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Woman accused in slaying coveted luxurious lifestyle
By HOWARD ALTMAN and RAY REYES
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Published: February 13, 2010
Updated: 02/13/2010 12:33 am
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PLANT CITY - She grew up in the backwoods of the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, dreaming of things much finer than her parents' clunky cars and modest wood-frame house.
Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore liked nice clothes. She liked making money. So she worked hard to get luxuries she coveted, family members say.
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The Donegans moved to their rural home on Turkey Creek Road when Moore was 7. After she enrolled at Plant City High School, Moore became more aware of her humble upbringing, her mother said.
"When we would drop her off at her friends' houses, she would make us park a block away," Donegan said, smiling at the memory. "She was embarrassed by our cars. We didn't have much money."
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Around this time, Donegan said, her daughter started dating James Moore, who lived a few miles away on South Forbes Road. The two married on May 1, 1992, in Plant City. The couple divorced last June.
Donegan won't say much about James Moore, only that once her daughter married him, the family didn't see much of her.
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James Moore could not be reached for comment. His mother, Frances Moore, said the family is still in shock over Dee Dee Moore's arrest.
"She was in our family for 16 years," Frances Moore said. "Our family is upside down. It is mind-boggling."
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Dee Dee Moore first became acquainted with jails and the court system 11 years ago.
In 1999, she was arrested in Polk County for shoplifting; adjudication was withheld in the case.
In 2001, Moore was arrested for writing a worthless check to the Hillsborough County Tax Collector's Office for $418.60. She was sentenced to 12 months probation, paid $498.60 in restitution and $100 in court costs, records show.
In June of that year her crimes grew more elaborate. So did her lies.
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Moore became a part of Shakespeare's life in
2007, when she told him she wanted to write a book about him, investigators said. She eventually became something of a financial adviser to Shakespeare, who won an estimated $30 million Florida Lottery jackpot in late 2006.
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Donegan said her family is devastated. Moore's 15-year-old son, R.J., is reeling over his mother's arrest, Donegan said.
Donegan recently took R.J. to Orient Road Jail, where Moore is being held on $1 million bail after she was booked Feb. 2 on a charge of accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.
During the visit, Moore told her son and mother that she didn't kill Shakespeare, Donegan said. Moore said she covered up the slaying because the real killers are threatening her son. Moore told her mother that if law enforcement agrees to protect R.J., she will tell investigators who killed Shakespeare.
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