Today Dee Dee's sociopathic stranglehold on her daughter is considered to be one of the most severe cases of Munchhausen by Proxy Syndrome ever documented, and part of the reason she avoided a life sentence, or potentially even death.
Both went to jail for their crimes: Nicholas was sentenced to life, while Gypsy is serving a 10-year sentence. The pair were arrested and charged with murder. She'd reaped the benefits - including a Habitat for Humanity-built house in Springfield, Missouri - for more than 20 years.Įventually, Gypsy snapped. She enlisted her boyfriend Nicholas to kill her mother.ĭee Dee's body was not discovered for days and Gypsy was eventually tracked down at Nicholas' house in Wisconsin. Her condition was an elaborate fraud swallowed by friends, family, doctors and even the young woman herself.įor Gypsy's entire life, Dee Dee had concocted this lie. As chronicled in Erin Lee Carr’s HBO documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017), The Act tells the embellished true story of Gypsy Blanchard (Joey King), a young girl living with her. The medication was unnecessary and rotted her teeth, the operations pointless.
She didn't need it, because Gypsy was not sick.
Astonishingly, she was healthy and walking, despite the fact that she hadn't taken any of her medication.
