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Narrator: The luckiest day
in a man's life...
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He won $31 million.
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Narrator: ...Turns him
into a neighborhood hero.
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He bought us a house
and he had that heart to give.
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Narrator: But when no one hears
from him for months...
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I talk to him every day
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And he hasn't been
returning my call.
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Narrator: ...A bizarre phone
call deepens the mystery.
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His voice sounds a little funny.
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Somebody could have robbed him.
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David: Of course, he's bitter.
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He lost a lawsuit
involving millions of dollars.
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Narrator:
And an undercover operation...
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There was a recording device
sitting in a empty can
of red bull.
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Narrator: ...Sends police
looking for answers
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Hidden below the surface
of a quiet florida town.
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She takes a piece of angle iron,
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Sticks in the ground,
and whispers,
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"tell your boy
to dig six feet down."
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Andrew: And this is where
the plot thickens.
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Narrator: Plant city
is a rural patch of florida
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Back road where life is simple
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And agriculture is king.
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Plant city is known
for strawberry farms.
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It's in between tampa,
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The beautiful
golf coast beaches,
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And the theme parks of orlando.
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You see, in plant city,
it's country.
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Most people here
that wanna hear the news,
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They go up onto the tree
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And sit on milk craze
and baguettes,
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And have conversation
about what could have been
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And what's not today.
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Narrator:
On a January morning in 2010,
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The conversation in plant city
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Is all about
the law enforcement
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That's descended on an
unassuming house in the town.
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The police are responding
to a tip in a case
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That has puzzled
this community for months.
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There are news cameras
all around
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Trying to get just a glimpse
of what law enforcement finds.
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And the police have reason
to believe that the body
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Is buried deep in the earth
in the backyard.
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Narrator: The forensic team
focuses on something
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That seems out of place
in the rural backyard,
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A large cement slab.
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That morning we began
breaking up the concrete slab.
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We finally get down
to about six feet, two inches.
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And one of the crime scene
technicians says,
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"I think I've got something."
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We carefully start
wiping away the dirt
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And we realize
that it's a body lean.
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Andrew: The body had been there
for nine months.
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You can almost imagine
the smell and the stench.
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They can immediately determine
that it's human remains
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But they have to see
whose remains they are.
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Narrator: The investigators
believe they finally uncovered
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The evidence they've been
seeking of a brutal murder.
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This murder
was the tragic finale
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To a rags to riches story
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That ended up with a person
buried in the backyard.
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Narrator: The chances
of winning florida's lottery
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Are an astounding
fifteen million to one.
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But in places like the
hardscrabble community
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Of lakeland, florida,
dreams about hitting it big
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Provide a welcome break
from reality.
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In our community,
we don't have too many things
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That we can get into without
getting into a little mischief.
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Greg:
A lot of people play lottery.
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You dream hitting the lottery.
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I dream hitting the lottery.
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Narrator:
For greg smith's friend,
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Abraham shakespeare, that dream
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Is one of the few things
that keep his spirits high.
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I think he wished
and hoped and prayed
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That he would hit the lottery.
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But abraham
wasn't a real fortunate person.
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He left school to go to work
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To see what he can do
about helping his family.
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He started out
in the orange groves,
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Picking fruit,
mowing yards, raking yards,
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And whatever money he made,
he helped his family with it.
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Abraham stayed
with his mother and, um,
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Helped her with the bills
and-- and--
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And was pretty content
being a day laborer.
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And his life
was based around his mother
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And taking care of her.
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Tammy: Abraham
would sit on the porch
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And he would just tell us,
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You know, if he had money,
what he would do,
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And he would like say
what big house he wanted
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Or nice cars.
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And, you know,
yeah, he was a dreamer.
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Andrew: On November 15th, 2006,
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Abraham is working some odd jobs
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With a man named michael ford,
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And they stopped
at a local convenience store
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To pick up some food and drinks.
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Cedric: The guy asked him
if he wanted a soda, um,
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And abraham said, "no, just
give me two lottery tickets."
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That night,
they got it on the store,
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He came to my house.
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He said, "your cousin
just hit the lottery."
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He won $31 million.
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Narrator:
Abraham decides to take
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A one-time payout
of $16.9 million.
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The money lets him show
a generous side
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That he never could before.
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Tammy: He bought us a house.
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He had that heart to give.
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He just felt like
that's what he needed to do,
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Just help people.
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Narrator: When abraham
learns that a local barber,
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His friend and former boss,
greg smith
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Is trying to get
an $87,000 loan from the bank,
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He steps in to help.
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He bring me this envelope,
cashier's check in my name.
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I said, "I'm not gonna take
this money for free from you.
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I'm gonna take the payments
that I was gonna do to the bank
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And I'll pay you
the same amount."
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Narrator:
After a life spent in poverty,
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Abraham treats himself, too.
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He bought a home
in north lakeland,
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Which is a--
was a home he dreamed of.
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Tammy: It was scary
because he didn't know
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How to manage his money.
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He had an entourage around him.
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But half of those people,
he didn't know.
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They knew he couldn't read,
they know he couldn't write,
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They know he can sign them
with his name.
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He said,
"man, every time I turn around,
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Somebody want something."
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He was their cash cow
and they milked him daily.
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Tammy: I said it
[indistinct] now, so abraham,
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You got to think now,
you can go through this money.
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You got people
coming from everywhere,
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So you gotta be careful.
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But he was so happy
not to be poor anymore,
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That wasn't even
a thought in his mind.
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Narrator: By October 2008,
less than two years
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After winning the jackpot,
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Abraham is down
to his last $2 million.
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Then his luck
changes once again,
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When a local business woman
named dee dee moore
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Takes an interest in abraham's
rags to riches story.
