Found Deceased MO - Clauddinnea 'Dee Dee' Blancharde, 48, Springfield, 10 June 2015 - #2 *Arrests*

[CD82]

I've been doing a bunch of reading on this case in the last few days. My opinion has been going so back-and-forth that I felt I had to make sure I was as educated on it as possible.

Here's how I'm feeling RIGHT NOW. All of you who have been listening to my mindless babble over the last week will know that it's taking a lot of humility on my end to say all this (LOL)

Anywho- Gypsy seems to have Stockholm Syndrome. By definition:

Stockholm syndrome, or capture-bonding, is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with the captors. Source: Wikipedia

This is the only conclusion I can come up with that would allow Gypsy to play along with this charade for so many years. I just keep picturing DeeDee saying things like "Ok, Gypsy, we have to go to the store. Put your hat and glasses on, get in your wheelchair." "Gypsy, someone is coming over soon. Get in your wheelchair and act sick." etc, etc, etc, etc.

There are only 2 logical explanations to someone playing along like that:
1. Gypsy and DeeDee being normal before Hurricane Katrina, and Gypsy being young enough to play along but old enough to know right from wrong
2. Gypsy being slowly brainwashed/manipulated to where she didn't even realize it was wrong

The more I think about it and the more I read, #1 is highly unlikely considering the circumstances. The bike accident, moving away, all that stuff just leads me to believe that DeeDee more or less kidnapped Gypsy, isolated her, and as a result Gypsy started playing along.

I feel like Gypsy had no real problem with their actions (Stockholm characteristic) until she was older and started playing around on the internet. It was only then that she realized the things she was missing out on, and then started rebelling.

Now....I've never really been "team DeeDee" per se; I was just not trying to blame it all on her. It's really difficult to think about someone just completely frauding people for over a decade. It's crazy. Although I still have suspicions that Gypsy is playing just as big of a charade with this as her mom, I agree that it's because she was MADE that way by DeeDee.

Did DeeDee deserve to be stabbed to death? Nah. But normal people would take jail time for fraud over 1st degree murder any day. Make sense? So for someone to feel that murder is better than just coming out with the truth, you'd have to be totally off your rocker IMO.

 

[ninij9]

Morning.
Looks like things are finally slowing down here information wise.

When this trial starts I know I will be glued to the screens. I am dying to hear what court appointed drs and psychiatrists are going to make of this girl.

 

[ClaireNC]

Great post CD82. Glad to see you coming around a bit.

Now take your point 2, "Gypsy being slowly brainwashed/manipulated to where she didn't even realize it was wrong" one step further. Think of it like a child being raised by wolves. Living most of their lives totally isolated from society. The only morals and values she knows were those taught to her by her mother. Yes that is stretching it, I know she had some interactions within society, but she does not have the same moral code that the rest of us have.

I agree, Gypsy is playing a charade and will lie about pretty much anything. That is how she was raised. She was taught it is OK to lie. It is her "norm". No, DeeDee did not deserve to be stabbed to death, but Gypsy might have seen it as her only way out.

 

[wantjustice]

You know, going back to the potential medical issues being discussed toward the end of the last thread, this (http://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/bone/osteogenesis_imperfecta/type_1.asp) is what first came to my mind upon seeing her profile shot while walking into the courtroom.

It could be very mild and still explain her high pitched voice, missing teeth, slight stature, etc. Her look reminded me very much of Atticus Shaffer from The Middle. He has a type of brittle bone disease.

Anyway, I am no doctor and am merely sharing what jumped in my head after seeing the courtroom clip...there may be zero merit to my thought processes lol but sharing them anyway.

OT but I love that show and didn't realize that Atticus had that disease. Bless his heart! I hope it isn't painful to be on the show but I did a little googling and he says in interviews that he really enjoys it. What a sweet kid!

 

[CD82]

Great post CD82. Glad to see you coming around a bit.

Now take your point 2, "Gypsy being slowly brainwashed/manipulated to where she didn't even realize it was wrong" one step further. Think of it like a child being raised by wolves. Living most of their lives totally isolated from society. The only morals and values she knows were those taught to her by her mother. Yes that is stretching it, I know she had some interactions within society, but she does not have the same moral code that the rest of us have.

