Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who had her boyfriend murder her abusive mother in 2015, was released from a Missouri prison on Thursday after being granted parole.
KY3 reported that Blanchard walked out of Chillicothe Correctional Center, where she served more than seven years of a 10-year sentence. Gypsy Rose Blanchard was convicted of second-degree murder after she admitted to having her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, go to her family’s home in Springfield to kill her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.
While Godejohn was sentenced in 2018 to life without parole, prosecutors considered the abuse Gypsy Rose Blanchard suffered at her mother’s hands and sought a lighter sentence. Dee Dee Blanchard is believed to have suffered from Munchausen by proxy — which entailed forcing her daughter to use a wheelchair and subjecting her to unnecessary medical treatments.
Before the slaying, Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s mother allegedly isolated her and tied her to a bed to stop her from escaping.
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Earlier this month, Godejohn’s new lawyer appealed his first-degree murder conviction, claiming his client had an ineffective counsel. He accused Godejohn’s trial lawyers of failing to present evidence from a qualified neuropsychologist specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Godejohn’s new lawyer said this evidence shows Godejohn had a diminished capacity and was unable to discern fantasy from reality.
However, prosecutors have claimed Godejohn — who met Gypsy Rose Blanchard on a Christian dating site — was motivated by sex.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is married. Her book — “Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom” — is expected to come out on January 9.
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[Featured image: Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Clauddine Blanchard, Greene County Sheriff’s Office/Nicholas Godejohn, Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department]
