Treasure Seekers: Brutal Truth

While these stories all have unhappy endings, Ibi Roncaioli’s is particularly sad. After winning $5 million, Ibi spent the money lavishly, buying her son a house, going on gambling sprees, and giving another son from a previous marriage around $2 million. After carelessly spending their winnings, and hiding this, as well as a few other personal problems, Ibi’s husband Joseph was found guiltry of her murder her via the injection of a lethal concoction of painkillers – alcohol was also found in her system when she died. Much to the chagrin of Ibi’s family, he was sentenced to only seven years in prison in 2008.