I think in some states you can choose to stay anonymous when you pick up your winnings. Like they won’t give out your name to the press, etc. but yeah, definitely should be the standard for all lottery winners.
Agreed. You can stay anonymous but I don't think that most people are aware of that or know the process involved. There are specific steps you have to take
@@tonyabrookes9931 right? If I were lucky enough to win the lottery, you best believe I wouldn’t let them put my name out there lol. So many lottery winners get murdered or have bad things happen to them, it’s really quite scary.
I feel so bad for Abraham. He had no one. Yeah, he had plenty of leeches but no genuine friends. Seems like he was a good guy who just wanted to live his own life and be let be. God rest his soul.
Those who have limited education, mental capacity, and serious handicaps need to be protected. The elderly too, obviously. But they can be very quick. There should be an automatic accountant for large windfalls, insurance, and inheritance. Not many people know how to work with that much money.
The amazing thing is, while being investigated, Dee Dee first asks her elderly father to take the blame, trying to persuade him saying he has so little time left to live anyways. When that doesn't work and he refuses, she actually blames her 14 year old son! Her defence basically was that she was attacked by Abraham, with her son present in the room, the boy killed him in his mothers defence, and she gallantly took the blame to spare her child as the investigators were closing in on him. What a piece of crap.
Wow she was definitely sick. Also just to think you could get away with having a random person call Abraham’s mom and say “it’s me mom” and that would actually work really shows you the level delusion this woman had.
I feel so bad for Abraham. He genuinely tried to help his friends and family and instead of them being grateful, they just kept taking more and more. All he wanted was someone to be a true friend to him and it got him killed. He trusted that her and unfortunately she turned out to be a heartless, conniving, no good monster.
I feel so bad for Abraham too. Unfortunately the villains of the world will gravitate to where the money is. People can be so greedy. This woman makes my skin crawl.
Sociopaths like Dee Dee truly scare me. But I must say, I love when criminals like Dee Dee encounter people who refuse to entertain whatever BS they spit out. Those cops, that judge, and the TV interviewer kept cutting her nonsense off at the knees.
That's why they're hard on her, she's scammed people before and has lied several times and has been arrested several times If this was her first occurrence, they would of built rapport
She had a mean face with cold, calculating eyes. Kind hearts see the best potential of everyone. We must accept what we read in their face and eyes. No matter how charming they are. Everything about DeeDee is a giant red flag. In the video Abe's body language and vocal inflections show he is already sick of her. He wanted desperately to start fresh somewhere. Find genuine connection. He knows this woman isn't capable of authenticity. He can probably sense she is dangerous.
The bit I REALLY LOVE is the bit at the end when the TOTALLY worthLESS LYING, MURDERUNG, CON ARTIST SCUMBAG is being interviewed in prison and the guy interviewing the murderer shuts them up by pointing out the fact that ALL the so-called witness statements were in the con artists hand writing!!! It was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL seeing the sociopath at a TOTAL LOSS for words and left floundering for ALL the world to see due to the fact that they knew the game was up!!!
What I find cosmically ironic about this story is that she got caught because she got conned. The very thing she did to everyone else wound up being her undoing. A man convinced her he would have someone else take the fall, and got her to fess up everything just to get her caught and thrown in jail where she belongs. The world has a funny way of throwing karma straight back at you.
OMG, I love that last bit. She was not expecting the reporter to call her out on her “witness accounts.” She really didn’t expect to be called out on the handwriting.
I was in prison and shared a bunk with this woman. She would tell anyone who would listen that she was framed and she's getting a new trial. ALL lies. She has endless men sending her money and writing to her. She is a complete waste of space. This was 2014 - 2015 at Lowell's Annex Prison
It’s sickening when she’s video taping Abraham. She’s obviously encouraging him into saying the best thing for him would be to disappear somewhere far away. Little did he know she was preparing for his death
Definitely premeditation. She knew right then what she was going to do. I hope she never gets out. So sad, he was so generous and just needed someone to trust. Fucking sucks
I remember when I got a large sum of money. I actually had people ask me for money and then talked crap about me when I said no. Humanity is at its worst when money is involved.
I have a family member that got 80 million because of a gas explosion. I have never asked them for a dime even though I know they would help he out if I asked and needed it
@@jessicajones3379 this is actually really childish. If a family member has money and is willing to help you, take the help. Especially in today's world. Start a business, or get a degree, or invest. It's actually smart to accept help.
Many years ago when I suffered a bad death close to me I got bunch of 'friends' coming around to offer help. Turned out they were just vultures looking for an easy score. I ended up selling the house and everything and just moving away without a word to these friends where I was going.
I absolutely love hearing the detectives cussing at Dee Dee! And her response: I lied because you don't believe me. This is sociopath 101. Thanks Mike!
I loved when the reporter called her out on her "witness statements". "Dee Dee, that's your handwriting." I am surprised she did not try to pass off some letter as the real murderer's "confession" as well. How can someone be that delusional?
@@MissaPality there are people In this world that are this delusional and extremely narcissistic! My ex wife kicked me in the shin one time in front of our kids and infromt of a security camera during an argument. I told her she just battered or assaulted me and it's on camera and she no shit said I didn't do that I don't care what your camera recorded and then proceed to ask my kids that they didn't see anything right. I asked her so your saying tha someone else dressed exactly as you are came in my house and kicked me in front of a camera and it wasn't you? She said nope that wasn't me you kicked me I didn't kick you. I'm saying this story because some people think if they say something then it's facts even if it's lies. Delusional and narcissistic people never do anything wrong, are the victim and even when faced with evidence and cold hard facts that they did what they deny they will still deny it, and project what they did onto others. She is text book narcissistic and delusional....
She’s not the only bad person in this story, the people who leeched off of him were also the reason why dee dee ended up getting to him. People need to stop taking advantage of each other
Dee Dee: "These are witness statements..." Reporter: "These witnesses don't exist, and that certainly looks like your handwriting." *(Dee Dee ponders offering him her body)*
I was following Abraham's case on Websleuths when Dee Dee started posting her lies there. It was outrageous, and several of us started confronting her. By then, it was so obvious she'd killed Abraham. Rather quickly she started getting angry and telling us what stupid haters we all were and stopped posting. It was no surprise when they found him and arrested her, but I always felt so sorry for Abraham and his son.
“These witnesses don’t exist and that looks like your handwriting” Her face says everything. She got busted on an interview trying to lie and deceive and he wasn’t having it. Love it. F her
I swear if I won, I'd do everything in my power for that to be unknown as long as possible, then I'd simply tell most people "no". This poor guy, he deserved so much better.
tell people you lost it all on crypto or something then just spend when no one's looking. That poor guy learned how money's the root of all evil up close and personal.
She even took great pains to make him seem like a bad or shady person/generally removing his dignity with how she tried to explain away where he went, saying he had an accident with a sex worker, saying he was dying from aids, saying he did drugs. What a monster
Yep, she even claimed he was a deadbeat dad who'd fled the country to avoid child support payments. In truth Abraham loved his only child Moses, was always fully involved in his life and had put $1 million aside for him to have when he came of age. Money which was no doubt stolen from that little boy by his father's killer Dee Dee! She is rotten to the core. I saw a documentary on the case, and will never forget how she killed the totally unsuspecting Abraham, then dragged his lifeless body to that squalid grave and pushed him in, like he was a piece of garbage. And all for money! If there's one thing I cannot abide it's people who disrespect kind people like Abraham, and interpret their kindness as weakness. Evil Dee Dee is where she belongs - and thank God she's locked away from her innocent 14 year old son, who she actually tried to blame for Abraham's murder. There are no depths she won't sink to, to save her own neck - as we saw when that ugly policeman told the court she'd tried to seduce him, lol!!
@@pink-penguin101 You're welcome my love, it's chilling to know such people exist, and occasionally walk among us. But they really do. Take very good care and don't trust anyone fully, until they have fully earned it! God bless. X
This woman is certifiable. She was making 200k a year legitimately but still couldn’t resist to steal money from this poor man. Unbelievable the level of greed the human mind can have. Also to think you could get away with having a random person call Abraham’s mom and say “it’s me mom” and that would actually work really shows you the level of delusion this woman had. Not to mention trying to buy his owns moms silence.
Certainly a psychopath!!! They think that their cleverer than anyone else in the world? The sheer number that end up doing life should have convinced them otherwise!!!
All her circular self-contradicting arguments, while being interrogated, is classic Cluster B stuff tbh. Borderlines tend to feature quite a bit in Mike’s content but they rarely if ever tend to do their own killing. More likely to manipulate someone else to. That retreat into childishness is the closest thing to who they are inside plus all those grim faces she pulls at trial. That’s the secondary psychopath struggling not to get out. The exasperation of the officers is incredible to watch. They are dealing with a person for whom “truth” is totally emotionally dependent. What they _feel_ it should be, irrespective of fact or logic, at any given moment, is what it actually IS to them, with a certainty of every fibre of their being. Even if she’d pumped six bullets into the guy, with total sobriety and determination, if it constituted emotional trauma to admit the fact, she will and does say she did not, and will believe that “fact,” in that moment, with the same utter certainty you have that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow morning.
@@LunnaJannah I know a few people that literally think they are smarter than everyone else and that they can come up with BS like this. They tell lies sentence after sentence and even contradict themselves within one or two sentences. Its literally insane
2 of my favorite champions for victims, Mike & Sheriff Judd!!! Both have such empathy for victims & merciless publicity of criminals delivered with clever, well intended levity. I love these guys!!
I reckon she spent most of the 1990s- while working as a 'nursing assistant'- ripping off vulnerable sick and old patients. She just got fed up with relatively small amounts involved, and wanted to take it up a few levels.
God or fate whatever u wanna call it knew he deserved to win the lottery cuz he was a kind person but mankind is gross so a really good thing happened to him which caused the worst thing to happen to him cuz of how evil humans have become...i wish we live in a world where a kind soul can win the dam lottery and live life in peace and have a nice chill life with friends and family... it makes me sick how people like him suffer all their lives only to have one thing go right only to cause their demise all cuz humans are ugly greedy backstabbing sociopathic fucks... its sad what a cesspool the human species has evolved into and they ruin everything.
When she asked him if he'd miss his home, he say "yep, I miss it" meaning that he missed his home from BEFORE he won his money. He wasn't answering any hypothetical question. He was thinking of the past. You could hear it in his voice. How sad he sounded. How disappointed he sounded in everyone asking for money and him not having the heart to say no. My heart breaks for his mother and his son. Just from what little I know of the man, he wouldn't have left them behind without a word, especially his mother.
Having money is great, but not having the financial knowledge when you come into money, will lead to tragedy. I feel sorry for him. He should of had at least 1 good friend to help him navigate his situation. I would also say that a financial lawyer should be a mandatory assistant to a big lottery winner. Provided by the lottery company to insure that the winner understands their situation and what to look out for.
