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

[pinklilies]

Claudine was just 48 when she died. DOB 05/03/1967.

In her mothers obit, Claudine is named last out of the daughters, I think that indicates she was the youngest of those girls.

ETA..the DOB is in the link, Ozarksfirst, which MsFacetious posted.

 

[katydid23]

I don't even know what to think or say about this bizarre case. It's like a freak show. anic:

 

[jjenny]

Gypsy was an adult and it sounds like she was wanting to live a normal life. But her mother wasn't about let her go.
She got houses, free trips, songs written, newspaper articles written, all because Gypsy was supposedly disabled and sick. This is one victim I can't found an ounce of sympathy for.
In some other cases, when abuse was alleged, perps sometimes get very lenient punishment.
In this particular case, abuse is very clear.
So I think Gypsy should be shown leniency.

 

[watergirl62]

Claudine was just 48 when she died. DOB 05/03/1967.

In her mothers obit, Claudine is named last out of the daughters, I think that indicates she was the youngest of those girls.

ETA..the DOB is in the link, Ozarksfirst, which MsFacetious posted.

BBM
Yeah, I saw that. For some reason, I just didn't interpret it as fact. I think its just the nature of this case that is making me question the accuracy.

Youngest listed last, that makes sense.

 

[honesty]

I too am in the camp of not being able to find sympathy for the victim. Disabilities and diseases are nothing to pretend to have or use for financial gain.

Until two years ago this month I worked long hard hours, I pushed myself the last 5 years of working until my doctors told me I could no longer work. It's depressing to me to not be able to work any longer. The pain I and so many others live with hourly, daily, weekly is real and not fun at all.

While I sit here in my home day in and day out wishing I could be productive and fighting at the same time for proper medical care, as well as fighting for disability benefits while my long term disability whittles away it's also depressing. But not once have I used nor would I ever use my conditions for financial gain. The people who have helped these two done so out of their hearts and now when they see this story it will make them jaded and certainly more careful and guarded with giving away their hard earned money. Unfortunately that is really sad because there are many people in the world who really could use a hand up in times of bad health. These kind of scams are exactly the reason I despise those go find me accounts as well. People get on there and request funds for the most ridiculous of reasons and it's and to decipher between a real need and a bum looking for the good people in this world to support them.

With all of that being said, for a person to scam the good people of this world just turns my stomach. As I sit here waiting for more to unfold I have hopes that Gypsy will sing like a bird and tell all she knows. I have a feeling my shock will not end soon with this case, as there is much more to come to light I'm sure.

I do hope that Gypsy is soon transported back to Missouri, and is not sent to jail, my hopes would be that she will be sent to a mental health facility and will work very intensely with someone to get her side of the story from the start of her memories out so that it can be known just what kind of abuse this woman has suffered. And after she gives her complete account of her life then she can receive the mental health care she deserves and needs.

 

[honesty]

BBM
Yeah, I saw that. For some reason, I just didn't interpret it as fact. I think its just the nature of this case that is making me question the accuracy.

Youngest listed last, that makes sense.

Most times there is a form at the newspaper office that someone from the family fills out that forms the obit. Perhaps whoever filled out the form for the announcement put her name last because she was not close with the family. I've seen that done as well.

 

[Tssiemer]

I mean I have sympathy for her. I'm sorry she had to live like that for her 18 to 24 years, whatever it was, but I wonder if we would have the same sympathy for a young man who was abused and such had manipulated a young girl to kill his mother or a stranger.


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[jjenny]

I don't see why we couldn't feel sorry if a young man was abused in that way. Sometimes these children medically abused by their mothers have died. Some of them are boys. I haven't seen anybody saying they don't feel sympathy for the victim because victim is a male.

 

[watergirl62]

I mean I have sympathy for her. I'm sorry she had to live like that for her 18 to 24 years, whatever it was, but I wonder if we would have the same sympathy for a young man who was abused and such had manipulated a young girl to kill his mother or a stranger.


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"We" collectively (not just WSers, but as a nation/ world)?
I'm going to have to say no.

 

[pepelepolecat]

I mean I have sympathy for her. I'm sorry she had to live like that for her 18 to 24 years, whatever it was, but I wonder if we would have the same sympathy for a young man who was abused and such had manipulated a young girl to kill his mother or a stranger.


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I think I would have an equal amount of sympathy for a young man in the same situation. In some ways, males are less resilient against abuse (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23726669) than females are, so a boy abused in a similar way might sustain more long-term neurological damage than a girl would.

Still ... It strikes me that to be manipulated into murder, one must already have some pretty serious deficiencies either morally or mentally. She could have manipulated someone all day long, but if he didn't have one foot in the door towards murder already, I don't think she would have succeeded. I'd like to think most normal people would have encouraged her to seek help or would have told someone themselves in order to get her help. He didn't, and while I know he has some disabilities himself, I can't imagine it's such that he wasn't fully well aware that what he was doing was wrong.

