The convicted killer of the lottery winner speaks behind the bars

Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore was convicted of murdering Florida Lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare in 2012. More than a decade later, despite numerous failed appeals, she continues to maintain her innocence.

“There was no reason for him to pass money,” said Moore in an exclusive interview from prison to “20/20”.

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The case attracted national attention when Shakespeare, who won a lottery price of $ 30 million in 2006, disappeared in 2009. His body was buried under a concrete slab in Moore’s garden with two gunshot wounds on the chest.

Before Shakespeare met the Jackpot, he set strange jobs in Lakeland, Florida. He loaded trucks, swept soils into a hairdresser shop and did everything to get through.

After raising the flat rate of 17 million US dollars, his generosity became legendary in Lakeland – and finally made him vulnerable.

“People didn’t hesitate to come to Abraham,” said reporter Deborah Mathis, who reported the case, about “20/20”. “‘I need money for my mortgage …’ ‘You will resume my car …’ ‘I have to bury my mother.’ Everything you can think about that someone needed.

In 2008, Moore connected his broker with Shakespeare and claimed that she wanted to write a book about his history of rags to Riches.

At that time, Moore had American doctors, nursing staff agency and people near Shakespeare that she was a successful businesswoman.

Moore claimed that she offered to help growing financial complications in Shakespeare’s. According to Mathis, Moore soon became his emissary and collected money from people who had borrowed from him.

She also started to record her conversations, to conquer Shakespeare’s appearance and to want to go back his old life. She showed the police a video and claimed that Shakespeare ran away because he was depressed about the constant demands on money.

The public prosecutor painted a different picture and claimed that Moore pulled $ 1 million back from Shakespeare’s accounts, bought luxury vehicles such as a lobster and corvette and went on vacation with the money.

The investigation took a turn when the authorities found that Moore Shakespeare’s girlfriend Greg Smith had paid to make Shakespeare’s mother Elizabeth Walker a wrong call to be her son.

Walker, who died in 2023, was pleased to hear from her son, but knew that the voice was eliminated. She called the police and traced the phone back to Smith, who later became an important witness in Moore’s process.

“I didn’t feel right, but I thought I would help Ms. Walker to feel better because she was worried about her son,” said Smith 2009 about detective.

Smith said he didn’t know that Moore was behind Shakespeare’s disappearance and death. He worked with the authorities to help them get evidence against them.

Moore was convicted of first -degree murder in December 2012. Although she served a lifelong prison term without probation, she continues to fight her conviction. She tried three times.

“I have the feeling that there is a lot of ignorance in the world that does not understand that it was a one -sided attempt,” said Moore in her last interview with “20/20”.

In their latest complaint in 2023, Moore claimed that corrupt investigators were bribed by drug dealers associated with Shakespeare. The police denied these allegations.

“I have never heard of anything from this corrupt drug network that affects Abraham Shakespeare or corruption within our departments,” said investigator Greg Thomas to “20/20”.

The judge submitted her application for a new trial.