Poor Abe. It seems like he was a genuinely good person. It's beyond sad that the worst thing to ever happen to him was winning the lottery that led to Dee Dee. Rest in peace, Abraham.
@Franz Fanon Sometimes you can just see a person's personality/nature in their face/expressions, & the way they carry themselves. This guy has a gentle 'kindness' about him, & the story confirms that he was very generous (unfortunately to a fault). It's obviously not fool proof, people misjudge each other, that was just the vibe this person gets from the pictures of this guy. 🤷
@@KyrieChii You're not wrong about Abraham, everyone who knew him said he was a gentle soul who lived for his little boy Moses. One of the first things he did with his winnings was to set aside $1 million in an investment account for Moses when he came of age. No doubt Dee Dee Moore stole that too. That's another tragic aspect of this horror story - his son will never have his dad in his life, and must forever carry the grief and horror of his cruel murder. That woman shot a decent man dead, threw his lifeless body into an unmarked grave, then got her ex to use a digger to (unwittingly) throw dirt and finally concrete over him. I remember seeing a documentary on the case. When Abraham's body was found, that witch had laid a heavy concrete slab over it, so no one would see it when the hole was filled in. She's pure evil. I wonder if Abraham was given the option to have no publicity, as lottery winners can in the UK? That would have reduced the number of scroungers he was plagued by, but sadly he would still have met his killer Dee Dee, as she was the realtor who sold him his house. Extraordinary that one man could experience such freakishly good luck (the lottery win), followed by equally unlikely bad luck (meeting a murderer), all within the space of one year. I pray his son Moses has a much happier life.
@@amp394 Absolutely it does - and forgive me for saying this, but the phrase is actually "The love of money is the root of all evil". It's a small difference but I think an important one, as money itself has as much power to serve good ends, as evil ones - and Abraham and his loved ones should have had a far better life for that lotto win. The cause of the tragedy was not the money itself, but shady people's love of it which immediately got him preyed upon, exploited and finally killed. He wasn't destroyed by his millions but by the sub-humans who looked at him and saw not a human being, but a cash machine. I believe there's a natural justice, and that every one of them who ruthlessly used him for financial gain has a big ugly dose of karma coming their way.
@Glamdolly30 wow that's so much worse too! His poor son! 😢 he'll never have his dad and the money that would have massively helped in his life is gone! She is evil! I hope his son is doing ok 😢💜
I love the detective calling her out on her lies and her responce is "I lie because you don't believe me" and the detective called her out again saying "I don't believe you because you lie". He's the real OG.
This case was always sad to me, he seemed like a good guy just wanting people to be there for and hoped they’d be there for him. Other than his mother he was taken advantage of by everyone around him, and it’s so sad to me that such a gift of hitting the lottery led him to his murder. Horrible.
@@ElanaVital83 Nobody "let" her mother a child. As much as she offered her body to people for favors or "belief", she'd only have to have one "take root". Then, she gives birth. And, she's still the same person. After all, it is her natural right to mother a child... or as many as she wants. And, since the child was for her benefit, not for love (if she was even capable of love), she had no problem using this child further as a patsy for her crime.
Hi Mike! Finally one that is DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME! You should have seen the amount of helicopters, news vans, an enormous police force when they dug him up. I knew Abraham, he was a kind, quiet soul. Dee Dee was a monster, period. Thanks!
"Don't be a shithead" is my favorite commandment. It also seems to be the one most commonly, and universally, ignored. That and the one about not being a big fat liar.
It is so sad that he really didn't have a single person in his life that was able to see this happening to Abraham over and over again and really push him towards securing his financials and putting his foot down. Someone who was able to discourage Abraham from having this random woman he met to take care of his financials and instead look towards hiring someone well-known and trustworthy instead. One thing I can never stand is people being used for monetary gain especially. Disgusting.
I can understand it, and this behaviour is rewarded too, it's why CEO's are often psychopaths, incapable of empathy, they succeed because hurting others has no impact on them. Society idolizes and rewards these people.
Unfortunately i believe it's pretty rare to have such friends. No matter if it's having skills, money or a bit of fame, then all the "friends" and distant family will always come out the woodwork when they want or need something. Money and fame makes people disgusting.
I feel sorrow for his only child, his boy, who lost his Father & lost out on a financially stable life. That money could’ve put him in a nice home growing up, a better education & college, etc. also, his elderly Mother would’ve been taken care of as well. I’ve heard the stories of loosing all the lottery winnings, but 16 million in 2 years is beyond my imagination.
It's especially shocking the money evaporated so fast, when Abraham was not extravagant or self indulgent with his lottery millions. All he did for himself was buy a house and a second hand Rolex watch, and put $1 million in an investment account for his son Moses to have when he came of age. Most of Abraham's money was actually stolen from him, by fast friends with hard luck stories, and of course the psychopath who murdered him. That poor man had two extraordinary, massively-against-the-odds events happen to him within a short period - his incredible, multi million dollar won, and his assassination. I don't know how the statistics fall, but the odds against either one of those things happening to someone are huge. The odds against both the lottery win and the murder happening to one person must be way higher. Though of course the two events were closely related. I think poor Abraham was vulnerable to a great extent due to his incomplete education (he left school at 12 and was barely literate). It made him unworldly with low self esteem, all too easily manipulated by the ruthless con woman who promised to manage his cash - and whose boastful lies he was too unsophisticated to see through. I hope his little boy Moses will get the great education that sadly he did not, and enjoy a far happier life. Among many life lessons, this terrible case reminds us that an education really is a priceless gift. No doubt Dee Dee Moore also stole Abraham's only child's nest egg from him - while telling police he was a deadbeat dad, who'd fled the country to avoid child support payments! The woman is so despicable, she tried to blame her own, innocent 14-year-old son for Abraham's murder. There's a special place in Hell reserved for sub human scum like her, who prey on the most vulnerable.
@@NutsNBerries I wojld also assume all assets bought by her or put in her name and funds remaining etc that she stole would have been transferred to the son.
I feel so bad for Abraham. He was just a simple man and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I wish he could have found a real honest financial advisor to help him with his money and moved himself, his mother and child out of state away from all the leeches. R.I.P. Abraham.
Exactly. All he needed was someone to point him to Vanguard index funds, and he would have had more money than he ever knew was possible, for the rest of his life.
well he did buy a mansion and cruises. He just treated everyone else around to things as well. I agree with another person that there should be a financial advisor or something close to help people with such a huge win. Too many people have been killed over or conned out of their winnings.
Unfortunately, winning the lottery is the worst thing to happen to _many_ people... So much so that it's considered a sort of 'curse'. It's really strange & depressing, but if you look it up, there's story after story of lottery winners ending up with completely broken lives or ending up dead.
@@KyrieChii Usually the “curse” is never knowing how to manage money, because they’ve never had any to manage before. Back then most people thought 2 million would last them a lifetime, & it could have... had they invested wisely. Most Americans are in the habit of purchasing liabilities, rather than investments, & even investments can have endless liabilities.
I'm not a very emotional person, I feel things very strongly especially when something is unjust but I don't cry easily. And this story actually has me choked up. Abraham Shakespeare was just a really kind man was really taking advantage of by supposed friends and by this woman. His little boy now has to grow up without a father and who loved him very much. This has really touched me and I'm tearing up not going to lie.
Poor dude, all he wanted was a friend. He probably would've taken care of her for the rest of her life if she was just there for him, but no she had to have it all. People really make me sick.
@@lifesajoke6965 and i bet he waved away a ton of great advise too. these kind of big prices should include council and money management before the whole amount gets payed out
The absolute nerve of this woman. Her smiling and laughing when asked if she buried poor Abraham makes my skin crawl. May she rot in prison the rest of her days on this planet. Rest In Power, Abraham. May you find the peace you so clearly wanted and deserved.
That sheriff of Polk County, Grady Judd, is something of a celebrity. He's popped up on numerous crime stories and one of the most amazing things about him is his work ethic. He is everything a cop should be. Honest, hardworking, empathic and has a strong sense of integrity. He once investigated his own police force when some payroll money was going missing. He wouldn't quit 'till he got to the bottom of it and finally discovered that three of his deputies were skimming money. They were immediately fired and sheriff Judd threw the book at them. He's particularly well known for his press conferences where he has a rather unique way of filling the public in on the progression of a case. He's just an awesome guy.
Always entertaining to see Sheriff Grady pop up in a case. My family knows him, and he's always been blunt and to the point about cases. Doesn't take crap from anyone.
I know right? I love Sheriff Grady! There needs to be more men like him in every law enforcement agency across the country. The only qualms I have with him is his opposition to marijuana.
I love that Sheriff Grady Judd was involved and shown in this video. He’s amazing! Also love his press videos on current crimes happening in Polk County, FL. I wish there were more like him in our justice system.
There are predators EVERYWHERE. It's unfortunate, but you really do have to be skeptical of anyone trying to "help" you. I wish this guy would have had someone by his side who could have shielded him from opportunists. He seemed like a nice dude. Truly sad story
And good people who would actually help someone out don't get the opportunity because of the predators taking advantage of people. And around and around it goes. It's truly sad.
This story is overwhelming sad. Abraham seems like such a sweet and genuine person and unfortunately so many people took advantage of him to the point where it led to him being murdered and it just really sucks when things like this happen to good people.
Exactly!! It’s so sad that he didn’t have anyone in his life that truly cared but maybe his mother & son. I wish he could’ve had a best friend or an uncle or father that could’ve been there for him because men need support too.
I wish Abraham had a truly trustworthy accountant and advisor from the beginning when he won the lottery. He didn't have the savvy to know how to manage that kind of wealth and was so vulnerable to grifters and opportunists. I feel like whomever runs these state lotteries should be consciencious enough to warn a winner that they will require help managing that money. I know you can't keep someone from squandering their money, but it just seems like Abraham was doomed to fail.
I agree , but Abraham didn't know that he can tell the stores or casinos not to make their winnings public knowledge, I believe it's called "Gag Lottery" law
I wish they didn't announce the winners at all. Instead, they'd do something like, "32 year old man from Austin. Texas wins the jackpot." And would leave it at that. If they need to show the person holding up their gigantic check, blur their faces out. Don't give out their names at all. They should know better by now. In the end of the day, it should be up to the winners to decide whether to tell people that they've won or not. No one deserves to have such a blessing turned into a curse.
Sadly, it’s hard to know who you can trust, even financial advisors. But I agree with you all that the person’s name should not be announced at all. It’s putting their lives in danger, or at least puts a bunch of greedy grifters on their tail.
