in the death of a woman who was found lifeless in a hotel room.

Michael Todd Hill, 52, of Leland, was arrested Tuesday after the body of 23-year-old Keonna Graham was discovered the day before.

Hill, who won his fortune from an Ultimate Millions scratch-off ticket in August 2017, checked into the hotel alone on Sunday, according to a local NBC affiliate. No one on staff saw Graham during his stay, he said.

'BLACK LIVES MATTER' PUT ON BILLBOARD BESIDE CONFEDERATE FLAG IN PROTEST

A housekeeper discovered her body Monday when she went to clean the room after Hill’s scheduled checkout.

This photo provided by the Shallotte Police Department, in North Carolina, shows Michael Todd Hill. Hill, a North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017, has been arrested on a murder charge in the killing of a woman whose body was found at a hotel, on Monday, July 20, 2020. (Shallotte Police Department via AP)

This photo provided by the Shallotte Police Department, in North Carolina, shows Michael Todd Hill. Hill, a North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017, has been arrested on a murder charge in the killing of a woman whose body was found at a hotel, on Monday, July 20, 2020. (Shallotte Police Department via AP)

Graham worked as a correctional officer at a prison in Burgaw, North Carolina, and previously worked with mentally disabled people in a local rehabilitation center. She was remembered by a relative as a generous and adventurous woman who enjoyed hiking and riding bicycles.

“She did all of this like it was second nature to her,” said Antionette Lee, her cousin, who added that Graham had an “unbreakable bond” with her her 10-year-old sister.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“We are hurting. We are in pain,” Lee said. “Our family is devastated.”

No further details about the killing were available.

NORTH CAROLINA BUDDHIST MONK KILLED WHILE KNEELING IN PRAYER BY STRAY BULLET

Hill had purchased his winning scratch-off from a local gas station, the station reported. Employees there said he stopped in often and seemed perfectly pleasant. After hitting it big with the lottery prize, he returned to the store to give the woman who sold him the winning ticket $2,000.

He has been ordered to be held without bond at a Brunswick County jail after his initial court appearance.

The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation assisted in the investigation.

CLICK FOR MORE FROM THE NEW YORK POST