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Dee dee moore was introduced
to him by a mutual friend.
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He had an interesting
story to tell
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And she proposed
that she write a book on him.
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And I think
he was very captivated by that.
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Narrator: But as the two
start to work on the book,
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It doesn't take long
before dee dee discovers
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That abraham is in over
his head financially.
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She found out
that he hadn't paid
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The taxes on his house,
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That he was behind
on certain bills
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And so she made
a pretty reasonable proposal.
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Why don't you let me
handle your finances?
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Cedric:
When I first met dee dee,
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She came serious
with that attitude.
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"listen, I'm abraham's
financial adviser.
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Money is not being returned
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And I'm not here to lose money
but to make money."
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It made perfect sense.
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Narrator: With dee dee
handling abraham's finances,
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She advises him to stay home
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Away from all
the outstretched hands
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That follow him everywhere.
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And he just
couldn't turn them away.
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He couldn't say no.
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But he was really unhappy.
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Tammy: We just didn't see him
no more.
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We thought, well, maybe
he didn't wanna be bothered,
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So we gave him
the benefit of the doubt.
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Narrator: After several weeks
without any word from abraham,
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His family reaches out to
the only person they believe
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Is still in contact with him,
his financial adviser, dee dee.
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We called dee dee to find out
where abraham was
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And, um, she told us
that he went out of town.
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She was receiving text from him
and she shared those texts
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With his family to show
the family that he was okay.
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He did mention
wanting to leave town.
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We wanted to help him
because everybody else dream
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He was trying to fulfill,
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And he never had time
for himself.
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Tammy: And months went by,
months went by, and no abraham.
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His phone wasn't going.
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It ring, ring, ring,
the answer service come on.
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Cedric says,
"it just don't seem right.
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I'm gonna report this."
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Narrator: Seven months
after anyone last saw abraham,
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His cousin decides the family
has waited long enough.
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David: In November of 2009,
our missing persons unit
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Took a call from a gentleman
named cedric edom.
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Cedric: I said,
"listen, my cousin is missing.
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I talk to him every day
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And he hasn't been
returning my call."
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David: We reach out
to abraham's mother
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And find out
it was around April
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That the last she actually
physically saw abraham.
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Narrator: Since then,
she tells the detectives
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She's received only
text messages from her son.
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But they've left her
more troubled than comforted.
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Some texts were telling her
that he was fine.
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He just don't wanna be bothered.
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Abraham's mother told us,
"we're a little confused.
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He can't text message
because he can't read or write."
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So we had to determine
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Were these text messages
legitimate?
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Was he with someone
that was actually
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Sending the text for him?
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We felt there was something
suspicious about the case.
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This is more than
a missing person's case.
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It was a missing person
involving
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A 30-plus-million-dollar-lottery
winner.
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Andrew: Abraham was owed
money by lots of people,
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So you have the potential
for people who owed him money
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Or people
that wanted money from him
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Trying to hurt him in some way.
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Right from the beginning,
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There are lots
of different suspects
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And really no evidence
and no leads.
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David: Michael ford
filled a lawsuit and alleged
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That abraham stole
the ticket from him.
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Andrew: If this wasn't abraham
who called, who was it?
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David: We want you
to record every conversation.
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Greg: Let me see what we can do
to get you out of this
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Because I know
you didn't kill him.
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David: We get our binoculars
out, we got our camera out.
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We're just like, oh, my god.
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This is crazy.
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[♪♪]
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Narrator: Seven months
after multimillion dollar
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Lottery winner,
abraham shakespeare,
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Was last seen,
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Investigators
are looking for leads
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In his disappearance.
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David: We began
with dee dee moore.
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She was, uh, the last person
that we knew had seen him.
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Andrew: Dee dee says
she's in touch with abraham.
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Abraham just needed
some time away
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That he needed a break
from everything.
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David:
Dee dee shows us her phone
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Where she's been receiving
text message from abraham.
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And a text message back
from abraham saying,
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"I don't wanna be bothered."
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Narrator: Dee dee also shows
investigators a video
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She made of a conversation
she had with abraham
a few months earlier,
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While discussing the book
she planned to write about him.
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In this video,
she speaks to abraham and says,
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"are you tired of people
asking you for money?
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Are you tired
of all the stress?"
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And abraham says,
"yeah, I just wanna get away."
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After our initial interview
with dee dee,
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We started looking at everybody
that owed abraham money.
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Once we learned the totality
of all the money
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That abraham had loaned out,
given out,
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People owing him money,
we had our hands full.
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We had 20, 30 people
that we needed to talk to.
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We wanted to explore
every avenue we could.
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We learned
that approximately six months
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After abraham won the lottery,
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Michael ford,
who bought the lottery ticket,
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Gave it to abraham,
filed a lawsuit,
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And took abraham to court
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And alleged that abraham
stole the ticket from him.
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That was investigated
and was settled in court.
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And it was determined
that michael ford
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Was not the owner
of the ticket,
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That abraham
did give him the money
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And was the rightful owner
of the ticket.
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Narrator: Investigators
recognized that losing out
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On $31 million
could cause michael ford
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To hold a grudge
against abraham.
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Michael ford was actually
living in georgia.
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And we actually sent
a detective to georgia,
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To speak with him in person.
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Michael ford, of course,
he admitted, yes,
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We had a dispute
over the lottery ticket.
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Of course, he's bitter.
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He lost a lawsuit
against abraham
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Involving millions of dollars.
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But michael ford said,
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"I lost the dispute
and I accepted it.
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And I'm not involved."
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Narrator: But the detectives
can't take his denial
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At face value,
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Not with a man's life
potentially at stake.
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So they dig deeper
into michael's background.
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David: We actually went so far
as to pull phone records
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Of michael ford
to actually see where he was
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At the time that we believed
abraham he was last seen.