I've seen this case covered before, but it really upsets me. The thought of some asshole taking advantage of and later killing somebody that is illiterate with a 7th grade education just really ticks me off. The "friends" that suddenly came out of the woodwork, aren't much better.
Is very rare that people are truly interested in helping others. Usually they are only looking out for themselves, and hardly ever repay kindness. It’s a sad state of affairs 😔
I just hope that his child and his mom got what was left, as they were the only people who seemed to love him. This is such a sad story. As someone who had a caregiver fleece and almost kill one of my own parents, this story hits close to home. It happens far more often than people realize.
How awful for your family! I worry that one day someone would try that on my Mum, as my father is 16 years her senior and will likely go before she does, leaving her with money in her old age. It breaks my heart to hear these stories of our elders being left skint and alone. I hope everything worked out for you in the end.
@@lyricberlin That is not the case here. It's interesting you took the fact that it happens quite often (caregivers taking advantage of vunerable adults) personally like that. Or felt the need to say that about my stating an experience my family member is still recovering from. I was a caregiver for almost a decade. I don't take it personally that it's a sad reality because I never did it perhaps.
@@lyricberlin but then I shouldn't be shocked as you commented 'Sounds like she was sick of them all bleeding her dry and being the only one working' in *support* of a family annihilator on another of Mike's videos. Wow. Just wow. Dear lord.
YES MIKE! I've been waiting for you to cover this case and we finally got it. I read the book Unlucky Number and MAN does it give so much detail to this case that was a whirlwind od a series of events. Abraham Shakespeare was a victim of circumstances due to being way too nice and not being good at reading nor writing, and Dee Dee Moore is the MONSTER that capitalized on this and continued to lie and lie until she couldn't do it anymore. Craziest true crime case I've probably ever heard.
Seemed like a kind and humble man, from everything I've heard. Wish hed had at least one real human being in his corner to protect him. Richness is a curse. I'll always believe that. I truly only want enough and that ain't much. I wouldn't be able to handle the paranoia itself.
@@hlondon24O8 hes just pissed he is poor and probably is just mad he won because he was Abraham. If he was hick named Harry, he wouldn't say his comment if you get what i mean.
Same. I honestly thought about skipping this episode because this case upsets me, but it's Mike, so... have to watch it anyway. It just hurts your soul to see someone generous & kind being destroyed by greed & manipulation. Ugh.
@@KyrieChii I’m glad Mike brought attention to the fact that having loads of money isn’t what everyone dreams like it would be, & that the lack of money isn’t necessarily the worst thing that can happen to you. I rarely give a thumbs up to crime videos, but this is a story that needs to be heard.
This is why you should always take your winnings anonymously. If you publicize it, you basically have to permanently relocate if you're lucky enough to find a town that won't know you. Your life as you know it is done.
Aside from it showing how evil she was, it really shows how much humanity values money and greed over another’s life :/ rest in power Abraham, I hope you found a place perfect for you🙏🏽
True. It has actually been prophesied over 2000 yrs. ago, in the Apostle Paul's second letter to Timothy, chp. 3: "In the last days perilous times will come...for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money....lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God....etc."
I don't know anyone like DeeDee, and I hope you don't either. I believe most people are decent, at least that's been my experience overall. Of course, my experience hasn't included politicians, CEOs or CIA agents. Abraham's money attracted the worst of us, and I'm sorry there was no one to chase the uglies away.
Human beings are the most depraved creatures on the planet. We maim, torture and kill our own offspring, we torture and kill pets, we kill over greed envy and jealousy.
@@one.2622 uhhh rest in power is another phrase used it means although their life may have been tough, they were a pure soul. It’s a way of acknowledging their strength, which shows in the way Abraham just wanted to live life and didn’t deserve to be lynched off of. Don’t try and correct me next time lol
16:56 I love this Sheriff! If you watch his other press conferences they’re usually pretty great. He definitely seems to genuinely love his community and he has little patience for the scumbags that might serve to disrupt the peace in his jurisdiction.
This is the second source that I've listened to about Mr. Shakespeare. So tragic, seemed like a genuine, nice man that everyone around him really did wrong.
This is why lottery winner are given financial advice straight away when winning the jackpot. My heart breaks for this man. He should have had a wonderful life if he was protected better.
Yikes, at the end she was acting like she's smarter than everyone else. Smart people know when to stop. It's almost like she doesn't want to believe there are a lot of people out there smarter than her. When the interviewer tells her those witness statements look like her handwriting, it almost looked like her mind was blown. She couldn't understand how he figured it out. It's a very toxic mindset to believe everyone else is stupider than you. It just proves how ignorant she is. She has to be super ignorant to believe someone is willing to pretend to be the murderer, spend the rest of their life in jail, for 50k.
@@NutsNBerries You don't need to be a cop or trained in any way to see that she's lying... bout as obvious as it gets... that interview was so cringe you can just see the frustration in the officers lol imagine having to sit through days and days of that and changing stories at one point she even used the first story, like she ran out and went back to the start hoping they'd forgotten or something
Seems that she thought she was smarter than Abraham and sadly, with him being illiterate, it seems she may have been or at least just deceptive and manipulative enough to take advantage of his good nature though it looks like as soon as he found out what she'd done she removed him from the equation and just started living his life completely Must have been a con artist's dream come true Thing is she wasn't smarter than the cops or nearly as smart as she thought, clearly. She needed to be a great con artist and then when that failed a great liar and she was neither. She was useless at both and that's why she's in prison.
Her face when the media interviewer called her out about her "witnesses" for being written in her own hand writting 😬 How tiresome it would be to live such a lie, in the end she felt mistreated because they wouldn't believe a CON ARTISTS lies. Oh i felt the irony from my couch lol. Lov you mike ❤ great story as always.
I’m a Floridian and I have heard Abraham’s story up and down and all around. Every single person I know who dreams about winning the lottery never fails to talk about how they’d hire a law firm rep to pick up the money, have monthly installments come in, never tell a soul, donate anonymously, yada yada yada. I believe every single human being leads by example, even in death. RIP, Abraham.
Is it a law there to collect winnings publicly? I can't believe some states require you to do that instead of being anonymous. Laws should have been changed after Abraham's death 😔
@Pat Luxor Not sure what’s funny? There are law firms that actually specialize in trusts and estates and you can hire them to protect your rights to your winnings.
@@MichelleSK6 yeah, you’re technically not allowed to go fully anonymous. There’s certain courses of action you have to take before you go claim your winnings to try and protect your identity. I really wish that Abraham’s case had prompted for those optional terms to be mandatory instead.
@@MichelleSK6 Nah, it’s not a law on a federal level. If you win the lottery while living in the following states, you have the right to remain anonymous to protect yourself and your loved ones: Arizona Delaware Georgia Kansas Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana New Jersey North Dakota South Carolina Texas Virginia West Virginia Wyoming Truthfully, I think it should be nationwide to collect your winnings anonymously solely for this purpose. People are greedy and will do anything to befriend someone who has won a lot of money to mooch/use them (or worse, have nefarious purposes and mislead them to somehow inherit the money themselves if an “accident” was to happen or due to how often it has occurred). If anyone plays the lottery, for the love of God don’t ever brag about it if you do win. Keep it to yourself and close loved ones and don’t draw a bunch of attention to yourself …. because when lump sums of cash are involved, some folks out there are like bloodhounds. As soon they get a whiff of knowing you have money or won it, they’ll come out if the woodworks left and right. They always do. Doesn’t matter if you are armed to the teeth for protection or think you’re smarter than those who was unfortunately crossed - people are unpredictable as hell. It’s better to be safe than sorry because of it.
22:31 I love how Mike shows compassion and emotion... he has micro expressions and does a long pause before delivering the bad news. I can tell our homie Mike is a good guy that cares unlike other channels that are cold and so matter of fact even making mean jokes about the victim. Not Mike.. he is a good guy....luv ya Mike 😘😘..theres no one like you on youtube especially in the true crime world.
i actually felt ill when she was filming him talking about being taken advantage of while being asked by someone who is taking advantage of him while also planning his murder...
7:15 so cool to randomly see Sheriff Grady Judd! Love that guy, he goes above and beyond what the average sheriffs do in the rest of the country. His press conference are always hilarious. Especially the one with Pikachu lol
Deedee used to babysit my cousins in the late 80’s early 90’s. My aunt let her go for being flaky and unreliable and catching her in a bunch of lies. “Deedee killing Shakespeare” became like a weird family story after this first happened. It’s always weird when series I love cover it! Well done Mike 👌🏼 see you real soon in the next one
@@yahnservices1978 a lot of men too! My ex mother in law married a guy, ended up taking all her money, had married her with a false identity, and got away with it- taking off, never to be found.
It's truly tragic that he didn't get a financial advisor immediately. Also, the televising/media of winners is a huge negative because people DO come out of the woodwork for a handout. For people who win future jackpots get yourself a reputable attorney/financial planner first,
This story absolutely breaks my heart EVERYTIME I hear it. Abraham was a wonderfully giving man. He deserved so much more than what he got. It makes me sick. Dee dee deserves to suffer every single day and to have the most miserable life ever. Sad .
I love Sheriff Grady Judd! I'm not from Florida or Polk county, but he's known every where. He gets the job done while being funny as hell! And he don't play about nothing that involves drugs or violence or really any kind of of criminal acts but mostly those against children.
I like when the interviewer is calling her on her BS, especially when he said those witnesses don't exist and It looks like your handwriting, the look on her face was like how dare you challenge me, then she has the nerve to call other people idiots. 🙄 Thanks Mike, I love watching your videos and your commentary is great 😂. We Love you too!
Deedee, was not a successful business owner. She owned a business that was in financial ruin. She had also filed for bankruptcy several years before she met Abraham.
Wow, my heart just breaks for this guy. I've got to say that in my experience the people who are most generous are those who have had the least in life so I'm not at all surprised that he was giving his money away so easily, even to these people who he probably hardly knew at all (or maybe didn't know!) Lots of them probably were hard up for cash, but that doesn't excuse using someone purely for it. It's amazing how these people really did pave the way for this horrible woman to just worm her way into his life under the guise of protecting him from all this. :(
She “maintains her innocence”… as they always do. It’s funny how (unrelated) police can get a confession, video evidence, have witnesses, and still a mf will plead not guilty.
That’s always baffled me… it’s like, cut the bullsh1t already… you’re not fooling anyone. From what I understand, if people never plead guilty and down the road some legal loophole or whatever is found, they could potentially get it overturned or something.
@@EyeonthePrize247 In addition to that, she's probably just so used to presenting lies as reality that she just continues that behavior out of habit. She's been working to con people her whole life and isn't going to stop just because she's in jail.
