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A Florida woman was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the slaying of a lottery winner in central Florida.
Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore showed no emotion as the verdict was read. Judge Emmett Battles sentenced her to mandatory life without parole for the murder and an additional minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years for using a gun in the commission of a felony.
Battles called Moore "the most manipulative person" he had ever seen, describing her as "cold, calculating and cruel."
Earlier, he had instructed the jury that it could convict her of a lesser charge. Jurors deliberated for more than three hours before finding Moore guilty of murdering Abraham Shakespeare, who won millions in 2006. Shakespeare's mother was in the courtroom, but showed no emotion.
"She got every bit of his money," said Assistant State Attorney Jay Pruner in closing arguments. "He found out about it and threatened to kill her. She killed him first."
Prosecutors built much of their case from confidential informant's statements and financial records.
"There were a lot of people who owed Mr. Shakespeare a lot of money. One guy owed him a million dollars," argued Defense Attorney Hileman. "The police focused on Dee Dee Moore and they didn't even consider other people."
Moore was briefly banned from the Tampa courtroom Monday over concerns that she may have threatened jurors. She was back a short time later for closing arguments, but said she did not want to take the stand in order to protect her family.
At times, the defendant closed her eyes and averted her face from the jury as prosecutors played audio recordings made by an undercover officer posing as a criminal who would take the fall for Shakespeare's murder.
Prosecutors said the 40-year-old Moore befriended Shakespeare in late 2008, claiming she was writing a book about how people were taking advantage of him. They claim Moore later became his financial adviser, eventually controlling every asset he had left, including an expensive home, the debt owed to him and a $1.5 million annuity. She ultimately swindled Shakespeare out of his dwindling fortune, then shot him and buried his body under a concrete slab in her backyard, Pruner said.
In opening statements, Moore's attorney told the jury that his client was trying to help protect Shakespeare's assets from a pending child-support case when he was killed by drug dealers who haven't been caught.
Former inmate Rose Condora, who was locked up with Moore, said she visits her friend every night at the jail.
"She's not what people think she is. She did not kill that man," Condora told reporters during a break in the trial.
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She looks like she could have been Charles Manson's daughter..............
The deadly stare unnerves me. Minus that, she appears to be a very attractive lady.
hope she makes tons of new friends
She is working on her new book....... "What it's like to be in prison"
With all the publicity of this trial, she will most likely be in a protective custody cell all by herself, under 23 hour lock-down.
One day after many years of rotting in her little concrete hole, she will be praying that she could have joined the lottery winner in his concrete slab.
Just because the man was black, doesnt mean he was involved in drugs as this woman has claimed.
There is little doubt that she is the cold blooded killer that has done this. From reading the story she was very minipulative from the beggining, and also trying the same thing in court at her trial.
She deserves everything that has been given to her, and it's really a shame that the taxpayers will have to support her for the rest of her life.
poor guy never got to enjoy his winnings....
I say, FRY HER A*S!
HAA. Was thinking Exorcist. She looks like she can twist her head 360 and crawl on the ceilings.
I followed this story from the beginning. Very sad what happened to him. Glad the witch got her punishment.
He sounds like a doper to me..............
Life in jail is too good for her. Im not saying there isnt good financial planners out there, but i doubt he would have kept ahold of most of his money no matter where he invested it. He obviously should have had an annuity. and some " real" financial councelling. I recall hearing the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath is the 2nd one has decided they can get away with murder.
Im sure she will do well in jail, as long as sociopaths have people to manipulate, they're happy.
There was no evidence that he used drugs except for this Crazy B**** statement.
Well said MADDOG....
Movie time
justice
Somebody's got modest standards.
Judging by the lottery changed my life episode with his story, I'm saying he was slow, a little mentally retarded if you will... Seemed like a person who couldn't say no.... not a doper
You may be right. She may be crazy. But it just might be a lunatic I'm looking for
It's too late to fight. It's too late to change me. You may be wrong for all I know. But you may be right.
Good riddance to bad rubbish!May she live to be a hundred years old.
I remember watching this story on one of the Lottery Changed My Life shows. I always thought she was guilty. I hope she's in jail for the rest of her life. Mr Shakespeare deserved better.
I believe they reported that he only had a 4th/5th grade education.....
