Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard
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Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard (née Pitre; born May 3, 1967, in Chackbay, Louisiana) was a 48-year-old woman who was found stabbed to death in her Springfield house.[6] She was murdered by her daughter, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn on June 10 2015.[7]
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Date | June 10, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06-10) (murder)[1] June 14, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06-14) (body discovered) |
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Location | Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
Coordinates | 37.2668°N 93.3182°W / 37.2668; -93.3182 |
Type | Murder by stabbing, matricide |
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Deaths | 1 |
Non-fatal injuries | 1 (alleged)[lower-alpha 1] |
Convicted | Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Nicholas Godejohn |
Verdict | Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: Pleaded guilty Nicholas Godejohn: Guilty on both counts |
Convictions | Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: Second-degree murder Nicholas Godejohn: First-degree murder, armed criminal action |
Sentence | Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: Ten years in prison; paroled after eight years[4][5] Nicholas Godejohn: Life imprisonment without possibility of parole plus 25 years |
Blanchard and Godejohn were arrested in Godejohn's native Big Bend, Wisconsin and both confessed to the murder. The media revealed that Dee Dee had forced Gypsy-Rose Blanchard to pretend to have severe physical and mental disabilities for financial and social advantage.[8]
Shortly before trial in 2018, Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to ten years. After a brief trial in November 2018, Godejohn, who had committed the attack on Dee Dee, was convicted of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.[9]
Blanchard was released from prison on parole on December 28, 2023.[10] She became subject to media attention, including several films and television series.