@@zoyadulzura7490 That’s facts! She’s the type of person to lie just for the sake of it even if it has no benefit whatsoever. I’ve had friends like that and it’s so annoying… like, why are you lying about the dumbest sh1t? Q: How do you know they’re lying? A: Their lips are moving.
You can be found not guilty for millions of reasons you would be a moron for pleading guilty with out a good deal, this isn’t a church, no one is atoning to god for their immortality they are dealing with the corrupt justice system, like obviously your going to do anything to fight the state lol such silly comments
Sometimes(maybe all the time? I'm not an expert) in felony cases you legitimately cannot enter a plea of guilty. You have to plead not guilty even if you want to plead guilty because of the nature of the case. Also if you plead guilty, your crime can't be altered, you can't remove aggravating factors that increase your sentence etc, so you're stuck with the harshest version of your crime and harshest punishment. So uh... never plead guilty.
Sadly she probably spent it on legal fees or had already blown through it. I'm sure once she knew the police were looking at her she moved anything left. I'd be very surprised if any money was recoverable however, like you I really hope that something went his way. The levels of evilness that humans can perpetrate, without any regard for others is truly frightening.
@@Exxtol1 That's great to know, I couldn't find anything about it online, back when I looked, so I really appreciate that you took the time to reply and let me know. Thank you. ☺☺☺👍👍
If you ever watch want to watch an interrogation, watch hers. It's SO FUNNY, also annoying and ridiculous, but the detectives were hilarious and it is refreshing to hear them say exactly what you're thinking. I believe Blue Dot crime and interrogations has it in 3 parts here on RUclips.
And one of the best things about this video is when the police are interrogating her and just steadily going on on her and calling her a liar and everything else. I love the fact they went so hard on her and kept calling her a liar and basically making her realize the jig is up. Man, I love some savage detectives tbh.
I've seen a few documentaries about this tragic case. Almost every one of them had his barber in them, too. Mr. Shakespeare had leant him thousands of dollars. He really struck me as "a friend" only because Mr. Shakespeare was helping support his failing business. Poor guy probably would've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars just to find a real friend. The lottery needs to connect every big winner up with a fiduciary for a little while.
Really. It's heartbreaking that maybe if he'd had *one* close friend near him (who wasn't just asking for money), maybe he wouldn't have been so ready to turn to Dee Dee for help when she barged into his life, and maybe she wouldn't have had a chance to get so close because a friend would've been concerned about her getting closer to him.
He knew, but it was still better to be used than alone. Lotto winners have a death/suicide rate 150x higher than those that dont within the first ten years? If there was a product not held in patent by big pharma that dangerous we'd ban it immediately. The lotto lies, maims, robs and kills, it needs a bigger warning label than just a gambling hotline. Even Vegas got rid of balconies for a reason.
@@maebandy As a millionaire from my country said decades ago (after a winner of a tv show eventually killed himself), only those who are accustomed to be extremely rich can profit from and enjoy a huge amount of money falling in your lap unexpectedly. He wasn't looking down on "common" people, but pointing out that such a drastic change in life never brings any good to those who are not skilled in handling money and fend off leeches and, sadly, he was right.
All lottery winners should be kept anonymous. For their own safety.
I think in some states you can choose to stay anonymous when you pick up your winnings. Like they won’t give out your name to the press, etc. but yeah, definitely should be the standard for all lottery winners.
Agreed. You can stay anonymous but I don't think that most people are aware of that or know the process involved. There are specific steps you have to take
@@tonyabrookes9931 right? If I were lucky enough to win the lottery, you best believe I wouldn’t let them put my name out there lol. So many lottery winners get murdered or have bad things happen to them, it’s really quite scary.
They take a percentage of your winnings to be anonymous!
IIRC, Abraham Shakespeare was the case that prompted that state's Lottery to keep all lottery winners anonymous. Many other states followed suit.
I feel so bad for Abraham. He had no one. Yeah, he had plenty of leeches but no genuine friends. Seems like he was a good guy who just wanted to live his own life and be let be. God rest his soul.
Me too. Truly sad.
Those who have limited education, mental capacity, and serious handicaps need to be protected. The elderly too, obviously. But they can be very quick. There should be an automatic accountant for large windfalls, insurance, and inheritance. Not many people know how to work with that much money.
He wasn't too bright. He could have just moved and lived around rich people. And dress like it if he wanted friends. Help his family out and thats it.
Which one was He???
@@truth4004 sadly, his good heart made him a target. Even the wealthy r greedy for more and he would have been swindled.
The amazing thing is, while being investigated, Dee Dee first asks her elderly father to take the blame, trying to persuade him saying he has so little time left to live anyways. When that doesn't work and he refuses, she actually blames her 14 year old son! Her defence basically was that she was attacked by Abraham, with her son present in the room, the boy killed him in his mothers defence, and she gallantly took the blame to spare her child as the investigators were closing in on him. What a piece of crap.
That's disgusting!
Thank you for sharing that information though; it's interesting.
She really felt like no one mattered except herself. Gross.
What a crazy lady
Wow she was definitely sick. Also just to think you could get away with having a random person call Abraham’s mom and say “it’s me mom” and that would actually work really shows you the level delusion this woman had.
Sick in the head.
Yep, psychopaths will do anything to save their own arse. Including throwing their own child under the bus. She is a disgusting human being.
I feel so bad for Abraham. He genuinely tried to help his friends and family and instead of them being grateful, they just kept taking more and more. All he wanted was someone to be a true friend to him and it got him killed. He trusted that her and unfortunately she turned out to be a heartless, conniving, no good monster.
I feel so bad for Abraham too. Unfortunately the villains of the world will gravitate to where the money is. People can be so greedy. This woman makes my skin crawl.
Sociopaths like Dee Dee truly scare me. But I must say, I love when criminals like Dee Dee encounter people who refuse to entertain whatever BS they spit out. Those cops, that judge, and the TV interviewer kept cutting her nonsense off at the knees.
This guy is an auto subscribe
That's why they're hard on her, she's scammed people before and has lied several times and has been arrested several times
If this was her first occurrence, they would of built rapport
Facial expressions are not acceptable.
Yeah, those cops really enjoyed cutting off her bullshit, you could hear it in their voices.
Ink, trust me they know how to choose their victims. A skill that is homed from an early age .
That woman is a disgusting human being but the people pestering poor Abraham for money were horrible, too.
That man must've felt so alone.
I know, I feel so bad for him. He did interviews stating how he wished his life would go back to the way it was before he won the lottery.
@@hardyquinn9442 it’s all about the money baby
he was so happy with his humble life
Seriously if you ever win the lottery tell them you want to stay anonymous and don’t tell ANYBODY. even family
She had a mean face with cold, calculating eyes. Kind hearts see the best potential of everyone. We must accept what we read in their face and eyes. No matter how charming they are. Everything about DeeDee is a giant red flag.
In the video Abe's body language and vocal inflections show he is already sick of her. He wanted desperately to start fresh somewhere. Find genuine connection. He knows this woman isn't capable of authenticity. He can probably sense she is dangerous.
Man, she's not just a bad person, she's pure evil. Everything about this case and how she went about it genuinely disgusts me. Just inhuman.
@Good God Evil Devil in the end it was her d e c i s i o n to act the way she acted ("evil")... Sorry, but not sorry: She should rot in jail.
@Good God Evil Devil you are quite the devil's advocate
You should see the Chris watts case
The bit I REALLY LOVE is the bit at the end when the TOTALLY worthLESS LYING, MURDERUNG, CON ARTIST SCUMBAG is being interviewed in prison and the guy interviewing the murderer shuts them up by pointing out the fact that ALL the so-called witness statements were in the con artists hand writing!!! It was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL seeing the sociopath at a TOTAL LOSS for words and left floundering for ALL the world to see due to the fact that they knew the game was up!!!
@Good God Evil Devil
Interesting username.
What I find cosmically ironic about this story is that she got caught because she got conned. The very thing she did to everyone else wound up being her undoing. A man convinced her he would have someone else take the fall, and got her to fess up everything just to get her caught and thrown in jail where she belongs. The world has a funny way of throwing karma straight back at you.
Live by the sword die by the sword RIP AB
OMG, I love that last bit. She was not expecting the reporter to call her out on her “witness accounts.” She really didn’t expect to be called out on the handwriting.
After laughing about how stupid everyone is she seemed surprised that the reporter called her out lol
I was in prison and shared a bunk with this woman. She would tell anyone who would listen that she was framed and she's getting a new trial. ALL lies. She has endless men sending her money and writing to her. She is a complete waste of space. This was 2014 - 2015 at Lowell's Annex Prison
I don't know of any tv series . She never spoke of one
Hopefully she stays put in prison for a long time.
Somthing about lottery winners it was sent on tlc. There are made a couple docs about that case.
Try search lottery changed my life. Or just dee dee case
Man sending money? Wtf! Shes a killer and looks like a dude named Fred in drags
It’s sickening when she’s video taping Abraham. She’s obviously encouraging him into saying the best thing for him would be to disappear somewhere far away. Little did he know she was preparing for his death
Well,she's got 30 years or so to pay for it and she deserves it horrible rat
That's exactly what I thought when I saw that tape just shows how much he must of trusted her it's sad really.
@@paulanthony5274 I didn't catch the whole video, did she get 30 for a plea bargain?
@@ATS83 No pal i just meant she looks about 40 so 30 plus years hopefully longer.
Definitely premeditation. She knew right then what she was going to do. I hope she never gets out. So sad, he was so generous and just needed someone to trust. Fucking sucks
I remember when I got a large sum of money. I actually had people ask me for money and then talked crap about me when I said no. Humanity is at its worst when money is involved.
I have a family member that got 80 million because of a gas explosion. I have never asked them for a dime even though I know they would help he out if I asked and needed it
heyyy, aren’t you my long lost uncle?!
you got some spare money for me?? 😇😹
So true I had a similar experience with my own family it was horrible sad they were like a pack of wolf's .
@@jessicajones3379 this is actually really childish. If a family member has money and is willing to help you, take the help. Especially in today's world. Start a business, or get a degree, or invest. It's actually smart to accept help.
@@jessicajones3379 Why wouldn't you, as a family member, accept their help? What's the point of having money if you can't share it with your family?
I remember this case. He seemed like a good hearted guy and EVERYONE took advantage of that fact. RIP, good sir.
Many years ago when I suffered a bad death close to me I got bunch of 'friends' coming around to offer help. Turned out they were just vultures looking for an easy score. I ended up selling the house and everything and just moving away without a word to these friends where I was going.
People are scary.
Yeah
Same , terrible, he should have taken the payments and gotten a lawyer to vet everything, good people get taken advantage of
@@craigh5236
Man, that's 🥺on both levels (close💔death
vulture🤬 "friends")
I absolutely love hearing the detectives cussing at Dee Dee! And her response: I lied because you don't believe me. This is sociopath 101. Thanks Mike!
