Gypsy Rose Blanchard

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard is an American woman whose involvement in the 2015 murder of her abusive mother, following years of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, drew widespread media attention and inspired multiple true-crime adaptations.

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instanceOf American woman ⓘ
convicted criminal ⓘ
crime victim ⓘ
human ⓘ
abusedBy Dee Dee Blanchard ⓘ
associatedMedicalCondition Munchausen syndrome by proxy (experienced as victim) ⓘ
caseType domestic violence-related homicide ⓘ
filicide-related homicide ⓘ
coConspirator Nicholas Godejohn ⓘ
linked to: Nick Godejohn
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
crime second-degree murder ⓘ
familyName Blanchard ⓘ
genreOfCoverage true crime ⓘ
givenName Gypsy ⓘ
impact increased public awareness of caregiver-fabricated illness in a child ⓘ
keyEvent killing of Dee Dee Blanchard in June 2015 ⓘ
knownFor case highlighting Munchausen syndrome by proxy ⓘ
legalProceeding plea agreement in Missouri court ⓘ
legalStatus convicted of second-degree murder ⓘ
mediaFormat documentary films ⓘ
podcasts ⓘ
scripted television series ⓘ
mediaPortrayalBy Joey King ⓘ
mediaPortrayalIn Hulu miniseries "The Act" ⓘ
medicalHistory falsely presented as severely ill and disabled ⓘ
subjected to unnecessary medical treatments ⓘ
mother Dee Dee Blanchard ⓘ
motive escape from long-term abuse ⓘ
name Gypsy Rose Blanchard ⓘ
notableEvent arrest following discovery of Dee Dee Blanchard's body ⓘ
interrogation revealing long-term medical abuse ⓘ
notableFor involvement in the 2015 murder of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard ⓘ
participantIn murder of Dee Dee Blanchard ⓘ
placeOfResidence Springfield, Missouri ⓘ
publicPerception viewed both as victim and perpetrator ⓘ
raisedBy single mother Dee Dee Blanchard ⓘ
relationship online romantic relationship with Nicholas Godejohn ⓘ
subjectOf HBO documentary "Mommy Dead and Dearest" ⓘ
Hulu series "The Act" ⓘ
multiple news articles and interviews ⓘ
television dramatizations ⓘ
true crime documentaries ⓘ
widespread media coverage ⓘ
theme coercive control by caregiver ⓘ
medical child abuse ⓘ
topicOf debates about abuse, culpability, and self-defense in criminal law ⓘ
victimOf Munchausen syndrome by proxy abuse ⓘ
yearOfKeyEvent 2015 ⓘ

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The Act → portrays → Gypsy Rose Blanchard ⓘ
Joey King → playedCharacter → Gypsy Rose Blanchard in The Act ⓘ
linked to: Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Gypsy Rose Blanchard → name → Gypsy Rose Blanchard ⓘ
Dee Dee Blanchard → motherOf → Gypsy Rose Blanchard ⓘ
Dee Dee Blanchard → medicalAbuseOf → Gypsy Rose Blanchard ⓘ
Dee Dee Blanchard → killingConspiredWith → Gypsy Rose Blanchard ⓘ
Michael Christopher Starr → associatedAct → Gypsy Rose ⓘ
linked to: Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Alabama Gypsy Rose Jennings → middleName → Gypsy Rose ⓘ
linked to: Gypsy Rose Blanchard