Winning the lottery seemed like the most unexpected stroke of luck of his life, but it ended up causing his murder.
Abraham Lee Shakespeare earned $30 million in 2006 in the American lottery. He was an ex-convict who could barely read and write. 4 years after winning that money, He was found dead under a cement block at a friend’s house in Plant City, on the West Coast of Florida.
Her friend, Dorice “DeeDee” Moore, was accused of helping to hide the body and was known as “The Deceiver.” The details of Shakespeare’s death remained a mystery. Her criminal record made it very difficult for authorities to find her killers.
Abraham Shakespeare.
The tragic story of Abraham Lee Shakespeare, the day laborer who became a millionaire but luck was not on his side
While working for a truck driver, helping with loading and unloading, earning eight dollars an hour, he passed a gas station and asked his boss to buy him two lottery tickets on November 15, 2006, not knowing that within a few hours he would be holding a check for 30 million dollars.
Decided collect all the money at once Instead of receiving $1.5 million a year for two decades, someone who had never had a bank account received $17 million in a matter of days.
From then on, he became the “Santa Claus of Lakeland.” He gave $5,000 to anyone who asked, lent $1 million to his closest relatives, bought houses, paid off debts. He began to live a life of luxury and selfless spending.The problem came when lawsuits started coming in and he had to face legal fees.
In 2007 he met DeeDee Moore, a woman with a criminal record. Accused of reporting false kidnappings and rapes, her life became more chaotic from then on and she began to be involved in various attempts to defraud the State, which are believed to have been influenced by this new friendship.
After selling businesses and several properties to Moore for $665,000, he was found dead a few months later in her backyard.
Source: Ambito
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