"Shocking to the win the first one. The second one, that was like, I just couldn't believe this," said Mike Christiansen of Hadar.

Winning the same lottery at the same store in the same year was a fine silver lining in an extremely dark period in his life.

His daughter, Hailey Christiansen, was shot and killed in Norfolk in July. While the prime suspect Deshawn Gleaton currently awaits his pretrial on November 30th, Michael won his second lottery, totaling $100,000 in Norfolk from Louie’s Liquor. And he knows exactly where to put it.

"We're going to buy my daughter's house who was killed recently, and my boy's gonna live in it. So our grandson has a place to come back and see home when he comes back to see mom," he said.

"I honestly believe that it was divine intervention from Hailey to make sure we got her house."

She moved into the habitat home on Blaine Street two years ago, and she and her family put over 240 hours of work into bringing it all together.

By purchasing the house, Hailey’s son as well as her two dogs will still be able to have their old home.

"These two are definitely a big part of why I came over so much," said Hailey's brother Curtis Christiansen. "The super cuddly one, he'll hop up in bed and crawl upright on your pillow and head."

"Only thing I don't like is when he lays with his rear end toward me and gets a little gassy."

Hailey’s family says she loved animals, and her dogs Thor and Comrade were like her own children.

When she died, her brother did everything he could to make sure the animals could stay together.

"When everything did happen, that was one of the main questions everybody asked me, 'what are you going to do with the dogs?' and I told them they are going with me wherever I can take them," he said.

"Definitely having them around has been a comfort."

Curtis says DeShawn had a history of domestic violence against Hailey before her death.

"It's a terrible situation. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody. But as long as something good can come out of it and make sure this doesn't happen to somebody else, the sooner we can get some changes done, the better off the entire state will be."

Being able to keep his daughter’s home in the family brings some solace. Despite his improbable fortune, Michael says no amount of money would replace what he has lost this year-

"A very black day in our lives," Mike said. "To be honest, I would give all this money back if I could get her back."