Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s story has taken the country by storm. Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother, Clauddinnea Dee Dee Blanchard were practically America's Sweethearts. Gypsy Rose Blanchard was known to be suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy, vision and hearing impairments, and seizures. Blanchard was also tied to a wheelchair with a feeding tube that she needed for nutrition and medication. Blanchard's mother Dee Dee was her best friend. “We got along so perfect. You know, I saw her as an angel that can do no wrong,” said Blanchard in an interview for ABC News. However, Blanchard was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Munchausen syndrome by proxy “is a mental illness and a form of child abuse. The caretaker of a child, most often a mother, either makes up fake symptoms or causes real symptoms to make it look like the child is sick,” said Medline Plus. Dee Dee was also believed to lie about her daughter's health “to receive sympathy and financial assistance from the community,” said History Defined. Blanchard was given unnecessary medications and surgeries, all while being a young healthy girl. Her life in captivity caused her the desire to be free, but it would come with a heavy cost. On June 14 2015 police found Blanchard's mother Dee Dee stabbed to death at the pairs home. within 48 hours Blanchard and her boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn were arrested for Dee Dee murder. Blanchard, “was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2016 after pleading guilty to murder for her role in the fatal stabbing of her mother,” said People Magazine. While her boyfriend was sentenced to life in prison for murder without parole in 2019. Blanchard did not stab her mother, Godejohn did. However, Blanchard planned the murder which is why she's in jail. Blanchard served 85% of her sentence but was released early. Looking back on the murder Blanchard said, “ No one will ever hear me say I'm proud of what I did or I'm glad that she's dead. I'm not proud of what I did I regret it every single day,” to People Magazine. Blanchard also told People Magazine. “She didn't deserve that. She was a sick woman and unfortunately I wasn't educated enough to see that. She deserved to be where I am, sitting in prison doing time for criminal behavior.” Now Blanchard is married to Ryan Anderson, a teacher in Louisiana that she wed last year while she was still in prison. Since her release, Blanchard is now advocating for other people in abusive relationships and encourages them to not resort in murder along with releasing a documentary called The prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. To learn more about Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Please read the article, “The Truth Behind Munchausen syndrome by proxy,” on lva accolades.net.
