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Will that phone call help cops unravel the mystery of what really happened to Abe Shakespeare?
Three weeks after Abe Shakespeare's disappearance is reported to police, the full attention of investigators is now on Dee Dee Moore. She was supposed to have been his financial savior, but they've discovered that she has taken over his lottery fortune. What did you see when you looked into his finances?
Three weeks after Abe Shakespeare's disappearance is reported to police, the full attention of investigators is now on Dee Dee Moore. She was supposed to have been his financial savior, but they've discovered that she has taken over his lottery fortune. What did you see when you looked into his finances?
After graduating from Plant City High School in Florida, Didi was eventually able to start up that medical staffing company, but she had her share of run-ins with the law, a no contest plea for petty theft in 1999, and a guilty plea for check fraud back in 2002. There was also one incident where she falsely claimed she was carjacked after falling behind on her vehicle payments.
After graduating from Plant City High School in Florida, Didi was eventually able to start up that medical staffing company, but she had her share of run-ins with the law, a no contest plea for petty theft in 1999, and a guilty plea for check fraud back in 2002. There was also one incident where she falsely claimed she was carjacked after falling behind on her vehicle payments.
Didi was convicted of insurance fraud. And that background raises a lot of eyebrows among detectives investigating Ape Shakespeare's disappearance.
Didi was convicted of insurance fraud. And that background raises a lot of eyebrows among detectives investigating Ape Shakespeare's disappearance.
So police press Didi for answers about how she's taken over Abe's finances.
So police press Didi for answers about how she's taken over Abe's finances.
Investigators may have their suspicions about Dee Dee, but what they don't have is any hard evidence tying her to Abe's disappearance. Meanwhile, Dee Dee turns to the media to plead her side of the story. Because of these people... Are you talking about your meeting with the cops?
Investigators may have their suspicions about Dee Dee, but what they don't have is any hard evidence tying her to Abe's disappearance. Meanwhile, Dee Dee turns to the media to plead her side of the story. Because of these people... Are you talking about your meeting with the cops?
Then 8 1β2 months after Abe's disappearance and just a couple of days after Christmas, there's a development that sends this case in a dramatic new direction.
Then 8 1β2 months after Abe's disappearance and just a couple of days after Christmas, there's a development that sends this case in a dramatic new direction.
Investigators quickly learn two very critical pieces of information. First, that number is not Abraham Shakespeare's. Second, someone with that phone itself is located very close by, a local mall. So they rush to that local mall to figure out who it is. And incredibly, at almost the same moment they drive in, so does Dee Dee Moore.
Investigators quickly learn two very critical pieces of information. First, that number is not Abraham Shakespeare's. Second, someone with that phone itself is located very close by, a local mall. So they rush to that local mall to figure out who it is. And incredibly, at almost the same moment they drive in, so does Dee Dee Moore.
The man in the car, the man who got the cash from Deedee and who owns the phone that made the call to Abe's mom, he is none other than the friend of Abe's who ran the local barbershop, Greg Smith.
The man in the car, the man who got the cash from Deedee and who owns the phone that made the call to Abe's mom, he is none other than the friend of Abe's who ran the local barbershop, Greg Smith.
And the reality of what's at stake sinks in for Greg Smith.
And the reality of what's at stake sinks in for Greg Smith.
And so begins an elaborate plot to take down Dee Dee Moore and prove her involvement in Abraham Shakespeare's disappearance. Now, this is going to involve not only an undercover sting, a can of Red Bull, but also a discovery made right in this yard. For Abraham Shakespeare, the good news is you've won the lottery. That's also the bad news.