I agree, Gypsy is playing a charade and will lie about pretty much anything. That is how she was raised. She was taught it is OK to lie. It is her "norm". No, DeeDee did not deserve to be stabbed to death, but Gypsy might have seen it as her only way out.

Yes, slowly but surely I'm coming around.....bahaha

To respond to your moral code comment- would kids raised in the mob have the same excuse? They were raised in a life of crime, murder, fraud, theft, etc. So if they were raised seeing their family offing people over money, drugs, etc. and then proceeded to continue their legacy, would they have the same sympathy as Gypsy? Or would they get life in prison from a jury who just doesn't care that they didn't know any better? Or am I just reaching way too far here?

 

[Shelby1]

Gypsy probably has more freedom right now in jail than she ever did at home. That's a sad thought.

 

[Eileen730]

Great post CD82. Glad to see you coming around a bit.

Now take your point 2, "Gypsy being slowly brainwashed/manipulated to where she didn't even realize it was wrong" one step further. Think of it like a child being raised by wolves. Living most of their lives totally isolated from society. The only morals and values she knows were those taught to her by her mother. Yes that is stretching it, I know she had some interactions within society, but she does not have the same moral code that the rest of us have.

I agree, Gypsy is playing a charade and will lie about pretty much anything. That is how she was raised. She was taught it is OK to lie. It is her "norm". No, DeeDee did not deserve to be stabbed to death, but Gypsy might have seen it as her only way out.

What has she lied about?
She confessed!

As for the fraud well just about every pic we see of her DeeDee has her hand firmly in hers I'm Sure that was to squeeze when she wanted her to shut up.
But that's my opinion

 

[iluvmua]

I do feel that she does need to spend time in prison, Although I don't know if I would sentence her to life in prison.

I would settle for 50 years.

If there ever was a story that needed to be featured on Dateline or 48 Hours, It would be this one.

JMO

 

[Zuri]

Do you all think that Gypsy's defense attorneys will do the Nurmi thing of throwing DD under the bus? For some reason, I think DD will be on trial more than Gypsy.

And would throwing DD under the bus be warranted? It wasn't in the Arias trial and I just wondered what you all thought.

 

[Lulu14]

So battered women who snap and kill their aggressors should spend 50 years in jail as well? Baffling.

For what it's worth, I think DeeDee got exactly what she deserved. Just because someone died, doesn't meant they suddenly became less of a monster.

 

[MsMarple]

A woman who is charged for her mother's stabbing death waived her right to extradition proceedings during a court hearing in Waukesha, Wisc., on Friday morning. That means the Greene County Sheriff's Department will be able to bring Gypsy Blancharde back to Springfield to face charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
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When Blancharde is brought back to Springfield, she'll be jailed in lieu of a $1 million bond. Godejohn has a court hearing scheduled on June 29 at which he'll tell a judge whether he'll waive his right to extradition proceedings.

http://www.ky3.com/news/local/gypsy...-springfield-on-murder-case/21048998_33672728

 

[Ontario Mom]

So battered women who snap and kill their aggressors should spend 50 years in jail as well? Baffling.

For what it's worth, I think DeeDee got exactly what she deserved. Just because someone died, doesn't meant they suddenly became less of a monster.

I think the battered woman defense is quite a bit different than this. Frankly, I don't think battered women should spend a day in jail but that's just me. In Gypsy's case though, she's clearly messed up in the head. She doesn't function on the same level as your average 24 yr old because she's never been ALLOWED to be normal. I think when she discovered the internet and social media and saw what other girls her age were doing it messed with her so much, tugged on her heart so much she tried super hard to be just like those girls, but she's NOT like those girls.

I don't think she should be in jail after her trial but I do think she should be contained somewhere, in some kind of facility that will work diligently with her to bring to as close as possible to a place of right-thinking. If that's at all possible.

moo.

 

[wfgodot]

I think much at trial may depend on however old Gypsy turns out actually to be.

 

[Ontario Mom]

I think much at trial may depend on however old Gypsy turns out actually to be.

I've read several comments from family on SM that say she's 24 next month. Technically rumor I guess, but no matter how old she really is biologically, mentally it's a different story.