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Narrator:
As investigators wait
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For michael ford's
phone records,
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The story
of the missing lottery winner
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Is splashed
across the headlines.
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The attention generates
no shortage of tips.
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I mean, we got calls as far
as los angeles, california
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From people that said
they saw abraham
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In a cvs pharmacy.
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They were so certain
it was him.
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We called the los angeles
county sheriff's office
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And had someone
go pull the video
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From the day this person
said they saw him.
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Once we saw the video,
we-- we knew it wasn't abraham.
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You have to weed through,
is this true?
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Is this not true?
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And, you know,
you don't wanna miss the tip
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That's gonna break it.
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Narrator: A few days later,
the cell phone records
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For michael ford come in
and they confirm his alibi.
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David: After looking
into his phone records,
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We were able to determine
that michael ford was in georgia
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At the time abraham
went missing,
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And was not involved,
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And, um, was no longer
a suspect in the case.
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Narrator: With no word
from abraham and no progress
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In the police search for him,
those closest to him,
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Including his mother,
elizabeth, find it hard
to hold on to hope.
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He was always riding
around with different people,
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Pulling up the clubs.
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Somebody could have robbed him
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Because he kept money
in his trunk.
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It was well known
that he had a lot of money
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And he carried cash
around with him.
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Anything was possible.
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Narrator:
As christmas approaches,
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The family finds it difficult
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To celebrate the holidays
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With abraham still missing.
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Then abraham's mother
receives an odd phone call.
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Abraham's mother
was having lunch after christmas
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And she gets a call
from abraham.
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Narrator:
He wishes her a merry christmas
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And tells his mother
that he's fine,
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And just wants to be
left alone.
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Andrew:
When she gets off the phone,
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Abraham's mom realized something
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That it was not abraham
that she was talking with.
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Like any mother
who knows her son's voice,
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She knew that someone had called
pretending to be abraham.
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And this is where
the plot thickens
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With this strange call
to abraham's mother.
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So that's where law enforcement
starts looking
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With a one strong piece
of evidence they have.
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And they're trying
to figure out
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If this wasn't abraham,
who called, who was it?
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[♪♪]
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Narrator: No one has heard
from florida lottery winner
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Abraham shakespeare
for nearly eight months.
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Then just after christmas 2009,
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His mother receives
a phone call
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From someone claiming
to be her son.
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David: Abraham's mother said,
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"his voice
sounds a little funny."
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I'm like, "what's the phone
number he called you from?"
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She says,
"well, it was a private number."
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I met with my partner.
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And we knew we could subpoena
her phone records
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And we're gonna be able
to see what number called.
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Usually it takes a day or two
to get anything.
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But with this subpoena,
20 minutes later,
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Which is unheard of,
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We have an email
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With the gps location
of the phone.
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Narrator: They also learn
who the phone belongs to.
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And it's a big surprise.
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It doesn't belong to abraham,
but to someone close to him.
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This phone is registered
to greg smith.
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Andrew: Greg smith
was a barber in polk county,
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And abraham had lent
greg smith $87,000
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After he'd won the lottery.
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Narrator: The gps coordinates
placed the phone
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At a local shopping mall.
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And detectives realize it could
still be at that location.
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We stopped what we're doing.
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We jump in our car
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And we drive
to the lakeland mall.
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It's the day after christmas.
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Thousands of cars there.
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We pull in there and we parked,
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And we both looked at
each other like,
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"what are we gonna do?
What are we looking for?"
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We sit there
for about five minutes.
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And we look up and in comes
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Dee dee moore's car.
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We just like, oh, my god,
this is crazy.
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00:20:18,117 --> 00:20:22,086
So dee dee's car pulls up
next to another car.
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She gets out of her car.
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She gets in the passenger
seat of this car.
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We get our binoculars out,
we got our camera out.
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We can't tell who it is.
393
00:20:42,275 --> 00:20:46,710
Dee dee hands this gentleman
a lot of cash.
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She gets in her car and leaves.
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So we're like,
let's follow him.
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We cut the car off.
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I have my badge out.
I go,
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"hey, I'm a homicide detective
with the sheriff's office.
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00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:03,027
We need to talk to you.
400
00:21:03,029 --> 00:21:05,162
We don't need nobody to know
we're talking to you.
401
00:21:05,164 --> 00:21:07,198
What do you wanna do?"
402
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,335
So this gentleman says,
"I guess I'm gonna cooperate."
403
00:21:10,337 --> 00:21:13,037
We identify him
as greg smith.
404
00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:18,909
He's the one that made the
phone call to abraham's mother.
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00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:28,319
Greg: I say this,
"I made that telephone call.
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A lady paid me $5,000 to call
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00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:34,659
And say I was
abraham shakespeare."
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00:21:37,596 --> 00:21:40,197
I'm thinking abraham
don't wanna talk to her no more
409
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And she tried
to get in contact with him.
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Narrator:
But investigators wonder
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Whether he's telling
the whole story.
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We realized that
greg actually owes abraham
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Over a hundred
thousand dollars.
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Greg was very suspicious to us.
415
00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:58,682
So we sit and talk to greg
a little more.
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Narrator: According to greg,
the plan was hatched
417
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When dee dee came to him
to collect on abraham's loan.
418
00:22:05,492 --> 00:22:07,726
Dee dee was
putting pressure on him
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To pay this debt.
420
00:22:09,962 --> 00:22:12,831
Then on the other hand,
she was offering money
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00:22:12,833 --> 00:22:14,966
To do these phone calls.
422
00:22:17,236 --> 00:22:18,670
When we told greg
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That something was going on
with abraham,
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He did genuinely
seem surprised.
