Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard

Legendary card · No. 1472

During the early morning hours of June 10, 2015, Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard (née Pitre; born May 3, 1967, in Chackbay, Louisiana, United States) was stabbed to death in her Springfield, Missouri, home. She was murdered by Nicholas Godejohn. The murder was planned by Godejohn and her daughter, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard. The murder went undiscovered for four days; neighbors called police after seeing alarming Facebook posts written by Gypsy-Rose the day before. Hours later, both Gypsy-Rose and Godejohn were arrested in his native Big Bend, Wisconsin, and confessed to the murder. The media revealed that Dee Dee had forced Gypsy-Rose to pretend to have severe physical and mental disabilities for financial and social advantage, a condition known as factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA). In 2016, Gypsy Rose Blanchard accepted a plea agreement, pleading guilty to second-degree murder and receiving a ten-year prison sentence. Court records established that she had planned the killing with...

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