Gypsy Rose was born on July 27, 1991 in Golden meadow, LA. Early in Gypsy's life she was found to be very sick. Growing up it was always her and her mother, Clauddine (Dee Dee) Blanchard. Gypsy’s whole life her mother had told not only her but doctors, family members, and friends, that Gypsy was sick with a variety of diseases. Dee Dee would lie about symptoms to make Gypsy seem more sick and in worse conditions. At a very young age her mom started saying Gypsy had sleep apnea. From then the diagnosis' started building. She claimed Gypsy would have seizures, asthma, leukemia, and complications with her hearing and vision. Gypsy had multiple surgeries done and medications prescribed wrongfully. From all the medication her teeth had rotten and been pulled. Gypsy had her head shaved by her mother and was put in a wheelchair and feeding tube when she needed none. Dee Dee would also add in medication that numbs your legs used for dogs so that it made the wheelchair seem believable. Dee Dee suffered from a mental illness called Munchausen syndrome. Eventually, Dee Dee stopped seeing doctors as test started to come back negative seeing as it was all made up.
Dee Dee played her part as much as she could because of the attention she was receiving. They gained a lot of money from the community and people around them for medical expenses. They even received a free house. In 2011, Gypsy and her online boyfriend she met at a convention planned to run away. She got tracked down by her mother and brought home to her computer completely smashed and wouldn't give her access to her bed. In 2015, she regained her access to the internet and found a new boyfriend (Nicholas Godejohn) on a Christian dating website. She told Nick everything her mom had been doing to her and they had made plans to kill her mother. He came to the Blanchards home and stabbed Dee Dee while Gypsy hid in the bathroom with her ears covered. They made their escape to Wisconsin, but they were met by police. The police became aware of her mothers body because Gypsy had made a post on facebook saying "That b---- is dead", hoping her body would be found.
Gypsy pleaded guilty to second degree murder in 2016 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Godejohn was charged with first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Gypsy Rose got released early in December of 2023 and is now 33 years old. Gypsy has said that she is happy she is out of that situation, but is not happy her mother is dead. Gypsy claims she is happier than ever now and with her new boyfriend, they are expecting a baby in January 2025.
In my opinion, I think that what Dee Dee was doing was very wrong and that she did deserve to be punished but not murder. I think Gypsy could have done something better like call the police for help instead of just killing her. I think that Godejohn got the right sentence for what he did. I also think that Gypsy got a good amount of sentencing even though she didn't finish out her full sentence.
sources
https://www.biography.com/crime/gypsy-rose-blanchard-mother-dee-dee-murder
https://www.today.com/popculture/news/nicholas-godejohn-now-rcna132122
Do you think they got the right sentences?
Do you think Dee Dee deserved to die?
What couldve been a better way for Gypsy to get help?
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Do you think they got the right sentences? No I thinnk that they should of had longer sentenaces and still be in jail. Do you think Dee Dee deserved to die? No but i htink that she should have served time What couldve been a better way for Gypsy to get help? get profecshalnal help
I think Gypsy got a good sentence in prison for what she did and her boyfriend for being the actual one that killed Dee Dee having life in prison sounds fair. l don't think Dee Dee deserved to die but she definitely should have been punished for the horrible things she did like lying about her daughters health for fame and money. Gypsy should have told the police or asked someone for help instead of killing her mother.
I think that Gypsy's sentence was good as well. I agree with you that her boyfriends life sentence was definetly necessary. Gypsy was tortured her whole life and what Dee Dee did was definetly wrong. I agree that instead of killing her, calling the police wouldve been a better option.
I think that life in prison is a bit much, but a hard punishment for sure for Godejohn. I don't think she desrved to die, but should definetly spent 10+ years in prison. I think that the cops could've been called, and I think Godejohn and her could've ran away to a far away place.
I don't think Dee Dee deserved to die. There are a lot of other punishements that he could have gone through instead of dying. I can see why people wanted to kill her since she did the wrong thing by killing someone else. I still think they should have gave her second chance.
I agree that Dee Dee shouldnt have died for it. even though it was very wrong death shouldnt be the solution. A second chance and rehabilitation wouldve been the right choice.
I dont belove that DeeDee should have died, even if what they did to gypsy was wrong murder is never a solution, I think jail time would have served them better then murderer because no human has the right to decide another humans fate.
I don't think that DeeDee should not have deserved to die, I understand that she was extremely wrong but, I think that she deserved another chance, even though she did a horrible thing that noone deserves to go through she atleast should have went to jail, not killed.
I agree she didnt deserve to die and even though she was heavily in the wrong jail time wouldve been a better choice.
I don't think Dee Dee deserved to die because even if what she was doing to Gypsy was extremely wrong murder was not the solutions. She should have gotten arrested and maybe get professional help but she should't have died.
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