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Her story went viral and she’s just been released from prison after serving eight years for persuading her then-boyfriend to kill her mother after years of abuse as a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Here’s everything you need to know about Gypsy Rose Blanchard<\/p>\n
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard grew up convinced she had multiple health conditions<\/p>\n
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It all started with a Facebook post. When friends of Dee Dee Blanchard saw a sick message online about her being \u201cslashed\u201d and her daughter Gypsy Rose being raped, they were concerned enough to ask police to go to the house they shared and check up on them. It was a routine request, and one the police were happy to do for Dee Dee, who was something of a local legend, thanks to the selfless way she cared for terminally ill Gypsy. But when they reached the Blanchard home in Springfield, Missouri, on the evening of 14 June 2015, it was in darkness. They might have gone away if it hadn\u2019t been for the car in the driveway. Gypsy was wheelchair-bound, and her mother wouldn\u2019t have been able to take her out anywhere without it.<\/p>\n
They decided to obtain a warrant to enter the property, waiting outside while it was arranged. But the person inside the house was way beyond rescue. Dee Dee had been lying in a pool of her own blood for days, murdered in a frenzied attack that had seen her stabbed multiple times, blows raining down on her back, head, and neck. But Gypsy Rose was nowhere to be seen. A 23 year old who looked more like 15 \u2013 whose body was ravaged by leukaemia, muscular dystrophy, and chromosomal abnormalities, and who suffered developmental issues \u2013 could not possibly have fought off an attacker. The police launched a search for the vulnerable girl, but no one could have expected what would happen next.<\/p>\n
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She married her husband Ryan Scott Anderson while still in prison<\/p>\n
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When she was 24 years old, Clauddine \u201cDee Dee\u201d Pitre met Rod Blanchard, a 17 year old who worked on a shrimp boat, on a night out. They began seeing each other and, within a few months, nurse\u2019s aide Dee Dee was pregnant. Although Rod was reluctant to commit, he knew he had to step up. Speaking on the Analysis By Dr Phil podcast, Rod explained, \u201cI said to her, \u2018I guess we\u2019ll have to get married\u2019. It was just how I was raised, that\u2019s what you do. \u2028I wasn\u2019t really in love with her, but I thought I\u2019d eventually learn to love her more.\u201d But Rod wasn\u2019t ready for the responsibility he was facing, and when he turned 18, he left Dee Dee. When Gypsy Rose was born, he tried to play a role in her life, but things weren\u2019t easy.
From the age of just three months, Dee Dee started noticing issues with Gypsy\u2019s health. She suffered from \u2028sleep apnoea, which meant she needed a heart monitor, and then there were the digestive issues and seizures. And things kept getting worse. After Gypsy was involved in a bike accident aged seven and hurt her knee, Dee Dee realised she had muscular dystrophy, a condition that was causing such rapid muscle loss, Gypsy would soon end up in a wheelchair. Rod was devastated \u2013 and confused \u2013 saying, \u201cDee Dee said Gypsy had this disorder that was going to affect all her functions. She would never get full grown, and her mental capacity would be reduced. Growing \u2028up, she seemed like a normal, happy child, apart from the ailments her mum said she had. But I never saw her have \u2028a seizure or throw up from eating any food.\u201d Yet, he trusted Dee Dee, as she was the one with the medical training.<\/p>\n
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With TikTok’s Tefi Pessoa at the launch event for The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard<\/p>\n
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Even with all they had been through, there was another devastating blow still to come, when Gypsy was diagnosed with leukaemia. She was dying, and with no option but to stop working to care for her, Dee Dee started relying on Rod, the support of the state, and the kindness of strangers to keep things afloat. And strangers were kind. Gypsy was taken to theme parks and pop concerts by charitable foundations that made the dreams of dying children come true, and they received thousands of dollars from well-wishers. In fact, if Gypsy had been well, they might have been struggling to make ends meet. Which should have been the case. Because Gypsy was not ill at all. Or at least she hadn\u2019t been, before her mother started poisoning her with medications she didn\u2019t need, and forcing her to undergo surgeries she did not require. As it turned out, the only sick thing about Gypsy was her mother.
It\u2019s thought Dee Dee had Munchausen syndrome by proxy \u2013 a psychological disorder that meant she was causing \u2028her daughter to seem ill to gain sympathy and money from those around her. With her knowledge as a nurse\u2019s aide, Dee Dee was able to fabricate symptoms that had real doctors believing her when she said Gypsy was sick. She kept Gypsy out of school and isolated from anyone who might start to suspect all was not as it seemed. If anyone did get suspicious, Dee Dee would simply move to a different area and start all over again.