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Greg: He say,
"you made a telephone call
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And impersonated
somebody else,"
427
00:22:27,247 --> 00:22:29,513
And that's all.
428
00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:32,584
Narrator: The detectives have
nothing to charge greg with.
429
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So he's free to go home.
430
00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:36,587
But now they wanna know more
431
00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:39,123
About why dee dee
who everyone believes
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Has been helping abraham would
set up a phony phone call.
433
00:22:43,329 --> 00:22:47,464
They begin digging
into her background.
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Law enforcement
quickly realized
435
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:52,202
That dee dee did not have
a squeaky clean past.
436
00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:55,273
Dee dee had been accused
of stealing
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00:22:55,275 --> 00:22:57,975
From the business
that she worked.
438
00:22:57,977 --> 00:23:01,178
David: A mysterious fire
in the office started
439
00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:03,314
Which burned all the records.
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00:23:05,284 --> 00:23:07,818
We also found
that she was arrested
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00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,219
For insurance fraud
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00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:12,357
Where she claimed that
some guys carjacked her,
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00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:13,991
Robbed her,
and tried to rape her,
444
00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:15,793
Threw her in the ditch
and stole her car.
445
00:23:19,299 --> 00:23:22,433
Narrator: Given her past,
the detectives now consider
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A disturbing possibility,
rather than helping abraham,
447
00:23:26,539 --> 00:23:30,441
Was dee dee methodically
stealing from him?
448
00:23:30,443 --> 00:23:32,042
To help find the answer,
449
00:23:32,044 --> 00:23:34,912
The investigators go back
to greg smith
450
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And asked for help.
451
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David: We told greg we want you
to be part of our team.
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00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:42,753
We want you to continue
talking to dee dee,
453
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:46,824
But we want you to record
every conversation.
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Greg: And he say,
"let's go meet with her
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And see what she got to say."
456
00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,399
I say, "serious, man,
457
00:23:55,401 --> 00:23:57,201
I ain't trying
to chase that woman."
458
00:23:57,203 --> 00:24:01,039
But when authorities told me
he's a missing man,
459
00:24:01,041 --> 00:24:02,874
I believe that.
460
00:24:02,876 --> 00:24:04,376
So I said, "I tell you what,
461
00:24:04,378 --> 00:24:07,211
What you need me to do
to help you out?"
462
00:24:07,213 --> 00:24:10,014
Andrew: So police ended up
wiring greg smith
463
00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:13,017
And sending him back out
to meet with dee dee moore.
464
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Greg: I get the phone call,
465
00:24:17,756 --> 00:24:19,623
"hey, meet me
at the gas station."
466
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So I said, "okay. It's on."
467
00:24:22,094 --> 00:24:24,162
David: He says,
"if you want me to do this,
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I need the body."
469
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[♪♪]
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Narrator: Eight months
after abraham shakespeare
disappeared,
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His friend greg smith
has agreed to help police
472
00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:45,916
By wearing a wire
473
00:24:45,918 --> 00:24:48,186
And meeting with abraham's
financial adviser
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Who has emerged
as a possible suspect.
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00:24:54,093 --> 00:24:55,527
David: At this point,
we feel
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That abraham might be
the victim of foul play
477
00:24:58,698 --> 00:25:01,631
And dee dee
is a suspect in the case.
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00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:05,335
So once we knew that greg
was in there with dee dee,
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00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:08,873
Our strategy was, okay,
let's put pressure on dee dee
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And see what happens.
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Narrator: Ready to start
their sting operation,
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Greg smith sets up a meeting
with dee dee moore.
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Andrew:
There was a recording device
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00:25:21,154 --> 00:25:24,021
Sitting in a empty can
of redbull.
485
00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:26,390
And greg and dee dee
were talking.
486
00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:32,296
Greg: I reached dee dee,
I say, "hey, man, listen,
487
00:25:32,298 --> 00:25:34,298
Where is abraham at?
488
00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:36,367
Where is he at?
I ain't heard from him."
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She says, "everybody thinks
I did something to abraham."
490
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,507
I say, "think you did
something to abraham,
491
00:25:43,509 --> 00:25:46,109
What are you talking about?"
492
00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:48,245
Andrew: Dee dee tells greg
493
00:25:48,247 --> 00:25:49,980
That she needs
to find someone
494
00:25:49,982 --> 00:25:53,718
Who's willing to take the rap
for abraham's disappearance,
495
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:57,287
And that she'll pay
someone to do it.
496
00:25:59,658 --> 00:26:02,659
There is no evidence
of foul play at this point.
497
00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:06,397
But now police have her
red-handed,
498
00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:11,135
Offering money to help cover up
abraham's disappearance.
499
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:14,806
Narrator: Dee dee's
incriminating statements
500
00:26:14,808 --> 00:26:17,541
Give the detectives
the probable cause they need
501
00:26:17,543 --> 00:26:20,711
To do a deeper
investigative dive.
502
00:26:23,583 --> 00:26:25,082
David: We sent out subpoenas
503
00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:27,551
For dee dee's phone
and abraham's phone.
504
00:26:27,553 --> 00:26:28,886
Prior to April 7th,
505
00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:33,257
Abraham averaged 200 calls
a day on his phone.
506
00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:39,696
And the only communication
he has after April 7th
507
00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:41,398
Is with dee dee moore.
508
00:26:45,205 --> 00:26:47,505
Narrator: The combined
phone records reveal
509
00:26:47,507 --> 00:26:49,706
Another alarming detail.
510
00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:51,776
Tamara: Anytime texts
were coming from
511
00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:53,577
Abraham shakespeare's phone,
512
00:26:53,579 --> 00:26:54,845
The cell phone towers
513
00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:57,047
That his alleged texts
were coming from
514
00:26:57,049 --> 00:26:58,782
Were pinging
from the same towers
515
00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:02,452
As where dee dee moore
was at the time.
