The Unluckiest Winner - Plant City, Florida

Lottery Win and Generosity

• 💡 Abraham Shakespeare, an illiterate, poor man from Plant City, Florida, won a $30 million lottery in November 2006.
• 💰 Despite his newfound wealth, he remained humble, living simply and often expressing frustration with constant requests for money.
• 💖 He was incredibly generous, paying off mortgages, covering funeral costs, and giving large sums to family, friends, and even strangers.

Exploitation and Disappearance

• ⚠️ Abraham's generosity made him a target, leading to a lawsuit from a co-worker over the ticket, which he won.
• 🐍 Dee Dee Moore, a "businesswoman" with a history of fraud, befriended Abraham in late 2008, quickly becoming his financial advisor.
• 🏠 Within 90 days, Moore systematically transferred Abraham's assets (his $1.1 million house, annuities, and debts) into her name and company, and used his money for lavish purchases.
• ❓ Abraham disappeared in April 2009, with Moore offering multiple, conflicting explanations for his absence, from traveling to being sick.

Investigation and Discovery

• 📱 Moore used Abraham's phone to send texts with uncharacteristically perfect grammar, raising suspicions among his friends and family.
• 🔍 Web sleuths and police began investigating Moore, uncovering her criminal past and her lavish spending of Abraham's money.
• 🚨 Moore was caught trying to orchestrate a cover-up, including having Abraham's barber friend, Greg Smith, impersonate him in a call to his mother.
• 💀 Abraham's body was discovered buried under a concrete slab on a property owned by Moore's boyfriend, a hole dug by her ex-husband at her request.

Conviction and Legacy

• 🔫 The medical examiner determined Abraham was shot twice in the chest with a .38 caliber handgun, a weapon registered to Dee Dee Moore.
• ⚖️ Moore was found guilty of first-degree murder, despite her attempts to blame others, including her 14-year-old son.
• ⛓️ She received a sentence of life without parole plus 25 years, with the judge calling her "manipulative" and Abraham her "prey."
• 💔 The case became a cautionary tale about the "curse of the lottery," highlighting how sudden wealth can attract exploitation and lead to tragic outcomes.