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A mother’s killing leads police to suspect her daughter’s faked disability was part of an elaborate
A mother’s killing leads police to suspect her daughter’s faked disability was part of an elaborate hoaxMorning Mix
By Abby Phillip June 22 at 9:55 AM
Gypsy Blancharde, left, with her mother, Dee Dee. (Courtesy of Greene County Sheriff’s Office)
Eight days ago, police in Springfield, Mo., put out an urgent call to the community: a mother and her wheelchair-bound teenage daughter were missing, and officials needed the public’s help in locating them.
....
Hours later, though, came a startling update to the “endangered person advisory”: the mother, 48-year-old Clauddinnea “Dee Dee” Blancharde, was found dead at home, and the search, local authorities said, had “turned into a homicide investigation.”
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Her mysterious, violent death marked the tragic end to the story of a mother who, police believed, had already survived Hurricane Katrina with her daughter. Neighbors said the elder Blancharde was a giving person and a committed mother to a daughter who they believed suffered from several medical problems, including leukemia and muscular dystrophy.
That was apparently a lie. ... The sheriff’s office soon announced a series of shockers. Gypsy, 19, was found alive and unharmed in Wisconsin. She walks “well” without the assistance of a wheelchair. And she was arrested and charged with her mother’s murder.
(‘Incredible’ story of California woman’s abduction was actually a hoax, police say)
By Abby Phillip June 22 at 9:55 AM
Gypsy Blancharde, left, with her mother, Dee Dee. (Courtesy of Greene County Sheriff’s Office)
Eight days ago, police in Springfield, Mo., put out an urgent call to the community: a mother and her wheelchair-bound teenage daughter were missing, and officials needed the public’s help in locating them.
....
Hours later, though, came a startling update to the “endangered person advisory”: the mother, 48-year-old Clauddinnea “Dee Dee” Blancharde, was found dead at home, and the search, local authorities said, had “turned into a homicide investigation.”
....
Her mysterious, violent death marked the tragic end to the story of a mother who, police believed, had already survived Hurricane Katrina with her daughter. Neighbors said the elder Blancharde was a giving person and a committed mother to a daughter who they believed suffered from several medical problems, including leukemia and muscular dystrophy.
That was apparently a lie. ... The sheriff’s office soon announced a series of shockers. Gypsy, 19, was found alive and unharmed in Wisconsin. She walks “well” without the assistance of a wheelchair. And she was arrested and charged with her mother’s murder.
(‘Incredible’ story of California woman’s abduction was actually a hoax, police say)