516
00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:04,655
David: It became evident
at that point
517
00:27:04,657 --> 00:27:07,258
That unless they're sitting
in the car next to each other,
518
00:27:07,260 --> 00:27:08,925
Texting each other,
519
00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:10,928
Dee dee has abraham's phone.
520
00:27:15,934 --> 00:27:18,268
Narrator: But investigators
need solid proof
521
00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:21,071
Of dee dee's involvement
in abraham's disappearance
522
00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:24,608
Or worse before they can
charge her with anything.
523
00:27:24,610 --> 00:27:28,212
So they once again call up
their man on the inside,
524
00:27:28,214 --> 00:27:29,814
Greg smith.
525
00:27:29,816 --> 00:27:34,151
They instruct him
to call dee dee with an offer.
526
00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:37,487
David: We called greg smith
and we say, "hey, listen,
527
00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:39,423
We want you to tell dee dee
528
00:27:39,425 --> 00:27:42,894
If there happens to be
any chance abraham's dead,
529
00:27:42,896 --> 00:27:45,495
Any chance something
happened abraham,
530
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:46,697
I have a solution."
531
00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:52,770
Greg: I reached dee dee,
I say, "hey, is abraham dead?
532
00:27:52,772 --> 00:27:54,304
It's a reverse
psychology thing.
533
00:27:54,306 --> 00:27:55,439
I know you didn't
kill him.
534
00:27:55,441 --> 00:27:56,573
What happened?
535
00:27:56,575 --> 00:27:58,308
And let me see
what we can do
536
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:00,243
To get you out of this
537
00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:02,646
Because I know
you didn't kill him."
538
00:28:02,648 --> 00:28:05,115
I say, "you know what,
I got somebody,
539
00:28:05,117 --> 00:28:08,318
He'll take the fall for--
for killing abraham."
540
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,520
David: And he tells her,
"I have a cousin
541
00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:12,789
Who's about to be sentenced
to 30 plus years
542
00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:14,324
And for the right amount
of money,
543
00:28:14,326 --> 00:28:15,793
My cousin
will take a murder rap."
544
00:28:19,131 --> 00:28:20,998
I say, "in order for you
to get rid of all this,
545
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,667
You got to tell me
where the body at."
546
00:28:23,669 --> 00:28:26,404
David: And dee dee without
admitting anything
547
00:28:26,406 --> 00:28:28,172
Just says, "well,
I wanna meet him."
548
00:28:28,942 --> 00:28:30,808
[♪♪]
549
00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:34,344
Narrator:
At the detective's direction,
550
00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:37,481
Greg smith sets up
another meeting with dee dee.
551
00:28:37,483 --> 00:28:39,883
But this time,
the police also send
552
00:28:39,885 --> 00:28:42,553
An undercover cop
named mike smith,
553
00:28:42,555 --> 00:28:45,021
Who poses as greg's cousin.
554
00:28:45,023 --> 00:28:47,424
Greg: Me and mike,
we went out and met dee dee.
555
00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:50,894
David: We set it up
in lakeland mall parking lot.
556
00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:53,097
Greg pulls up with mike smith.
557
00:28:53,099 --> 00:28:55,166
They get in dee dee's car.
558
00:28:57,436 --> 00:28:59,436
She says, "I don't know
559
00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:01,438
If anything's happened
to abraham.
560
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,442
I can't get a hold of him.
He won't return my calls."
561
00:29:04,444 --> 00:29:06,510
So, mike starts pressing her.
562
00:29:06,512 --> 00:29:08,245
You know, "what do you mean?
You think something,
563
00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:10,247
Either something happened
to him or didn't?"
564
00:29:11,984 --> 00:29:15,052
In that conversation,
she finally admits that
565
00:29:15,054 --> 00:29:17,321
She believes abraham's dead.
566
00:29:17,323 --> 00:29:19,890
And that somebody shot him.
567
00:29:21,060 --> 00:29:24,528
[♪♪]
568
00:29:24,530 --> 00:29:27,331
Andrew: Prior to this meeting,
there was no evidence
569
00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:29,432
That abraham shakespeare
was dead.
570
00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:31,401
He could have been missing
and this was all just
571
00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:34,171
A cover up
for him being gone.
572
00:29:35,474 --> 00:29:39,543
David: And mike says,
"well, he's dead.
573
00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:41,279
I'll take the murder rap."
574
00:29:41,281 --> 00:29:44,281
He says, "I want $50,000.
575
00:29:44,283 --> 00:29:48,218
But if you want me to do this,
I need the body."
576
00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:50,020
Andrew:
The undercover is saying,
577
00:29:50,022 --> 00:29:51,755
"for my story to law enforcement
578
00:29:51,757 --> 00:29:55,225
To be credible if I'm going
to confess to this crime,
579
00:29:55,227 --> 00:29:57,294
I need to know details."
580
00:29:57,296 --> 00:29:59,397
Dee dee tells the undercover.
581
00:29:59,399 --> 00:30:02,566
She can identify
where the body is.
582
00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:05,502
And that abraham was killed
583
00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:08,705
With a 38 caliber
smith & wesson revolver,
584
00:30:08,707 --> 00:30:10,340
And that she has the gun.
585
00:30:12,578 --> 00:30:14,911
Narrator: Dee dee
leaves mike and greg,
586
00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:17,514
But later that evening,
she calls greg
587
00:30:17,516 --> 00:30:20,116
And wants to see him alone.
588
00:30:20,118 --> 00:30:21,451
So, I get the phone call.
589
00:30:21,453 --> 00:30:23,187
"hey, meet me
at the gas station."