 

[anastacia]

I know this is one trial you couldn't pay me enough to get me to be a juror on. I keep thinking if she had killed her mother herself and escaped, she'd be hailed as a hero. Since the weapon she used was another person, she's facing life in prison. I don't approve of her action, but I so understand her motivation.

 

[bellesnwhistles]

If she does get off she will have an even more skewed perception of reality. JMO but I don't think she will get off

 

[QueenBea13]

I think the battered woman defense is quite a bit different than this. Frankly, I don't think battered women should spend a day in jail but that's just me. In Gypsy's case though, she's clearly messed up in the head. She doesn't function on the same level as your average 24 yr old because she's never been ALLOWED to be normal. I think when she discovered the internet and social media and saw what other girls her age were doing it messed with her so much, tugged on her heart so much she tried super hard to be just like those girls, but she's NOT like those girls.

I don't think she should be in jail after her trial but I do think she should be contained somewhere, in some kind of facility that will work diligently with her to bring to as close as possible to a place of right-thinking. If that's at all possible.

moo.

I get what you're saying, to a point, but then I don't. What is the difference in a mentally & verbally abused wife & a mentally & verbally abused child? When an abused wife, who may have possibly grown up in a normal household with normal parents & was taught right from wrong, snaps & decides to kill her abusive spouse it's justified? Even though she was taught & knows right from wrong? But when a child or adult in this case, has been raised from day 1, by a mentally & verbally abusive parent who taught the child that lying & deceiving people was ok, kept them isolated from the real world, no schooling or education, snaps & kills or has her bf, who seems to love & care for her unconditionally, kill her abusive parent, that it is not justified??? What if Gypsy was a 12 yr old? Or 15 yr old? Would that make a difference in justifying murder?
What if this was a father who had been sexually molesting his daughter from a very young age? Would that change anything?
An abuser is an abuser no matter the age of their victims in my opinion, what DD did as a parent is just as unacceptable as a husband that beats his wife. No one, child or an adult deserves to be abused, physically, mentally or verbally. And imo I think mental & verbal abuse are worse than physical abuse, not that any kind of abuse is ever acceptable, but black eyes & bruises can heal, but those words are embedded in your entire being & even when you think you've suppressed those words, they really never go away! And with mental & verbal abuse people don't think it's all that bad because they can't physically see the abuse with their eyes the way one can with physical abuse.
Sorry to ramble but I in my heart of hearts i don't believe one is more justifiable than the other. Abuse is abuse, murder is murder & a sin is always a sin no matter which one you commit!!!

 

[Teche]

I'm waiting to hear about the Katrina evacuation for Dee Dee and Gypsy. My guess is that they were not escaping Katrina but used this as a time to obtain other free assistance. I'm from south Louisiana. Many seriously or chronically ill children attend medical clinics to see specialists from Children's, Tulane, Oschner, and LSU Medical (previously called Big Charity.

 

[MsMarple]

The Judge signed the waiver and Missouri authorities have 30 days to come get her. Judge Michael Bohren asked Blancharde if she understood what she was doing. She said yes but conferred with her attorney. The Judge wasn't happy with that and wanted her to answer the questions. She told the judge she has a 3rd grade education and was taking anti-seizure medication in jail.

http://www.cbs58.com/story/29362147/gypsy-blanchard-will-be-sent-back-to-missouri-to-face-charges

Huh? She's taking anti-seizure meds in jail? I wonder what doctor ordered that? This case is so messed up.

 

[gngr~snap]

The Judge signed the waiver and Missouri authorities have 30 days to come get her. Judge Michael Bohren asked Blancharde if she understood what she was doing. She said yes but conferred with her attorney. The Judge wasn't happy with that and wanted her to answer the questions. She told the judge she has a 3rd grade education and was taking anti-seizure medication in jail.

http://www.cbs58.com/story/29362147/gypsy-blanchard-will-be-sent-back-to-missouri-to-face-charges

Huh? She's taking anti-seizure meds in jail? I wonder what doctor ordered that? This case is so messed up.

All I can think of is it is dangerous to stop them cold turkey after so many years of use, Whether she needed then or not, her body has become accustomed to the meds. They will evaluate her to determine if they are medically necessary and if not wean her off them is my guess, moo
*I don't even know which medication she has been on so I could be totally wrong here.