1. Abraham Shakespear
Although many unlucky lottery winners ended up losing their lives after cashing in, Abraham Shakespear happens to be the worst of the worst lottery winner horror stories. His unduly kind-hearted nature and generosity only make his case that much more terrifying. It was actually most likely because of how giving he was that he ended up buried under a slab of concrete.
Unable to say ‘no’ Abraham was known to hand out money left and right. He would lend money that would never be repaid, give large sums to those in need and he even opened up the doors to his $1 million home to complete strangers who needed a place to stay for the night. His charitableness attracted the attention of Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore, who he befriended and trusted enough to let her manage his finances after she offered to ‘help’ him regulate what he had left.
Long story short, Abraham went missing, and his new friend would tell his friends and family members that he went on vacation or was just trying to get away for a little while. Abraham’s best friend and former employer, Greg (who Abe had lent about $60,000 to), became suspicious of this Dee Dee, and when police labeled him a suspect in Abe’s case, he agreed to help them find out the real story. He felt it was the least he could do to repay the friend who had lent him money and got him out of a hard time. You could say that he set Dee Dee up, but her own stupidity got the best of her. She sent text messages from Abraham’s phone to Greg and other family members. Now, that doesn’t seem all that suspicious, but little did she know Abraham was illiterate and her text messages only sent red flags to everyone who actually knew him.
Although Greg never got Dee Dee to confess, he got more than enough evidence to pin the death of his beloved best friend on her, including the burial site (which was located on her property, by the way) AND murder weapon! Yet she STILL claims she’s innocent! But justice was served, nonetheless. Dee Dee now faces life in prison, and the remaining lottery winnings she had killed him for was divvied up amongst his children. What gets us is that he was such a sweetie—he probably would have just given Dee Dee the money, had she just asked him for it!
