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The ex-boyfriend ofGypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri womanwho orchestrated the murder of her motherafter being forced to portray herself as terminally ill for nearly her entire life, has been found guilty for his part in the killing, according to multiple news outlets.
He has also been found guilty of armed criminal action.
The verdict reportedly means Godejohn is automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or probation.
On Thursday, Gypsy testified that she came up with the plan to kill her mother because it was the only way she could escape her life of abuse, theNews-Leaderreports.
In 2016, Gypsy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. She is serving 10 years in prison.
She told the court how, two weeks before her mother’s murder, she changed her mind because she “started having doubt [and] second thoughts.” But after the pair got into an argument days later, Gypsy decided Dee Dee had to die and told Godejohn, her then-boyfriend, to travel from Wisconsin to Missouri to kill her, according to theNews-Leader.
When asked who talked who into killing Dee Dee, Gypsy responded in court, “I did, I talked him into it,” the paper reports.
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Text messages shared in court on Tuesday showedthe tumultuous relationshipthe pair had leading up to Dee Dee’s death, according to theNews-Leader.
Using pet names like “dear,” “hun,” “daddy” and “daughter,” Godejohn and Gypsy discussed having a child together and starting a new life, according to the paper.
Gypsy told the court she would call herself Godejohn’s “slave” and refer to him as her “master,” according to theNews-Leader.
In one conversation, Godejohn reportedly referenced suicide, though it’s unclear whether he was serious.
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Dee Dee began to abuse Gypsy soon after she was born up until Dee Dee’s death, when Gypsy was 23.
Before her murder, Dee Dee had convinced her friends, family and community that her daughter was a terminally ill teenager with the mind of a 7-year-old who suffered from muscular dystrophy, leukemia and other ailments.
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Gypsy testified Thursday that she believed her mom and thought she was suffering from cancer and terminal illnesses. Dee Dee beat and punched her behind closed doors.
“I feared her more than I feared anyone else,” Gypsy told the court, according to theNews-Leader.
Days later, Gypsy and Godejohn were arrested. Investigators determined that shehad enlisted him to helpplot and carry outher mother’s murder.
On Friday morning, before closing statements, members of the jury heard from a doctor who testified that Godejohn has autism spectrum disorder, according to KY3.
source: people.com
