Gypsy Rose Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of her mother.
In May 2021, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Gypsy Rose, who was then 24 years old, had been found guilty of second-degree murder in October 2020. Her trial had taken place over a year earlier and lasted over three months. During this time, Gypsy’s defense team had claimed that she had been abused by her mother for much of her life and that she acted in self-defense when she attacked Dee Dee.
The story began back in 2015 when Dee Dee’s death was initially ruled a homicide. Police were able to piece together what happened by reviewing footage from the home’s security cameras and speaking with neighbors. The cameras revealed that on June 14th, 2015, two men dressed as paramedics arrived at the house where Gypsy lived with her mother. The men were later identified as Gypsy’s boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn and his friend Jacob Silas Rodgers.
The two men carried an unconscious woman out of the house and placed her into their vehicle before driving away. The police were able to identify this woman as Gypsy’s mother after speaking with neighbors who saw the two men carrying an injured woman into their car.
Footage from the home’s security cameras