I loved when the reporter called her out on her "witness statements". "Dee Dee, that's your handwriting." I am surprised she did not try to pass off some letter as the real murderer's "confession" as well. How can someone be that delusional?
Welcome to Florida, where the police never ever talk nicely unless it’s some news cameras in front of them
@@MissaPality there are people In this world that are this delusional and extremely narcissistic! My ex wife kicked me in the shin one time in front of our kids and infromt of a security camera during an argument. I told her she just battered or assaulted me and it's on camera and she no shit said I didn't do that I don't care what your camera recorded and then proceed to ask my kids that they didn't see anything right. I asked her so your saying tha someone else dressed exactly as you are came in my house and kicked me in front of a camera and it wasn't you? She said nope that wasn't me you kicked me I didn't kick you. I'm saying this story because some people think if they say something then it's facts even if it's lies. Delusional and narcissistic people never do anything wrong, are the victim and even when faced with evidence and cold hard facts that they did what they deny they will still deny it, and project what they did onto others. She is text book narcissistic and delusional....
@@war32mec Sounds like my family!
@@war32mec
Lol. Brutal. A shin kick. I hope you have a speedy recovery, bro.
She’s not the only bad person in this story, the people who leeched off of him were also the reason why dee dee ended up getting to him. People need to stop taking advantage of each other
@@heartlights who said anything about killing then lol?
Na. They are just leaches they are not murderers
Amen
@Tony Ortega
Dude your reading comprehension isn't to good.
TRUTH🙌🏾
Needing help and being a leech are two totally separate things.
That Florida police chief has been involved in so many “high profile” cases I recognized him immediately! Great work!
Dee Dee: "These are witness statements..."
Reporter: "These witnesses don't exist, and that certainly looks like your handwriting."
*(Dee Dee ponders offering him her body)*
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[Reporter ponders self-immolation]
@@bluegreenglue6565 bahahahaha 😂😂🤣
Diak
😂
I was following Abraham's case on Websleuths when Dee Dee started posting her lies there. It was outrageous, and several of us started confronting her. By then, it was so obvious she'd killed Abraham. Rather quickly she started getting angry and telling us what stupid haters we all were and stopped posting. It was no surprise when they found him and arrested her, but I always felt so sorry for Abraham and his son.
Are those still on the internet? I’d love to read what she was trying to push into peoples heads
And what fool said that Demon's don't exist, or walk the face of the Earth. Wrong!
I actually believe this!
What absolute nonsense.
@@Autumnpearlyprobably not. That part of the Internet is forever gone
“These witnesses don’t exist and that looks like your handwriting”
Her face says everything. She got busted on an interview trying to lie and deceive and he wasn’t having it. Love it. F her
29:51 an angry bull about to charge when he sees Red
she really phoned it in on the handwriting. that curly girly font sure does look like an illiterate grown mans signature to me!
The last 5 or so minutes of this video real ramp up the shit-housery. That was just the final cherry on top of a batshit sundae.
I swear if I won, I'd do everything in my power for that to be unknown as long as possible, then I'd simply tell most people "no". This poor guy, he deserved so much better.
20:41
@@okaycola2 Best use of a time stamp I've seen...great job.
Same here. I’d only help my family and maybe a couple close friends that I’ve had forever. Other than that the fake people can stay away
tell people you lost it all on crypto or something then just spend when no one's looking. That poor guy learned how money's the root of all evil up close and personal.
@@lawrencelopez9839 Greed is the true root of evil
She even took great pains to make him seem like a bad or shady person/generally removing his dignity with how she tried to explain away where he went, saying he had an accident with a sex worker, saying he was dying from aids, saying he did drugs. What a monster
She should rot in jail. This kind of disgustingly inhumane person doesn't deserve to see the day light. She's too evil.
Yep, she even claimed he was a deadbeat dad who'd fled the country to avoid child support payments. In truth Abraham loved his only child Moses, was always fully involved in his life and had put $1 million aside for him to have when he came of age. Money which was no doubt stolen from that little boy by his father's killer Dee Dee!
She is rotten to the core. I saw a documentary on the case, and will never forget how she killed the totally unsuspecting Abraham, then dragged his lifeless body to that squalid grave and pushed him in, like he was a piece of garbage. And all for money!
If there's one thing I cannot abide it's people who disrespect kind people like Abraham, and interpret their kindness as weakness. Evil Dee Dee is where she belongs - and thank God she's locked away from her innocent 14 year old son, who she actually tried to blame for Abraham's murder. There are no depths she won't sink to, to save her own neck - as we saw when that ugly policeman told the court she'd tried to seduce him, lol!!
@@glamdolly30 OMG. 😲😳😢She's too vile and "evil" is not enough to define her. Thank you for the info.
Yep. Disgusting, vile excuse for a human.
@@pink-penguin101 You're welcome my love, it's chilling to know such people exist, and occasionally walk among us. But they really do.
Take very good care and don't trust anyone fully, until they have fully earned it!
God bless. X
Deedee: "There are two sides to every story."
Funny, in her case it seems like five or six sides to the story.
Yeah, she bargains on versions of evidence
Nice! 🤣
In others words she wants to spin webs of lies
well she is right...theres Dee Dee's side...then theres the truth
This woman is certifiable. She was making 200k a year legitimately but still couldn’t resist to steal money from this poor man. Unbelievable the level of greed the human mind can have. Also to think you could get away with having a random person call Abraham’s mom and say “it’s me mom” and that would actually work really shows you the level of delusion this woman had. Not to mention trying to buy his owns moms silence.
Certainly a psychopath!!!
They think that their cleverer than anyone else in the world? The sheer number that end up doing life should have convinced them otherwise!!!
All her circular self-contradicting arguments, while being interrogated, is classic Cluster B stuff tbh. Borderlines tend to feature quite a bit in Mike’s content but they rarely if ever tend to do their own killing. More likely to manipulate someone else to. That retreat into childishness is the closest thing to who they are inside plus all those grim faces she pulls at trial. That’s the secondary psychopath struggling not to get out. The exasperation of the officers is incredible to watch. They are dealing with a person for whom “truth” is totally emotionally dependent. What they _feel_ it should be, irrespective of fact or logic, at any given moment, is what it actually IS to them, with a certainty of every fibre of their being.
Even if she’d pumped six bullets into the guy, with total sobriety and determination, if it constituted emotional trauma to admit the fact, she will and does say she did not, and will believe that “fact,” in that moment, with the same utter certainty you have that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow morning.
Yep she literally thought she was smarter then everyone else and her bs stories would be believed. Blows my mind. I’m glad their stupid sometimes
Some people have enough money and they will do anything to get it. Example my sorry ass brother and his shity wife
@@LunnaJannah I know a few people that literally think they are smarter than everyone else and that they can come up with BS like this. They tell lies sentence after sentence and even contradict themselves within one or two sentences. Its literally insane
2 of my favorite champions for victims, Mike & Sheriff Judd!!! Both have such empathy for victims & merciless publicity of criminals delivered with clever, well intended levity. I love these guys!!
Never thought these stories could be entertaining aside from hearing the insane shit psychopaths say but he very effectively lampoons the losers
I reckon she spent most of the 1990s- while working as a 'nursing assistant'- ripping off vulnerable sick and old patients. She just got fed up with relatively small amounts involved, and wanted to take it up a few levels.
What I was thinking to. Her goal of being a nurse, was ripping of vulnerable people.
She wasn't even a nurse. She was a nursing assistant, a CNA which is much less educated than an actual nurse, and lower paid, obviously.
Wouldn't be the first nursing assistant to go into it for themselves.
Poor guy was a good hearted soul and everyone was robbing him blind. All he wanted was to be happy and have real friends. R.i.p. Abraham.
He should have moved once he got that money.
@@todor_todorov how?
God or fate whatever u wanna call it knew he deserved to win the lottery cuz he was a kind person but mankind is gross so a really good thing happened to him which caused the worst thing to happen to him cuz of how evil humans have become...i wish we live in a world where a kind soul can win the dam lottery and live life in peace and have a nice chill life with friends and family... it makes me sick how people like him suffer all their lives only to have one thing go right only to cause their demise all cuz humans are ugly greedy backstabbing sociopathic fucks... its sad what a cesspool the human species has evolved into and they ruin everything.
@@deerick3109 I assume he wanted to stay local to be close to his son.
When she asked him if he'd miss his home, he say "yep, I miss it" meaning that he missed his home from BEFORE he won his money. He wasn't answering any hypothetical question. He was thinking of the past. You could hear it in his voice. How sad he sounded. How disappointed he sounded in everyone asking for money and him not having the heart to say no. My heart breaks for his mother and his son. Just from what little I know of the man, he wouldn't have left them behind without a word, especially his mother.
good catch! The fact that he was thinking about his past during that recording makes this episode even sadder.
A lot if people won't understand
Having money is great, but not having the financial knowledge when you come into money, will lead to tragedy. I feel sorry for him. He should of had at least 1 good friend to help him navigate his situation.
I would also say that a financial lawyer should be a mandatory assistant to a big lottery winner. Provided by the lottery company to insure that the winner understands their situation and what to look out for.
Assuming this commenter isn't a millionaire, I think it's wonderful that we can still imagine how someone else might feel in that situation.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching her face melt when the interviewer said those witnesses didn't exist and the letters looked like her handwriting.
"I was up all night doing these!"
Poor Abe. It seems like he was a genuinely good person. It's beyond sad that the worst thing to ever happen to him was winning the lottery that led to Dee Dee. Rest in peace, Abraham.
When you win the lottery it’s best to just disappear and let only your closest family members know where you’re at
We didn't have any real evidence that he was either "a good guy" or "a bad guy", so.....not sure how you're coming to that conclusion....?
Abraham's kindness was apparent from his eyes and face. I feel sorry for all that he endured. I hope he has found peace now.
@Franz Fanon Sometimes you can just see a person's personality/nature in their face/expressions, & the way they carry themselves. This guy has a gentle 'kindness' about him, & the story confirms that he was very generous (unfortunately to a fault).
It's obviously not fool proof, people misjudge each other, that was just the vibe this person gets from the pictures of this guy. 🤷
@@KyrieChii You're not wrong about Abraham, everyone who knew him said he was a gentle soul who lived for his little boy Moses. One of the first things he did with his winnings was to set aside $1 million in an investment account for Moses when he came of age. No doubt Dee Dee Moore stole that too. That's another tragic aspect of this horror story - his son will never have his dad in his life, and must forever carry the grief and horror of his cruel murder.
