She will reportedly be eligible for parole in 2023. Godejohn is scheduled to go to trial in late 2018. Dee Dee pretended that her daughter was sick to garner sympathy, donations, free trips and even a house and professionals have speculated that she had Munchausen by proxy. Dee Dee told local charities and … The Jinx: Full timeline of Robert Durst's alleged crimes and murder victims. According to Buzzfeed, she had a feeding tube and largely survived on cans of the meal replacement PediaSure. Gypsy was a murderer, investigators say, but she was also a victim of Munchausen by proxy (MSBP), a mental disorder in which the caretaker of a child either makes up fake symptoms or causes real symptoms to make it appear as though the child is injured or ill. According to the Cleveland Clinic, approximately 1,000 of the 2.5 million cases of child abuse reported each year may be related to MSBP. The Erin Lee Carr directed film details the events leading up to, and after, the death of Dee Dee Blanchard, whose daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard orchestrated her murder. © 2020 Discovery or its subsidiaries and affiliates. To the outside world, Gypsy Rose Blanchard appeared to be a frail, childlike woman in a wheelchair who relied on a feeding tube and dozens of medications to survive — all of which were lovingly provided by her mother, Dee Dee. Why Did This Killer Leave a "#1" in Lipstick on the Wall? According to the documentary, she would hold Gypsy Rose’s hand at all times, and would squeeze it hard if she said anything that suggested she was not as sick as her mother claimed. At least one doctor did flag his concern about Dee Dee, but she simply switched medical professionals. The question appears to be whether MSBP should be classified as a disorder — or just a criminal act. Authorities only learned the truth after Dee Dee was found dead in her home in Springfield, Missouri, where she relocated with Gypsy from Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you. Lacey Spears. Gypsy was a murderer, investigators say, but she was also a victim of Munchausen by proxy (MSBP), a mental disorder in which the caretaker of a child either makes up fake symptoms or causes real symptoms to make it appear as though the child is injured or ill. People who have MSBP have an overwhelming need for attention and go to great lengths to achieve it, as authorities say Dee Dee did, even if it means risking a child's life. Below are five facts about the rare disorder. As Gypsy Rose grew older, a number of doctors found that she tested negative for muscular dystrophy and that she could indeed walk. Dee Dee had some medical training, which may have meant she was able to engineer aspects of her story to become more believable. She received trips to Disney World, backstage passes to concerts and media attention, with Habitat for Humanity even building the Blanchards as home with a wheelchair ramp and a hot tub. But after Dee Dee Blanchard was found stabbed to death on June 14, 2015, the world would learn the shocking twist: Gypsy had no health problems at all. She shaved her daughter’s head on a regular basis to make her look like she had undergone chemotherapy, and forced Gypsy Rose to use a wheelchair – despite her not actually needing one. After her salivary glands were injected with Botox, her mother allegedly complained she drooled too much and had them removed. This was the case with Lacey Spears, who exhaustively documented her son Garnett's illnesses on a blog. One of Gypsy's medications reportedly made her teeth fall out. Some experts doubt that it exists at all, while others consider the "syndrome" to be one of the most dangerous forms of child abuse. After a plea deal, the judge gave Gypsy the minimum sentence of 10 years. Blanchard said the relationship was rocky, and Gypsy Rose was born shortly after the couple separated, on July 27, 1991. Gypsy is serving 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the June 2015 stabbing death of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. What Led Gypsy Rose Blanchard To Want Her Mother Dead? After becoming obsessed with Jayme Closs, Jake Patterson drove to her house twice intending to kidnap her, but backed off for fear of getting caught. Dee Dee began to isolate Gypsy so much that, for years, she had minimal contact with her father, Rod Blanchard, and grew wary of his support. Gypsy's knife-wielding selfies that she took shortly before posting "The bitch is dead!" The disabled child act, she told police, was a complete fraud concocted by her mother. Telling Investigation Discovery, “If I had known then what I know now, I would have reached out to anybody for help.”. I didn’t have anyone to trust,” Gypsy says in an exclusive clip from Investigation Discovery’s documentary Gypsy’s Revenge, airing on Nov. 6. Mommy Dead and Dearest tells the tragic story with interviews with Gypsy, family members and friends, medical records, home videos and text messages, to provide the full picture of the events which led to Dee Dee’s murder. Get push notifications with news, features and more.

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