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For over 20 years, Dee Dee Blanchard lied about her daughter Gypsy Rose's health, claiming that she had everything from muscular dystrophy to leukemia. She also lied about Gypsy Rose's age, altering her appearance to make her look younger than she actually was.
These lies led to the pair getting free trips to Disney World, backstage passes to a Miranda Lambert concert, and even a house built by Habitat for Humanity — which came equipped with a wheelchair ramp and a hot tub. But it wasn't all fun and games.
In addition to forcing her daughter into a wheelchair and coercing her into acting like she had multiple "illnesses," Dee Dee Blanchard also hit her, destroyed her personal items, physically restrained her to her bed, and even denied her food.
By the time Gypsy Rose was in her early 20s, she got fed up. So in a desperate ploy to escape, she asked her internet boyfriend to come put an end to his mom.
Gypsy let him into their home and gave him duct tape, gloves, and a knife; Godejohn then stabbed Dee Dee 17 times in her back while she was asleep. She was de*ad before she was found.
Gypsy Rose admitted to the second-degree murder charge in 2016 and was finally given a 10-year prison term. For first-degree murder, her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn received a life sentence.