That woman shot a decent man dead, threw his lifeless body into an unmarked grave, then got her ex to use a digger to (unwittingly) throw dirt and finally concrete over him. I remember seeing a documentary on the case. When Abraham's body was found, that witch had laid a heavy concrete slab over it, so no one would see it when the hole was filled in. She's pure evil.
I wonder if Abraham was given the option to have no publicity, as lottery winners can in the UK? That would have reduced the number of scroungers he was plagued by, but sadly he would still have met his killer Dee Dee, as she was the realtor who sold him his house. Extraordinary that one man could experience such freakishly good luck (the lottery win), followed by equally unlikely bad luck (meeting a murderer), all within the space of one year. I pray his son Moses has a much happier life.
@@glamdolly30 It really puts the phrase "Money is the root of all evil" into the lime light.
@@amp394 Absolutely it does - and forgive me for saying this, but the phrase is actually "The love of money is the root of all evil".
It's a small difference but I think an important one, as money itself has as much power to serve good ends, as evil ones - and Abraham and his loved ones should have had a far better life for that lotto win.
The cause of the tragedy was not the money itself, but shady people's love of it which immediately got him preyed upon, exploited and finally killed. He wasn't destroyed by his millions but by the sub-humans who looked at him and saw not a human being, but a cash machine.
I believe there's a natural justice, and that every one of them who ruthlessly used him for financial gain has a big ugly dose of karma coming their way.
@Glamdolly30 wow that's so much worse too! His poor son! 😢 he'll never have his dad and the money that would have massively helped in his life is gone! She is evil! I hope his son is doing ok 😢💜
I love the detective calling her out on her lies and her responce is "I lie because you don't believe me" and the detective called her out again saying "I don't believe you because you lie". He's the real OG.
This case was always sad to me, he seemed like a good guy just wanting people to be there for and hoped they’d be there for him. Other than his mother he was taken advantage of by everyone around him, and it’s so sad to me that such a gift of hitting the lottery led him to his murder. Horrible.
She also tried to get her dying father to confess to the murder. And when that didn't work, she threw her son under the bus saying he did it.
Wow 😮 she is crazy!!!!!!
They let this creature mother a child?!
@@ElanaVital83 She looks disgusting and it looks like she hadnt washed her hair for a month
@@ElanaVital83 Nobody "let" her mother a child. As much as she offered her body to people for favors or "belief", she'd only have to have one "take root". Then, she gives birth. And, she's still the same person. After all, it is her natural right to mother a child... or as many as she wants. And, since the child was for her benefit, not for love (if she was even capable of love), she had no problem using this child further as a patsy for her crime.
Hi Mike! Finally one that is DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME! You should have seen the amount of helicopters, news vans, an enormous police force when they dug him up. I knew Abraham, he was a kind, quiet soul. Dee Dee was a monster, period. Thanks!
Any more info on what Abrahams life looked like, during this period? What did he like to do?
"Don't be a shithead" is my favorite commandment.
It also seems to be the one most commonly, and universally, ignored.
That and the one about not being a big fat liar.
Why are there not more T-shirts with this on?!?
Mine is “don’t be a jerk”
I'm from Scotland, our t shirts would say 'don't be a c**t' 100% 😂
Edit - you could even get 'be a good c**t' ones
@@Kazza_8240 You have to have a pic of Groundskeeper Willie on that shirt to boot! 😆🤣
She even tried to claim that her own son had killed him. Mother of the year, this one.
Bet he's f^cked up due to his wackadoodle 'mother'. She probably stole pennies from his piggy bank.
Clearly, there is no end to the nerve of some people. That woman is pure evil and Abraham was victimized all his life. May his soul rest in peace.
amen to that
She's a pathological liar and probably a sociopath.
@@logfog you think?
It is so sad that he really didn't have a single person in his life that was able to see this happening to Abraham over and over again and really push him towards securing his financials and putting his foot down. Someone who was able to discourage Abraham from having this random woman he met to take care of his financials and instead look towards hiring someone well-known and trustworthy instead. One thing I can never stand is people being used for monetary gain especially. Disgusting.
I wonder how many women at the prison she has swindled. She is quite the manipulative witch.
I can understand it, and this behaviour is rewarded too, it's why CEO's are often psychopaths, incapable of empathy, they succeed because hurting others has no impact on them. Society idolizes and rewards these people.
@@Wistful77 most of the people in prison with her are just like her. She won’t be able to fool anyone in there.
Those who might have been able to stop it were too busy asking him for handouts.
Phoenix Lyon ✌️😸
using roommate's phone
Unfortunately i believe it's pretty rare to have such friends. No matter if it's having skills, money or a bit of fame, then all the "friends" and distant family will always come out the woodwork when they want or need something. Money and fame makes people disgusting.
“That looks like your handwriting.” I can’t. This is such a sad thing and yet I started belly laughing at that. RIP Abe Shakespeare
Her face when he said that 🤥
I'm 29 videos into your old playlist, and having a goooo at watching them all by the end of the week. Love your content, wink out.
I feel sorrow for his only child, his boy, who lost his Father & lost out on a financially stable life. That money could’ve put him in a nice home growing up, a better education & college, etc. also, his elderly Mother would’ve been taken care of as well. I’ve heard the stories of loosing all the lottery winnings, but 16 million in 2 years is beyond my imagination.
It's especially shocking the money evaporated so fast, when Abraham was not extravagant or self indulgent with his lottery millions. All he did for himself was buy a house and a second hand Rolex watch, and put $1 million in an investment account for his son Moses to have when he came of age.
Most of Abraham's money was actually stolen from him, by fast friends with hard luck stories, and of course the psychopath who murdered him. That poor man had two extraordinary, massively-against-the-odds events happen to him within a short period - his incredible, multi million dollar won, and his assassination.
I don't know how the statistics fall, but the odds against either one of those things happening to someone are huge. The odds against both the lottery win and the murder happening to one person must be way higher. Though of course the two events were closely related.
I think poor Abraham was vulnerable to a great extent due to his incomplete education (he left school at 12 and was barely literate). It made him unworldly with low self esteem, all too easily manipulated by the ruthless con woman who promised to manage his cash - and whose boastful lies he was too unsophisticated to see through. I hope his little boy Moses will get the great education that sadly he did not, and enjoy a far happier life. Among many life lessons, this terrible case reminds us that an education really is a priceless gift.
No doubt Dee Dee Moore also stole Abraham's only child's nest egg from him - while telling police he was a deadbeat dad, who'd fled the country to avoid child support payments! The woman is so despicable, she tried to blame her own, innocent 14-year-old son for Abraham's murder. There's a special place in Hell reserved for sub human scum like her, who prey on the most vulnerable.
Toxic femininity.
There was something left for the boy…you have to watch this story on another show
He wasted millions but never bothered to buy a home for his kid and baby mom to live in but blew it on" big boobs" killer.
@@NutsNBerries I wojld also assume all assets bought by her or put in her name and funds remaining etc that she stole would have been transferred to the son.
I feel so bad for Abraham. He was just a simple man and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I wish he could have found a real honest financial advisor to help him with his money and moved himself, his mother and child out of state away from all the leeches.
R.I.P. Abraham.
Exactly. All he needed was someone to point him to Vanguard index funds, and he would have had more money than he ever knew was possible, for the rest of his life.
He was a generous man, as well. Taking his friends on cruises, very sweet!
well he did buy a mansion and cruises. He just treated everyone else around to things as well. I agree with another person that there should be a financial advisor or something close to help people with such a huge win. Too many people have been killed over or conned out of their winnings.
@@timelston4260 here you go trying to con and rip someone off.
@@lyricberlin Yep, me and Jack Bogle. Low cost index investing is such a fraud! (sarcasm)
I’ve always found this case to be so sad. Winning the lottery was the worst thing to happen to poor Abraham.😞
Meeting Dee Dee was the worst.
a lot of lottery people end up living a sad life or end up in debt.
Unfortunately, winning the lottery is the worst thing to happen to _many_ people... So much so that it's considered a sort of 'curse'. It's really strange & depressing, but if you look it up, there's story after story of lottery winners ending up with completely broken lives or ending up dead.
@@KyrieChii Usually the “curse” is never knowing how to manage money, because they’ve never had any to manage before. Back then most people thought 2 million would last them a lifetime, & it could have... had they invested wisely. Most Americans are in the habit of purchasing liabilities, rather than investments, & even investments can have endless liabilities.
It's called "life changing money" for a reason. Unfortunately, most people don't realize their life will most likely change for the worst.
I'm not a very emotional person, I feel things very strongly especially when something is unjust but I don't cry easily. And this story actually has me choked up. Abraham Shakespeare was just a really kind man was really taking advantage of by supposed friends and by this woman. His little boy now has to grow up without a father and who loved him very much. This has really touched me and I'm tearing up not going to lie.
Poor dude, all he wanted was a friend. He probably would've taken care of her for the rest of her life if she was just there for him, but no she had to have it all. People really make me sick.
he could have moved to another country and be utterly a nobody with some cash to spare, he made his own hell hole and stayed in there.
@@TheBwaap Not everyone wants to live alone in another unfamiliar country. On top of that he clearly had some kind of learning disability.
@@lifesajoke6965 well he already lived alone,...
learning disability or low iq or whatever, its not that hard to figure out.
@@lifesajoke6965 and i bet he waved away a ton of great advise too. these kind of big prices should include council and money management before the whole amount gets payed out
The absolute nerve of this woman. Her smiling and laughing when asked if she buried poor Abraham makes my skin crawl. May she rot in prison the rest of her days on this planet. Rest In Power, Abraham. May you find the peace you so clearly wanted and deserved.
Bet comment I''ve read so far and I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments.
Is "Rest in power" something only black men can do? Can white men rest in power too or?
That sheriff of Polk County, Grady Judd, is something of a celebrity. He's popped up on numerous crime stories and one of the most amazing things about him is his work ethic. He is everything a cop should be. Honest, hardworking, empathic and has a strong sense of integrity. He once investigated his own police force when some payroll money was going missing. He wouldn't quit 'till he got to the bottom of it and finally discovered that three of his deputies were skimming money. They were immediately fired and sheriff Judd threw the book at them. He's particularly well known for his press conferences where he has a rather unique way of filling the public in on the progression of a case. He's just an awesome guy.
The man, the legend, Sheriff Grady Judd!!!
I knew he looked familiar, but I thought I must be mistaken. What a legend.
Careful your post is tantamount to putting a hit out on him these days.
A praise-filled post like that has to be a precursor to him being up to his keister in something hinky.
Yeah he'll make you a Star,in the worst Way possible
HOLY SHIT when the interviewer called her out about the witness statements being in her handwriting hahaha
Always entertaining to see Sheriff Grady pop up in a case. My family knows him, and he's always been blunt and to the point about cases. Doesn't take crap from anyone.