\u00a0Even when an anonymous caller was worried enough to have Children\u2019s Services sent to their home, Dee Dee \u2028was such an accomplished liar, she managed to convince them nothing was going on. They saw what Dee Dee wanted them to see \u2013 a frail, birdlike girl with no hair or teeth, sitting in a wheelchair being fed through a tube. Dee Dee had turned a healthy baby into a sickly child, into an abused teenager. But what she\u2019d also turned Gypsy into was a murderer.<\/p>\n
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Gypsy Rose has attempted to rebuild her life since her release from prison<\/p>\n
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Gypsy started rebelling against her mother when she was 15 \u2013 or at least she thought she was. After befriending \u2028a neighbour, Gypsy began to question why her life seemed\u00a0so different from everyone around her. Searching the house while Dee Dee was out, she found documents proving she wasn\u2019t 15 at all, she was 19 \u2013 legally old enough to look after herself. Gypsy knew she needed to escape and ran away, but Dee Dee tracked her down. As punishment, Dee Dee used a dog lead and handcuffs to tie Gypsy to her bed\u2013 for two weeks.\u00a0But something had changed in Gypsy. She had endured countless invasive and excruciating medical procedures, but now she knew her whole life had been a lie. Her quiet rebellion continued, and she started going on Christian dating websites. It was here that, in 2012, she met Nicholas Godejohn, then 23, from Wisconsin.
For three years, they communicated online, talking about running away and starting a new life. In 2015, the pair met for the first time. It wasn\u2019t quite the momentous occasion Gypsy had envisaged, and although they had sex, she wasn\u2019t sure she was attracted to Nicholas. But she wanted to leave her mother \u2013 and he was her way out. As their relationship progressed, things got incredibly dark between Gypsy and Nicholas. Nicholas would describe graphic rape fantasies to his na\u00efve girlfriend, and encouraged a master\/slave relationship. Gypsy was discovering that the boy she thought she\u2019d fallen in love with was a deeply disturbed man, who was convinced he had multiple personalities. One of these other personalities was a 500-year-old vampire called Victor\u2013 and Victor was going to kill Dee Dee.
Speaking at his trial, Gypsy said Nicholas had encouraged her desire to kill her mother \u2013 something she had fantasised about, but hadn\u2019t intended to act upon. Talking to psychologist Dr Phil from prison, Gypsy described the events of that fateful night of 14 June. She said, \u201cI texted Nicholas when my mother went to sleep. I let him in the door, and had plastic gloves waiting. He was wearing a hoodie, dark clothing, and a scary T-shirt that had evil clowns on it. I handed him the knife, and he told me, \u2018Get your ass\u00a0in the bathroom\u2019. I went in and closed the door. I got down in a kneeling position and put my hands over my ears, so I wouldn\u2019t hear anything. But I heard Dee Dee scream for me. She sounded startled, like, \u2018Who\u2019s there?\u2019 Then she started screaming. I was so scared. She called my name three or four times, \u2018Gypsy, help me,\u2019 but I didn\u2019t move.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
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Her story has been covered in a number of documentaries and drama The Act<\/p>\n
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Finally, there was silence. Dee Dee was dead. Gypsy said Nicholas then forced her to have sex before they cleaned the scene, packed some clothes, and got into a cab. The pair fled back to Wisconsin, leading police to believe Gypsy had been kidnapped by the monster who\u2019d slaughtered her mother. But guilt was eating away at Gypsy, and she wanted the police to find her mother. So, she posted that message on Facebook, hoping it would be so shocking to those who read it, they would rush to their house. It was to be the couple\u2019s undoing. Police traced the computer\u2019s IP address, and when officers turned up at Nicholas\u2019 door, the pair surrendered. They were taken into custody and charged with murder.
Because of the years of abuse she had endured and the psychological effect it had on her, prosecutors went lightly on Gypsy. In July 2015, she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to the minimum term of ten years. Godejohn, however, was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. In February 2019, he was sentenced to life without parole. In December 2023, Gypsy Rose was freed after serving eight years behind bars, and this month she revealed that an addiction to painkillers contributed to the murder \u2028of her mother. She told US TV she had been under the influence of prescription drugs at the time, saying, \u201cI didn\u2019t want her dead, I just wanted out of my situation, and I thought that was the only way.\u201d She also told an interviewer, \u201cIf I had a chance to redo everything, I don\u2019t know if I would go back to when I was a child and tell my aunts and uncles that I\u2019m not sick and Mommy makes me sick. Or if I would travel back to just the point of that conversation with Nick and tell him, \u2018You know what? I\u2019m going to go tell the police everything\u2019. I kind of struggle with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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