I don't care about his IQ or if he could read or write.
Mr. Shakespeare was from all accounts a kind and gentle man. And that seems to be a dying breed nowadays.
I'd have been honored to know him, money or no money.
Yeah, I heard that too, dallas.
he did not deserve to be treated like this he was a giver he helped any/everyone that came to him for help.
maybe your right, but, i think there is more to this story, she already got most of his money..you know what they say:A fool and his money are soon parted.
seems like in florida this is happening a lot
I agree with the notion that there iss MORE to this story....mentally challenged or on dope or whatever.
I think she gave him some VERY SPECIAL CONSULTATION and after every session he signed away his estate piece by piece.
Good riddance to trash. I normally do not wish bad things on anyone, but, in her case, I hope she'll be abused on a daily basis for the rest of her pathetic life...
Sad
Well, dallascowboyfan, Abraham had more education than that; yet, I believe it was found that he had only TESTED at that level once an adult. [I'm not sure if Abraham was tested during one of the times that he was in prison after drug selling charges or when.]
Apparently, Abraham learned a few things from fellow prison mates (e.g., ducking child support, etc.). Plus, one of Abraham's biggest problems was that after being released from prison, he associated with the same cohorts and relatives whom he associated with when he practiced crime, etc. Apparently, Abraham spent a lot of his jackpot monies during the 1st year of his win. Eventually, Dede paid the neighborhood police officer to give her Abraham's address [and introduce her to Abraham as researcher/writer? not sure] about two years after Abraham's medium lottery win and the rest of Abraham's downward slide continued.
I REALLY hope that this is tragedy illustrates to FL legislators the importance of someone's anonymity when it comes to claiming lottery winnings. I really don't think that there's any compelling reason to force someone to go public if they don't want to. Just like the latest PB winner in AZ who obviously really wanted to stay anonymous but his identity just HAD to be released to the public by the lottery commission. WTF?!? What good is that going to serve other than to satisfy the public's curiosity and to open this guy up to all kinds of headaches and whack jobs and allow for the "search-for-dirt-at-all-cost" crazy media to turn this guy's life upside down?? I really think that sucks.
The guy in FL ALLOWED those people into his life and was loaning out as much as a million at a time to people. He brought on ALL those problems by virtue of his actions...............
If people don't want to go public with a big win they should NOT buy lottery tickets.
I agree completely Ronnie, but I still think that people shouldn't be forced to disclose their identity, that's all. The guy in FL would have lost all his money one way or the other, no doubt. He was just not very sophisticated and surrounded himself with questionable people. I just dont think that if I win a major jackpot I should HAVE to relocate to another state or country for my safety/sanity which I would guess is pretty much what this guy in AZ is going to have to do. I just think it sucks.
The guy in AZ CHOSE to relocate......... So someone knocked on his door????? Really????
If you knew for sure that a vacuum salesman was stopping over tomorrow would you "relocate" today???
Just because someone knocks at your door does not mean you have to answer it.......
I plan on waving from my balcony, you will see me waving on CNN after I win......
Where are you getting this information from? Abraham's arrest record only has non payment of child support which was rectified when he hit the lottery. Where are you getting this stuff about drugs? drug seller? Even if he did sell drugs, so what? I don't see where that has anything to do with what happened to him. He was mildly mentally retarded or SLD. Either one of these causes the person not to be able to make rational decisions specially if they have to be made quickly. He probably thought about what she was doing to him for a very long period of time before he was able to "mentally' ingest the fact that she was ripping him off. And he probably talked to someone else who convinced him that she was ripping him off.
She took advantage of one of the weakest groups of human beings. Most of these adults that I know who are severly mentally challenged on some level are very kind and loving. The sad thing is that they think everyone else is to be trusted because they are thinking that mostly all people are good and have good intentions.
Perhaps he should not have been allowed to win a the lottery...........
I sense some contempt from you for the victim of a horrible crime. Am I wrong?
no one forced Abraham to play and lets leave it at that
No contempt, I have always though certain groups should not be allowed to win the lottery such as felons, illegals.... and now perhaps the mentally ill should be added to the list?
Makes sense.
LOL!
She actually looks a little more like the NightStalker, Ramirez i think his name was.
Yeah... Imagine hearing that thing say, "Im writing a book and YOU are the subject".........