590
00:30:23,189 --> 00:30:24,855
So I said, "okay. It's on."
591
00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:30,126
I gotta be on my guards
at all time.
592
00:30:30,128 --> 00:30:30,193
I don't know what
to expect from her.
593
00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:39,703
[♪♪]
594
00:30:43,476 --> 00:30:46,209
Andrew: Law enforcement laid
this great trap for dee dee.
595
00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:48,345
They end up getting her
to admit
596
00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:50,947
That abraham shakespeare
is dead,
597
00:30:50,949 --> 00:30:52,549
That she has the gun
598
00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:54,618
And she knows
where the body is buried.
599
00:30:59,626 --> 00:31:02,760
David: She takes greg smith
to plant city
600
00:31:02,762 --> 00:31:04,494
Off of highway 60,
601
00:31:04,496 --> 00:31:07,431
Where we had identified
a house
602
00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:09,433
That she had
purchased out there.
603
00:31:11,136 --> 00:31:13,470
Greg: When we pull up
to that house,
604
00:31:13,472 --> 00:31:15,640
She said,
"I'm gonna get out the car
605
00:31:15,642 --> 00:31:20,011
And I'm gonna show you
exactly where the body is."
606
00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:26,516
David: She walks him to
the very far back of the house
607
00:31:26,518 --> 00:31:31,121
And there's a concrete slab
back there.
608
00:31:31,123 --> 00:31:33,590
And she takes a piece
of angle iron,
609
00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:36,126
Sticks it in the ground,
610
00:31:36,128 --> 00:31:38,128
And whispers to greg,
611
00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,665
"tell your boy to dig
six feet down
612
00:31:40,667 --> 00:31:42,499
And you'll find
abraham's body."
613
00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:50,540
Andrew: And dee dee
actually hands greg smith
614
00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:53,076
A smith & wesson
38 caliber revolver.
615
00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:57,214
David: She says,
"this is the gun
616
00:31:57,216 --> 00:31:58,949
That was used to kill abraham.
617
00:31:58,951 --> 00:32:01,618
I was able to get it from
the person that killed abraham."
618
00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:06,724
The first thing we do
619
00:32:06,726 --> 00:32:09,559
Is we secure a search warrant
for that property.
620
00:32:09,561 --> 00:32:11,795
We need the body.
621
00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:16,433
[♪♪]
622
00:32:16,435 --> 00:32:19,236
Narrator:
On January 25th, 2010,
623
00:32:19,238 --> 00:32:21,838
Police move into the backyard
of the home
624
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,041
Just outside
plant city, florida,
625
00:32:24,043 --> 00:32:26,310
Abraham's hometown.
626
00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:31,048
David: When the sun came up,
we began digging.
627
00:32:31,050 --> 00:32:33,718
The first part
we had to break apart
628
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,252
A 30 by 30 concrete slab.
629
00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:38,722
As we're breaking apart
the concrete slab,
630
00:32:38,724 --> 00:32:40,790
We have to look
for any evidence
631
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:43,694
And then we begin
layer by layer
632
00:32:43,696 --> 00:32:45,695
Taking the dirt away.
633
00:32:45,697 --> 00:32:47,931
We're putting in a sifter,
634
00:32:47,933 --> 00:32:49,467
Looking for any evidence,
635
00:32:49,469 --> 00:32:51,935
And another layer
and another layer.
636
00:32:51,937 --> 00:32:54,705
So the first day, nothing.
637
00:32:55,975 --> 00:32:58,408
The second day,
we continue
638
00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:00,543
And still we have nothing.
639
00:33:00,545 --> 00:33:02,345
So some of us were like,
640
00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:06,883
Have we been spoofed again
by dee dee moore?
641
00:33:06,885 --> 00:33:08,286
And then about an hour later,
642
00:33:08,288 --> 00:33:10,821
One of the crime scene
technicians says,
643
00:33:10,823 --> 00:33:12,290
"I think I got something."
644
00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:16,560
Andrew: They find
the decomposed remains
645
00:33:16,562 --> 00:33:20,097
Of a human who they believed
to be abraham shakespeare.
646
00:33:23,635 --> 00:33:26,369
David: The body still had
dreads in place.
647
00:33:26,371 --> 00:33:29,773
Abraham was most known
for his long dreadlocks.
648
00:33:32,778 --> 00:33:35,645
The medical examiner
was able to examine
649
00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:37,081
Abraham's body.
650
00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:39,250
The body had decomposed badly
651
00:33:39,252 --> 00:33:42,886
To the point where it was
almost difficult for them
652
00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:47,790
To determine some of
the evidence around it.
653
00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,060
There were bullets found.
654
00:33:50,062 --> 00:33:53,296
The other thing was that
the clothes they found him in
655
00:33:53,298 --> 00:33:56,200
Were the same clothes he was
wearing in a goodbye video
656
00:33:56,202 --> 00:33:58,936
Dee dee showed to the police.
657
00:34:00,106 --> 00:34:02,806
And without a doubt,
it was abraham.
658
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,145
I attended the autopsy
of abraham
659
00:34:09,147 --> 00:34:12,015
And it was determined
that abraham died
660
00:34:12,017 --> 00:34:13,851
Of two gunshot wounds.
661
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,027
After we dug
abraham's body up,
662
00:34:23,029 --> 00:34:26,897
I drove to where
abraham's mother worked.
663
00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:31,501
I had to tell her that
we had found a body.
664
00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:33,870
I told her, "it's your son."
665
00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:40,310
That is one the hardest things
I've had to do.
666
00:34:46,519 --> 00:34:50,053
Tammy: When we found out
abraham was buried
667
00:34:50,055 --> 00:34:52,956
Up on a slab
in the backyard,
668
00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:55,326
It's just devastating
669
00:34:55,328 --> 00:34:56,593
And I couldn't take it.
