LAKELAND -- Family and friends said their final goodbyes as lottery winner and millionaire Abraham Shakespeare was laid to rest Saturday.
Shakespeare was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lakeland.
"We cant tell you how bad we're hurting because we lost a son -- a dear son," said Annie Davis, a friend of the family.
Several Polk County Sheriff's investigators attended the service to show their continued support in Shakespeare's murder case.
Dorice Donegan Moore was arrested arrested Tuesday in connection to Shakespeare's death and charged as an accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.
Shakespeare was last seen alive in April 2009, about two years after he won $30 million in the Florida Lottery.
He was reported missing by his family in November 2009.
Last week, his remains were found beneath a slab of concrete, behind a Plant City house owned by Moore's boyfriend.
Moore remains behind bars in Hillsborough County on $1 million bond.
Information from News 13’s Bright House Networks affiliate, Bay News 9, was used in this report.
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