PLANT CITY, Fla. – A body found buried in a backyard was identified Friday as missing Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare.
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The Hillsborough County Sheriff's office said the remains were identified through fingerprints, but a cause of death likely won't be known until Monday. The body was found Thursday at a Plant City home connected to a woman who had befriended Shakespeare.
The 43-year-old truck driver's assistant disappeared in April, though he wasn't reported missing until November. He had won a $31 million lottery jackpot in 2006, opting for a lump sum payment of nearly $17 million.
The remains were found at a home owned by the boyfriend of Dorice Moore. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has previously called Moore a "person of interest," though she has not been charged. Judd has characterized the case as a homicide.
There's more to this story coming in the wire, but I'm not reading it. Although murder cases are never a good thing, this reporter is too fucking awed by the coolness of the name of the deceased. Really, how the hell is it that someone was given the name Abraham Shakespeare and somehow he didn't become a superhero?
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Body in backyard is missing Fla. lottery winner's!
Putting the broad back into broadcasting.