670
00:34:56,595 --> 00:34:59,329
I mean, you know,
it was just too--
671
00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:01,131
Too sad.
672
00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:03,033
It was just too sad.
673
00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,069
Greg: He didn't steal nothing.
674
00:35:06,071 --> 00:35:08,071
He didn't take nothing.
675
00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:11,008
He literally won the lottery
676
00:35:11,010 --> 00:35:14,945
And he had to pay his life
for what was his.
677
00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:20,750
Narrator: With the body
confirmed to be abraham,
678
00:35:20,752 --> 00:35:24,155
Dee dee moore is arrested
at the million-dollar home
679
00:35:24,157 --> 00:35:27,757
That she claims abraham
had sold to her.
680
00:35:33,699 --> 00:35:34,998
Detective: Hi.
681
00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:40,904
Narrator: The detectives
can finally confront her
682
00:35:40,906 --> 00:35:44,708
With what they believe happened
to abraham shakespeare.
683
00:36:05,398 --> 00:36:07,463
Andrew: At this point
of the investigation,
684
00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:10,199
Dee dee is the one that knows
where the body is buried.
685
00:36:10,201 --> 00:36:12,201
She's the one
who knows about the gun,
686
00:36:12,203 --> 00:36:14,705
But there's nothing
actually connecting her
687
00:36:14,707 --> 00:36:17,574
To the murder
of abraham shakespeare.
688
00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:19,543
Narrator: Though
she led them to the body,
689
00:36:19,545 --> 00:36:22,879
If investigators can't prove
she pulled the trigger,
690
00:36:22,881 --> 00:36:25,282
Dee dee moore could walk.
691
00:36:26,618 --> 00:36:29,085
They run ballistics tests
on the gun
692
00:36:29,087 --> 00:36:31,021
Dee dee handed to greg smith,
693
00:36:31,023 --> 00:36:34,857
Hoping that they might provide
the connection they need.
694
00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:38,327
Andrew: The police cannot
determine definitively
695
00:36:38,329 --> 00:36:42,499
That the bullets used to kill
abraham had come from that gun.
696
00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:46,770
Law enforcement knew
without any eye witnesses
to the murder,
697
00:36:46,772 --> 00:36:50,206
Without any compelling
physical evidence,
698
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,309
They have to build
strong cases they can
699
00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:55,678
On the circumstantial evidence.
700
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,313
Narrator:
Investigators dig deeper
701
00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:59,582
Into all of dee dee's
relationships
702
00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:01,651
In a quest
to connect her further
703
00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:03,720
To the crime scene.
704
00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:07,158
We go to dee dee moore's
ex-husband house
705
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,058
And we asked him,
706
00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,794
"what do you know
about the property
707
00:37:10,796 --> 00:37:12,396
That she had there?"
708
00:37:12,398 --> 00:37:14,932
And he said,
"I went out there
709
00:37:14,934 --> 00:37:17,533
Sometime around April
710
00:37:17,535 --> 00:37:21,070
And she asked me
to dig a hole for her."
711
00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:23,740
So he dug the hole and he said,
712
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:25,341
"when the sun
went down that day,"
713
00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:27,577
He said he went back
and he filled in the hole,
714
00:37:29,347 --> 00:37:31,948
And he's like, "all I remember
is it looked like
715
00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:34,484
It was full of concrete
and trees and brush,
716
00:37:34,486 --> 00:37:38,422
But it was dark and I just
pushed the dirt over it."
717
00:37:38,424 --> 00:37:41,525
She ended up building
the concrete slab over it
718
00:37:41,527 --> 00:37:44,461
And parked
the motorhome on it.
719
00:37:44,463 --> 00:37:46,562
He didn't know anything
about abraham.
720
00:37:46,564 --> 00:37:48,699
He had never even met abraham.
721
00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:52,568
Narrator:
The case against dee dee
722
00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:54,438
Is getting stronger by the day.
723
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,807
But then as planning
for her trial begins,
724
00:37:57,809 --> 00:38:01,377
She makes a startling claim
that she is a victim
725
00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:05,215
Of a crime herself
and desperately needs help.
726
00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:12,389
Dee dee tells law enforcement
727
00:38:12,391 --> 00:38:14,457
That abraham was killed
728
00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:17,260
In a drug dispute
with a man named ron watson.
729
00:38:18,731 --> 00:38:21,664
And that ron watson
threatened dee dee
730
00:38:21,666 --> 00:38:24,133
And said that he would kill her
731
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:27,570
And kill her family
if she didn't cover up
732
00:38:27,572 --> 00:38:27,637
Abraham's disappearance.
733
00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:42,819
[♪♪]
734
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,761
Narrator: Dee dee moore
is under arrest for the murder
735
00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:53,763
Of abraham shakespeare,
736
00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:55,399
But as she is interrogated,
737
00:38:55,401 --> 00:38:57,633
She makes a startling claim
738
00:38:57,635 --> 00:39:00,703
That she too is a victim
in this case
739
00:39:00,705 --> 00:39:05,576
And has been forced to cover up
someone else's crime.
740
00:39:05,578 --> 00:39:08,177
David: She says,
"I was taking abraham
741
00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:09,979
To that house in plant city
742
00:39:09,981 --> 00:39:13,483
And, um, I was just gonna get
money out of the safe
743
00:39:13,485 --> 00:39:15,885
And all of a sudden,
these drug dealers show up.
744
00:39:16,454 --> 00:39:18,855
[♪♪]
745
00:39:18,857 --> 00:39:20,357
And they shoot abraham.
746
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,695
She says a drug dealer
named ronald watson did it.
