Missing Lottery Winner (VIDEO)

A missing lottery winner with a criminal past may not have been killed because of his winnings. In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare ,won a whopping $30 million in the Florida lottery. But now it seems his good fortune may have cost him his life.

Shakespeare vanished months ago, and although his mother hopes he is somewhere in the Caribbean, lying on a beach and avoiding all the hangers on who were hounding him for money, others believe he may have met a darker fate.

"There are a lot of odd and bizarre circumstances in this case," Sheriff Grady Judd said. "We fear and are preparing for the worst. We're working this case as if it were a homicide." Shakespeare, 43, won the jackpot after buying a lottery ticket in a town called Frostproof, claiming later that he gave the last $3 in his pocket to a homeless man,just before his winning numbers were announced.

Shakespeare had a criminal record that included arrests and prison time for burglary, battery and not paying child support, and took a lump-sum payment of $16.9 million instead of annual installments. It is speculated that elements form his criminal past were pressuring him to share that lump sum of newfound wealth and it is feared this led to his demise. His whereabouts are still unknown.

Missing Lottery Winner (VIDEO)
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In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare - a truck driver's assistant who lived with his mother - won $30 million in the Florida lottery. His good fortune may have cost him his life. vShakespeare vanished months ago. His mother hopes he is somewhere in the Caribbean, lying on a beach and enjoying the good life away from all the hangers-on who were constantly hitting him up for money. The sheriff has a more ominous theory: Shakespeare was killed...

Missing Lottery Winner (VIDEO)