Abraham Shakespeare, a Florida man who won $30 million in the lottery in 2006, was found murdered and buried under a concrete slab in the back garden of a home owned by an acquaintance, Dorice 'DeeDee' Moore. Shakespeare, 43, had been missing since April 2009, and his body was discovered on January 25, 2010.
Shakespeare, who was described as 'barely literate' and 'extremely generous,' had struggled with the changes brought by his sudden wealth. He told his brother he would have been 'better off broke' and complained that people only wanted his money. He met Moore in 2007, who posed as a friend and aspiring biographer but soon took control of his finances.
Moore, 49, bought Shakespeare's million-dollar home for $655,000 in January 2009 and helped him open a company, giving herself signing authority. She withdrew $1 million, which she claimed was a gift, using it to buy luxury vehicles and fund a holiday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called her a 'con artist' who cheated Shakespeare out of his money and possibly his life.
After Shakespeare's disappearance, Moore told the media he was 'laying low' and even used his phone to send texts to family. She paid a relative $5,000 to deliver a birthday card to Shakespeare's mother, pretending it was from him. However, investigators found his body buried under concrete at a property Moore had previously bought.
Moore denied killing Shakespeare, blaming drug dealers, but her ex-husband revealed he had dug a hole in the garden on the night of the murder at her request. In 2012, a jury found Moore guilty of first-degree murder, and she was sentenced to life in prison without parole. She is currently incarcerated at the Lowe Correctional Facility in Ocala, Florida.
