In April of 2009, 42-year-old Florida lottery winner, Abraham Shakespeare,

seemed to just disappear off the face of the earth.

But a series of text messages from Abraham, and a phone call he made to his mother would eventually lead

police to make a gruesome discovery about his disappearance and what they found

would expose months of lies and help lead to a groundbreaking new law in Florida.

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Ballin podcast, Ad Free today. On April 9, 2009, 42-year-old Abraham Shakespeare drove his fancy black BMW 750

I car towards an upscale gated community in Lakeland, Florida.

Abraham stopped his car, hit a remote control on his Sunvisor, and waited for the large

gate that kept his neighborhood separated from the rest of the city to open.

Then Abraham drove through the gate and glanced in his rearview mirror.

His friend, D.D. Moore, was following right behind him in her black Hummer.

Abraham led Dede through the neighborhood's winding roads that were dotted with large two-story homes,

with huge front yards and swimming pools and back.

Then he pulled into the driveway of his own house. huge front yards and swimming pools and back.

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