32-year-old Gypsy Rose Blanchard was released from prison on Thursday, December 28, 2023, from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri. Reportedly, Gypsy’s mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, had been taking care of her wheelchair-bound daughter until 2015. However, officials discovered the lifeless body of Dee Dee Blanchard in her house outside Springfield, Missouri on June 14, 2015, and Gypsy was nowhere to be found.
Upon further investigation, officials learned that the daughter and her boyfriend were involved in her mother’s murder. She and her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, had reportedly devised the plan to kill Dee Dee and escape.
Following her arrest and revelations of the abuse she suffered for years, prosecutors offered her a plea deal. Gypsy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, receiving a 10-year prison sentence in 2016, according to CBS News. She served 85% of the term and was granted early release. She walked out of prison on December 28, 2023.
Lifetime will air a docuseries titled The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard from January 5 to January 7, 2024. This docuseries will showcase the story of the recently released 32-year-old from her point of view.
According to Lifetime’s official website, the synopsis of The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard reads, “The six-hour special features unprecedented access to Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy who suffered horrific abuse and made national headlines for her role in her mother’s violent murder. Currently still incarcerated, Gypsy’s shocking story has been told by many others but now, as she approaches her release in December, she is finally ready to tell her truth before she becomes a free woman for the first time in her life.”
The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard: What was Gypsy Rose Blanchard accused of?
Dee Dee Blanchard suffered from Munchausen by proxy, which made her hold her daughter as a medical prisoner for several years. As per People Magazine, Dee Dee had mentally and physically abused her daughter throughout her life. The former convinced her neighbors that Gypsy was terminally ill and had a seven-year-old’s mind. She even lied about the teen’s medical issues. However, the truth did not come to light until Dee Dee’s murder in 2015.
According to NBC Chicago, Gypsy Rose Blanchard initially faced charges of first-degree murder. However, since she was a victim of abuse, Gypsy was offered a plea deal. Following her acceptance of the same, the court charged her with second-degree murder for her role in her mother’s murder. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison. But if she did not accept the plea bargain, she would have received life imprisonment just like Nicholas Godejohn.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is currently married to a Louisiana-based teacher named Ryan Anderson. The couple tied the knot in 2022.