747
00:39:32,138 --> 00:39:34,538
Andrew: Dee dee is pleading
with law enforcement
748
00:39:34,540 --> 00:39:37,006
To help her claiming
that this guy
749
00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:39,142
Was threatening her
and gonna kill her family.
750
00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:43,146
Narrator: If what
dee dee claims is true,
751
00:39:43,148 --> 00:39:46,550
It would change everything
police and prosecutors think
752
00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:48,618
They know about this murder.
753
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:51,855
Police ended up following up
on that ron watson lead.
754
00:39:53,491 --> 00:39:56,692
And they realized that there
was no one with any drug history
755
00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:58,429
In florida named ron watson
756
00:39:58,431 --> 00:40:00,997
Who fit the profile
of what dee dee was saying.
757
00:40:22,455 --> 00:40:25,522
Narrator: When police prove
there is no ronald watson,
758
00:40:25,524 --> 00:40:27,857
Dee dee's story falls apart.
759
00:40:27,859 --> 00:40:30,526
Prosecutors continue
with their plans
760
00:40:30,528 --> 00:40:32,229
To bring her to trial.
761
00:40:34,533 --> 00:40:36,466
In the fall of 2012,
762
00:40:36,468 --> 00:40:39,402
Nearly six years
after abraham shakespeare
763
00:40:39,404 --> 00:40:41,604
Hit a 30 million dollar jackpot
764
00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:43,006
Then disappeared.
765
00:40:43,008 --> 00:40:46,375
Dee dee moore stands trial
for his murder.
766
00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:48,045
Our prosecutor told the jury,
767
00:40:48,047 --> 00:40:51,614
This was a crime
motivated by pure greed.
768
00:40:51,616 --> 00:40:54,351
Greed that transformed
into evil.
769
00:40:54,353 --> 00:40:56,752
Dee dee moore dug a deep hole,
770
00:40:56,754 --> 00:40:59,956
Buried abraham shakespeare
in the earth
771
00:40:59,958 --> 00:41:04,627
And covered over the hole
with a concrete slab.
772
00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:09,365
David: She purchased a $70,000
corvette for her boyfriend,
773
00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:12,768
A $30,000 truck for herself.
774
00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:14,604
She bought rolexes.
775
00:41:14,606 --> 00:41:16,372
She bought diamond rings
776
00:41:16,374 --> 00:41:19,710
And just went through
abraham's money
777
00:41:19,712 --> 00:41:21,244
Like it was nothing.
778
00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:23,579
[♪♪]
779
00:41:23,581 --> 00:41:25,782
Andrew: By the time
abraham's body was found
780
00:41:25,784 --> 00:41:27,650
In January of 2010,
781
00:41:27,652 --> 00:41:29,318
It was determined
that he only had
782
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,922
About $10,000 left in his name.
783
00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:36,260
Dee dee was living large
on abraham's dime.
784
00:41:36,262 --> 00:41:37,995
She had stolen money from him.
785
00:41:37,997 --> 00:41:40,730
She was getting rich off of him
786
00:41:40,732 --> 00:41:43,132
And it appears that
787
00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:46,470
He may have figured it out
and confronted her.
788
00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:50,740
But it's never gonna be
known for sure.
789
00:41:50,742 --> 00:41:54,077
All we know for sure
is that she killed him,
790
00:41:57,214 --> 00:41:59,148
She buried him,
791
00:41:59,150 --> 00:42:00,750
And she spent the better part
792
00:42:00,752 --> 00:42:03,486
Of eight months covering it up.
793
00:42:07,759 --> 00:42:10,493
Narrator: After two weeks
of testimony,
794
00:42:10,495 --> 00:42:12,963
The jury leaves to deliberate.
795
00:42:12,965 --> 00:42:16,733
It took the jury a little more
than three hours to deliberate.
796
00:42:18,503 --> 00:42:21,071
And they found her guilty
of first degree murder.
797
00:42:23,841 --> 00:42:26,675
She never once showed
any remorse,
798
00:42:26,677 --> 00:42:29,913
Never once showed
any compassion.
799
00:42:29,915 --> 00:42:31,447
When the verdict came out,
800
00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:32,848
She started to cry
801
00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:35,118
And that's the only emotion
I saw from her.
802
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,452
This is unfair.
803
00:42:36,454 --> 00:42:38,055
David: She didn't cry
for abraham.
804
00:42:38,057 --> 00:42:40,856
She didn't cry
for abraham's mother.
805
00:42:40,858 --> 00:42:42,759
She cried for her damn self.
806
00:42:44,662 --> 00:42:46,997
The judge made
a comment to dee dee
807
00:42:46,999 --> 00:42:51,334
That she was one
of the most manipulative people
808
00:42:51,336 --> 00:42:53,069
He has ever sentenced
809
00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:56,206
And, um, sentenced her
to life in prison
810
00:42:56,208 --> 00:42:58,641
Without the possibility
of parole.
811
00:43:02,347 --> 00:43:04,114
Tammy: For her to kill him,
812
00:43:04,116 --> 00:43:06,749
It was just like why?
813
00:43:06,751 --> 00:43:08,384
He would have
bought you anything.
814
00:43:08,386 --> 00:43:11,788
He would have gave you
what you wanted.
815
00:43:12,757 --> 00:43:15,258
To me, that was senseless.
816
00:43:16,629 --> 00:43:18,896
Greg: Abraham had
a heart of gold.
817
00:43:18,898 --> 00:43:22,232
You couldn't change his heart
no matter what he had.
818
00:43:26,204 --> 00:43:28,571
Cedric: I miss him every day.
819
00:43:28,573 --> 00:43:30,106
All I can say is, cuzz,
820
00:43:30,108 --> 00:43:32,275
Justice is served for now.
821
00:43:34,479 --> 00:43:38,081
[♪♪]