Loto money divides family

[NewsWhore]

An 88-year old woman was said to have won the RD$18 million Loto prize last 28 March. The lucky event has apparently touched off a family dispute with one branch accusing the other of kidnapping the lucky winner. Other family members denied the accusation, telling El Caribe reporters that the dispute was between the lucky winner's sons, who want to share out the winnings even before the prize is collected. Yesterday the grandchildren and children of the winner, Sara Morillo de Tavarez, denounced the kidnapping. However, another son, Jose, told the reporters that the poor woman was exhausted by people asking for help and who kept the apartment in Villa Olimpica in Santiago under constant vigil. Jose Tavarez said that he had bought the winning ticket at the El Olimpico Supermarket in Villas Noa, but that he preferred that his mother claim the prize. He remarked that he never thought that this would lead to charges of kidnapping the old woman. El Caribe reporters spoke to his brother by telephone, and he denied that their mother had been kidnapped. Rodolfo Tavarez pointed out that the elderly woman lived in his apartment in New York City and that he took care of her. Every motoconcho driver in the area can point out the lucky winner's apartment.

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