I know right? I love Sheriff Grady! There needs to be more men like him in every law enforcement agency across the country. The only qualms I have with him is his opposition to marijuana.
Officer doofy morelike
I love that Sheriff Grady Judd was involved and shown in this video. He’s amazing! Also love his press videos on current crimes happening in Polk County, FL. I wish there were more like him in our justice system.
Sheriff Grady is the best.
That really was a happy surprise.
Sherriff judd is the best sherriff in tampa bay!!
As soon as I saw Grady Judd I thought there was no way this lady stood a chance. He is an outstanding sheriff for Polk County.
I liked when he came out sporting a big gold necklace they confiscated from a drug dealer. He is making cops cool again! 😎
There are predators EVERYWHERE. It's unfortunate, but you really do have to be skeptical of anyone trying to "help" you. I wish this guy would have had someone by his side who could have shielded him from opportunists. He seemed like a nice dude. Truly sad story
And good people who would actually help someone out don't get the opportunity because of the predators taking advantage of people. And around and around it goes. It's truly sad.
@@catserver8577 one of the many reasons we just can't have nice things
@@ViperliciousOG Yep.
sad thing is he probably did. Yet all of the "friends" crowded them out.
This story is overwhelming sad. Abraham seems like such a sweet and genuine person and unfortunately so many people took advantage of him to the point where it led to him being murdered and it just really sucks when things like this happen to good people.
Poor Abraham 🥺 If just ONE person genuinely cared about him and not just his money, he’d still be here
Exactly!! It’s so sad that he didn’t have anyone in his life that truly cared but maybe his mother & son. I wish he could’ve had a best friend or an uncle or father that could’ve been there for him because men need support too.
I wish Abraham had a truly trustworthy accountant and advisor from the beginning when he won the lottery. He didn't have the savvy to know how to manage that kind of wealth and was so vulnerable to grifters and opportunists. I feel like whomever runs these state lotteries should be consciencious enough to warn a winner that they will require help managing that money. I know you can't keep someone from squandering their money, but it just seems like Abraham was doomed to fail.
I agree , but Abraham didn't know that he can tell the stores or casinos not to make their winnings public knowledge, I believe it's called "Gag Lottery" law
I wish they didn't announce the winners at all. Instead, they'd do something like, "32 year old man from Austin. Texas wins the jackpot." And would leave it at that. If they need to show the person holding up their gigantic check, blur their faces out. Don't give out their names at all. They should know better by now. In the end of the day, it should be up to the winners to decide whether to tell people that they've won or not. No one deserves to have such a blessing turned into a curse.
Tragic, such a good fella with no one who truly cared for him.
Sadly, it’s hard to know who you can trust, even financial advisors. But I agree with you all that the person’s name should not be announced at all. It’s putting their lives in danger, or at least puts a bunch of greedy grifters on their tail.
@@tiajoseph7309 I agree, anonymous.
I've seen this case covered before, but it really upsets me. The thought of some asshole taking advantage of and later killing somebody that is illiterate with a 7th grade education just really ticks me off. The "friends" that suddenly came out of the woodwork, aren't much better.
I've seen this story before also, but Mike does a pretty good job of putting everything together.
There was footage I had not seen before.
Is very rare that people are truly interested in helping others. Usually they are only looking out for themselves, and hardly ever repay kindness. It’s a sad state of affairs 😔
RIP MR ABRAHAM. May the creator accept your kindness and good deeds
I just hope that his child and his mom got what was left, as they were the only people who seemed to love him. This is such a sad story. As someone who had a caregiver fleece and almost kill one of my own parents, this story hits close to home. It happens far more often than people realize.
How awful for your family! I worry that one day someone would try that on my Mum, as my father is 16 years her senior and will likely go before she does, leaving her with money in her old age. It breaks my heart to hear these stories of our elders being left skint and alone. I hope everything worked out for you in the end.
As a former caregiver, I have seen the family fleece them. It is sad to watch
@@lyricberlin That is not the case here. It's interesting you took the fact that it happens quite often (caregivers taking advantage of vunerable adults) personally like that. Or felt the need to say that about my stating an experience my family member is still recovering from.
I was a caregiver for almost a decade. I don't take it personally that it's a sad reality because I never did it perhaps.
@@lyricberlin but then I shouldn't be shocked as you commented 'Sounds like she was sick of them all bleeding her dry and being the only one working' in *support* of a family annihilator on another of Mike's videos.
Wow. Just wow.
Dear lord.
@@globalwarmhugs7741 Thank you. They are still recovering.
YES MIKE! I've been waiting for you to cover this case and we finally got it. I read the book Unlucky Number and MAN does it give so much detail to this case that was a whirlwind od a series of events. Abraham Shakespeare was a victim of circumstances due to being way too nice and not being good at reading nor writing, and Dee Dee Moore is the MONSTER that capitalized on this and continued to lie and lie until she couldn't do it anymore. Craziest true crime case I've probably ever heard.
Yeah for real! I’ve seen so many docs on this case. This woman is a sociopath that you’d only expect to see on a TV series.
I just bought that book a couple weeks ago. I can’t wait to read more about this case!
I remember this. That poor man, he gave everything to everyone, and it still wasn't enough for some people.
He is poor now alright. He was an idiot with his money, not nice.
@@viking_nor WHAT? What is wrong with you? He's dead... that's the point of the video!! 🤨🤨
@@hlondon24O8 May have been crude humor, who knows?
Seemed like a kind and humble man, from everything I've heard.
Wish hed had at least one real human being in his corner to protect him.
Richness is a curse. I'll always believe that. I truly only want enough and that ain't much.
I wouldn't be able to handle the paranoia itself.
@@hlondon24O8 hes just pissed he is poor and probably is just mad he won because he was Abraham. If he was hick named Harry, he wouldn't say his comment if you get what i mean.
I live in Tampa and Grady Judd is so funny! We love him here! He’s the sheriff of a neighboring county and he’s always on it!
This case really breaks my heart. He deserved every penny. It's unbelievable what people will do for money 😔
It's partly because of pop culture, the new opiate of the masses
He deserved?
Same. I honestly thought about skipping this episode because this case upsets me, but it's Mike, so... have to watch it anyway. It just hurts your soul to see someone generous & kind being destroyed by greed & manipulation. Ugh.
@@KyrieChii I’m glad Mike brought attention to the fact that having loads of money isn’t what everyone dreams like it would be, & that the lack of money isn’t necessarily the worst thing that can happen to you.
I rarely give a thumbs up to crime videos, but this is a story that needs to be heard.
This is why you should always take your winnings anonymously. If you publicize it, you basically have to permanently relocate if you're lucky enough to find a town that won't know you. Your life as you know it is done.
Aside from it showing how evil she was, it really shows how much humanity values money and greed over another’s life :/ rest in power Abraham, I hope you found a place perfect for you🙏🏽
True. It has actually been prophesied over 2000 yrs. ago, in the Apostle Paul's second letter to Timothy, chp. 3: "In the last days perilous times will come...for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money....lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God....etc."
I don't know anyone like DeeDee, and I hope you don't either.
I believe most people are decent, at least that's been my experience overall. Of course, my experience hasn't included politicians, CEOs or CIA agents.
Abraham's money attracted the worst of us, and I'm sorry there was no one to chase the uglies away.
Human beings are the most depraved creatures on the planet. We maim, torture and kill our own offspring, we torture and kill pets, we kill over greed envy and jealousy.
Rest in power? Lol it's rest in peace
@@one.2622 uhhh rest in power is another phrase used it means although their life may have been tough, they were a pure soul. It’s a way of acknowledging their strength, which shows in the way Abraham just wanted to live life and didn’t deserve to be lynched off of. Don’t try and correct me next time lol
16:56 I love this Sheriff! If you watch his other press conferences they’re usually pretty great. He definitely seems to genuinely love his community and he has little patience for the scumbags that might serve to disrupt the peace in his jurisdiction.
I follow him on FB and RUclips. He's the best.
Came here for this comment
I really admire him.
@Sarah Watterson What's his YT channels name?
It's always gonna be fucc 12 but those cops actually did their job well with this one. Sadly Abe didn't get to live to see justice
This is the second source that I've listened to about Mr. Shakespeare. So tragic, seemed like a genuine, nice man that everyone around him really did wrong.
This is why lottery winner are given financial advice straight away when winning the jackpot. My heart breaks for this man. He should have had a wonderful life if he was protected better.
If only he had been literate, I think he would be doing well today.
@@sunshine3914 Literacy wouldn't help his genetically lower than average IQ sadly. Plenty of athletes and rappers go broke even after going to college
Yikes, at the end she was acting like she's smarter than everyone else. Smart people know when to stop. It's almost like she doesn't want to believe there are a lot of people out there smarter than her. When the interviewer tells her those witness statements look like her handwriting, it almost looked like her mind was blown. She couldn't understand how he figured it out.
It's a very toxic mindset to believe everyone else is stupider than you. It just proves how ignorant she is. She has to be super ignorant to believe someone is willing to pretend to be the murderer, spend the rest of their life in jail, for 50k.
Toxic femininity.
@@BalboaBaggins Femininity Toxic
Has nothing to do with being smart….cops are trained to know when somebody is lying
@@NutsNBerries You don't need to be a cop or trained in any way to see that she's lying... bout as obvious as it gets... that interview was so cringe you can just see the frustration in the officers lol imagine having to sit through days and days of that and changing stories at one point she even used the first story, like she ran out and went back to the start hoping they'd forgotten or something
Seems that she thought she was smarter than Abraham and sadly, with him being illiterate, it seems she may have been or at least just deceptive and manipulative enough to take advantage of his good nature though it looks like as soon as he found out what she'd done she removed him from the equation and just started living his life completely
Must have been a con artist's dream come true
Thing is she wasn't smarter than the cops or nearly as smart as she thought, clearly. She needed to be a great con artist and then when that failed a great liar and she was neither. She was useless at both and that's why she's in prison.
Her face when the media interviewer called her out about her "witnesses" for being written in her own hand writting 😬
How tiresome it would be to live such a lie, in the end she felt mistreated because they wouldn't believe a CON ARTISTS lies. Oh i felt the irony from my couch lol. Lov you mike ❤ great story as always.
Omg its sheriff grady judd. This guy holds the best press conferences when catching criminals.
The way Dee Dee tried to get away with some of this stuff is so absurd, it could be a comedy movie or sitcom 😆
I’m a Floridian and I have heard Abraham’s story up and down and all around. Every single person I know who dreams about winning the lottery never fails to talk about how they’d hire a law firm rep to pick up the money, have monthly installments come in, never tell a soul, donate anonymously, yada yada yada. I believe every single human being leads by example, even in death. RIP, Abraham.
Is it a law there to collect winnings publicly? I can't believe some states require you to do that instead of being anonymous. Laws should have been changed after Abraham's death 😔
@Pat Luxor Not sure what’s funny? There are law firms that actually specialize in trusts and estates and you can hire them to protect your rights to your winnings.
@@MichelleSK6 yeah, you’re technically not allowed to go fully anonymous. There’s certain courses of action you have to take before you go claim your winnings to try and protect your identity. I really wish that Abraham’s case had prompted for those optional terms to be mandatory instead.
@@MichelleSK6 it depends on the state. Some states allow you to claim anonymously. Some don’t.
@@MichelleSK6 Nah, it’s not a law on a federal level. If you win the lottery while living in the following states, you have the right to remain anonymous to protect yourself and your loved ones:
Arizona
Delaware
Georgia
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New Jersey
North Dakota
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
Truthfully, I think it should be nationwide to collect your winnings anonymously solely for this purpose. People are greedy and will do anything to befriend someone who has won a lot of money to mooch/use them (or worse, have nefarious purposes and mislead them to somehow inherit the money themselves if an “accident” was to happen or due to how often it has occurred).
If anyone plays the lottery, for the love of God don’t ever brag about it if you do win. Keep it to yourself and close loved ones and don’t draw a bunch of attention to yourself …. because when lump sums of cash are involved, some folks out there are like bloodhounds. As soon they get a whiff of knowing you have money or won it, they’ll come out if the woodworks left and right. They always do. Doesn’t matter if you are armed to the teeth for protection or think you’re smarter than those who was unfortunately crossed - people are unpredictable as hell. It’s better to be safe than sorry because of it.
People like Dee dee scare me more than horror movies do
22:31 I love how Mike shows compassion and emotion... he has micro expressions and does a long pause before delivering the bad news. I can tell our homie Mike is a good guy that cares unlike other channels that are cold and so matter of fact even making mean jokes about the victim. Not Mike.. he is a good guy....luv ya Mike 😘😘..theres no one like you on youtube especially in the true crime world.
how she refers to abraham as "that man" is just like bill clintons referring to monica as "that woman". the liars never say the name of the victim.
Was thinking the same. Distancing themselves from them.
That always reminds me of Chris Watts saying "those girls" when referring to his two daughters that he killed.
Or Patsy Ramsey's 'that girl' 🤮
Shakespeare was a genuine man and did NOT deserve what happened to him.
i actually felt ill when she was filming him talking about being taken advantage of while being asked by someone who is taking advantage of him while also planning his murder...
@@kimmyfreak200 same!!!!!! I’m like how can you do this.
I have heard this story so many times and you are the only one who talked about Dee Dee's back story. Her past was a huge red flag 🚩
This is probably the first one of these videos that made me cry.
7:15 so cool to randomly see Sheriff Grady Judd! Love that guy, he goes above and beyond what the average sheriffs do in the rest of the country. His press conference are always hilarious. Especially the one with Pikachu lol
Deedee used to babysit my cousins in the late 80’s early 90’s. My aunt let her go for being flaky and unreliable and catching her in a bunch of lies. “Deedee killing Shakespeare” became like a weird family story after this first happened. It’s always weird when series I love cover it! Well done Mike 👌🏼 see you real soon in the next one
That’s crazy. People like that only get worse, the more they feel they get away with!
This happened to my buddy Eric once.
Oh Polk county people here, nice
What a lie
She tricked him out of his money, she didn’t have to kill him.
She didn't want the hassle of him fighting her for his money.
As if tricking someone out of their money was good to begin with... Some women are more evil than big companies.
There are alot of women who are just like her. They just aren’t as obvious
She a beast. U a pet
@@yahnservices1978 a lot of men too! My ex mother in law married a guy, ended up taking all her money, had married her with a false identity, and got away with it- taking off, never to be found.
That cop 🤣 ‘I can’t tell you anything else because you don’t believe me.’
‘Well, I don’t believe you cuz you’re lying.’
I'm a Polk County resident and vaguely remember this case on the news. It's crazy seeing a local story on this channel. Thank you for your work!
It's truly tragic that he didn't get a financial advisor immediately. Also, the televising/media of winners is a huge negative because people DO come out of the woodwork for a handout. For people who win future jackpots get yourself a reputable attorney/financial planner first,
Ya hit the lotto the first three things you buy are lawyers. An Estate Planner, Tax Expert, Criminal Prosecutor
I REALLY wish they wouldn't show people's names and faces
*If you win the lotto you can anonymous.*
The financial advisor woulda killed Abe less stupidly.
This story absolutely breaks my heart EVERYTIME I hear it. Abraham was a wonderfully giving man. He deserved so much more than what he got. It makes me sick. Dee dee deserves to suffer every single day and to have the most miserable life ever. Sad .
I love it when Mike signs off with an “I love ya’ “.
We love ya’ too Mike.
I love Sheriff Grady Judd! I'm not from Florida or Polk county, but he's known every where. He gets the job done while being funny as hell! And he don't play about nothing that involves drugs or violence or really any kind of of criminal acts but mostly those against children.
I like when the interviewer is calling her on her BS, especially when he said those witnesses don't exist and It looks like your handwriting, the look on her face was like how dare you challenge me, then she has the nerve to call other people idiots. 🙄
Thanks Mike, I love watching your videos and your commentary is great 😂. We Love you too!
Look at the absolute fear in the sheriff's eyes when he talks about her sexual advances on him
Maybe he thought about giving it a goooo
@@impossivel2006 nice
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@@impossivel2006 hahaha top comment lol
Deedee, was not a successful business owner. She owned a business that was in financial ruin. She had also filed for bankruptcy several years before she met Abraham.
I remember this story from the news. My heart always broke for Abraham. Poor guy was all alone. He deserved so much better.
Wow, my heart just breaks for this guy. I've got to say that in my experience the people who are most generous are those who have had the least in life so I'm not at all surprised that he was giving his money away so easily, even to these people who he probably hardly knew at all (or maybe didn't know!) Lots of them probably were hard up for cash, but that doesn't excuse using someone purely for it. It's amazing how these people really did pave the way for this horrible woman to just worm her way into his life under the guise of protecting him from all this. :(
The reason a lot of poor people don't maintain individual/familial wealth is because they share it. It's not fair
She “maintains her innocence”… as they always do. It’s funny how (unrelated) police can get a confession, video evidence, have witnesses, and still a mf will plead not guilty.
That’s always baffled me… it’s like, cut the bullsh1t already… you’re not fooling anyone.
From what I understand, if people never plead guilty and down the road some legal loophole or whatever is found, they could potentially get it overturned or something.
@@EyeonthePrize247 In addition to that, she's probably just so used to presenting lies as reality that she just continues that behavior out of habit. She's been working to con people her whole life and isn't going to stop just because she's in jail.
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That’s facts! She’s the type of person to lie just for the sake of it even if it has no benefit whatsoever. I’ve had friends like that and it’s so annoying… like, why are you lying about the dumbest sh1t?
Q: How do you know they’re lying?
A: Their lips are moving.
You can be found not guilty for millions of reasons you would be a moron for pleading guilty with out a good deal, this isn’t a church, no one is atoning to god for their immortality they are dealing with the corrupt justice system, like obviously your going to do anything to fight the state lol such silly comments
Sometimes(maybe all the time? I'm not an expert) in felony cases you legitimately cannot enter a plea of guilty. You have to plead not guilty even if you want to plead guilty because of the nature of the case. Also if you plead guilty, your crime can't be altered, you can't remove aggravating factors that increase your sentence etc, so you're stuck with the harshest version of your crime and harshest punishment. So uh... never plead guilty.
All that money she scammed and she couldn't find a good hairdresser
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I hope that all of his remaining money and assets, (including everything that she stole), were put into a trust for his child.
RIP, Abraham.
Sadly she probably spent it on legal fees or had already blown through it. I'm sure once she knew the police were looking at her she moved anything left. I'd be very surprised if any money was recoverable however, like you I really hope that something went his way. The levels of evilness that humans can perpetrate, without any regard for others is truly frightening.
@Ms Starlight Abraham left $1 million dollars for his son and put it in a trust fund before his death. Thank god for that.
@@Exxtol1 That's great to know, I couldn't find anything about it online, back when I looked, so I really appreciate that you took the time to reply and let me know.
Thank you.
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If you ever watch want to watch an interrogation, watch hers. It's SO FUNNY, also annoying and ridiculous, but the detectives were hilarious and it is refreshing to hear them say exactly what you're thinking. I believe Blue Dot crime and interrogations has it in 3 parts here on RUclips.
I came here to say this! It had me in tears! Those detectives were not HAVING it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for suggestions! I just subbed.
I remember hearing about this. He was a good man. Such a senseless murder. Heartbreaking!
Toxic femininity.
And one of the best things about this video is when the police are interrogating her and just steadily going on on her and calling her a liar and everything else. I love the fact they went so hard on her and kept calling her a liar and basically making her realize the jig is up. Man, I love some savage detectives tbh.
I've seen a few documentaries about this tragic case. Almost every one of them had his barber in them, too. Mr. Shakespeare had leant him thousands of dollars. He really struck me as "a friend" only because Mr. Shakespeare was helping support his failing business. Poor guy probably would've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars just to find a real friend.
The lottery needs to connect every big winner up with a fiduciary for a little while.
Yes!!!! It should be law!!
It's so freaking scary to know that there are people just like her walking around this earth.. everywhere. Undetected
Toxic femininity.
@@BalboaBaggins toxic humanity
@@Anderson-lp6hm Funny how we never hear that when a man does something.
They're not really undetected it's in their genetic nature to be this way...
They die
I feel so sorry for Abraham. He was surrounded by leeches and betrayed by the worst of them all whom he probably believed was a caring friend 😢
Really. It's heartbreaking that maybe if he'd had *one* close friend near him (who wasn't just asking for money), maybe he wouldn't have been so ready to turn to Dee Dee for help when she barged into his life, and maybe she wouldn't have had a chance to get so close because a friend would've been concerned about her getting closer to him.
He knew, but it was still better to be used than alone. Lotto winners have a death/suicide rate 150x higher than those that dont within the first ten years? If there was a product not held in patent by big pharma that dangerous we'd ban it immediately. The lotto lies, maims, robs and kills, it needs a bigger warning label than just a gambling hotline. Even Vegas got rid of balconies for a reason.
@@maebandy As a millionaire from my country said decades ago (after a winner of a tv show eventually killed himself), only those who are accustomed to be extremely rich can profit from and enjoy a huge amount of money falling in your lap unexpectedly. He wasn't looking down on "common" people, but pointing out that such a drastic change in life never brings any good to those who are not skilled in handling money and fend off leeches and, sadly, he was right.
You had the right idea when you started doing this. You're a good person, and we need more people like you too. xx