The whole case is just heavily sad. What an incredible waste of life -- for all three of them.

 

[Sutton]

I find thi s to be extremely disturbing:http://www.kspr.com/news/local/face...et-life-of-gypsy-blancharde/21051620_33640790.
She says that NG has split personality that they will Figure Out How To Deal With. Then there is the "pedtifile" she met online and met up with. I read somewhere else that she was caught in a closet at some event with an older man that she concidered her boyfriend. There is so much more to learn about the depths of her disfunction.

Welcome to WS. Great case to join over.

The casual mention of NG's split personalities is disturbing. I wonder if he'll go this route in his trial (if there is one)?

 

[Tssiemer]

I didn't mean to offend anyone. It was a question but I'm not going to lie I would feel a little differently.


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[atmosphere]

I think I would have an equal amount of sympathy for a young man in the same situation. In some ways, males are less resilient against abuse (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23726669) than females are, so a boy abused in a similar way might sustain more long-term neurological damage than a girl would.

Still ... It strikes me that to be manipulated into murder, one must already have some pretty serious deficiencies either morally or mentally. She could have manipulated someone all day long, but if he didn't have one foot in the door towards murder already, I don't think she would have succeeded. I'd like to think most normal people would have encouraged her to seek help or would have told someone themselves in order to get her help. He didn't, and while I know he has some disabilities himself, I can't imagine it's such that he wasn't fully well aware that what he was doing was wrong.

The whole case is just heavily sad. What an incredible waste of life -- for all three of them.

A family of six boys Known as the Wolfpack (Featured on "48 Hours" on Fri and in a documentary) were kept in a NYC apt for years. They are doing well - are delightfull in fact. Learned coping skills by watching over 10,000 movies during their fathers control. They are amazing - a joy to watch. Anyone see the 48 hours segment? You should watch it as it restores your faith in humanity. Shows not everyone snaps, although I am amazed the turned out the way they did. It will make you feel good! Conflicted about this case and wondering if GB is diabolical at this point or it's just very sad. Can't help but think she could've figured out another way to gain freedom.
Murder is never an option.

 

[atmosphere]

Awww Thank You!!! I am hoping I won't be as obsessed as I was during the Casey Anthony mess but this is another mind blowing case. BTW it is rumored that CA lives in my area- yikes. She participated in a walk for charity and there are photos. And NO I do not ever want to run into her.

 

[atmosphere]

Welcome to WS. Great case to join over.

The casual mention of NG's split personalities is disturbing. I wonder if he'll go this route in his trial (if there is one)?

Thank you for the welcome!!! I think it's a given that the attorneys will run with that!

 

[Ragamuffin]

What I can't get my head round is Gypsy asking her boyfriend to kill her mother. If Gypsy had just snapped, had exploded, like many a victim of years of domestic violence, and killed her mother - I'd have a great deal of sympathy for her. I would want her sent to an appropriate institution to be treated and kept out of the public until all those horrible issues were explored and treated.

However, urging her boyfriend - who, IMO, seems to have issues of his own - to kill her mother, takes it into a different league. The FB postings, the wigs, the online adult chats, the wherewithal to call the cab and mail the knife home...

IDK. I can feel sympathy for her and what *appears* to be a horribly controlling mother/lifestyle, but I'm not willing to jump on a Free Gypsy train IYKWIM?

 

[jjenny]

What I can't get my head round is Gypsy asking her boyfriend to kill her mother. If Gypsy had just snapped, had exploded, like many a victim of years of domestic violence, and killed her mother - I'd have a great deal of sympathy for her. I would want her sent to an appropriate institution to be treated and kept out of the public until all those horrible issues were explored and treated.

However, urging her boyfriend - who, IMO, seems to have issues of his own - to kill her mother, takes it into a different league. The FB postings, the wigs, the online adult chats, the wherewithal to call the cab and mail the knife home...

IDK. I can feel sympathy for her and what *appears* to be a horribly controlling mother/lifestyle, but I'm not willing to jump on a Free Gypsy train IYKWIM?

If she were raised by wolves, would we expect her to be normal? For the most of her life, she was trained by her mother how to con people. So her mother only had herself to blame for the way Gypsy turned out.

 

[kimlynn]

What I can't get my head round is Gypsy asking her boyfriend to kill her mother. If Gypsy had just snapped, had exploded, like many a victim of years of domestic violence, and killed her mother - I'd have a great deal of sympathy for her. I would want her sent to an appropriate institution to be treated and kept out of the public until all those horrible issues were explored and treated.

However, urging her boyfriend - who, IMO, seems to have issues of his own - to kill her mother, takes it into a different league. The FB postings, the wigs, the online adult chats, the wherewithal to call the cab and mail the knife home...

IDK. I can feel sympathy for her and what *appears* to be a horribly controlling mother/lifestyle, but I'm not willing to jump on a Free Gypsy train IYKWIM?

I agree. And how many times did she ask NG to kill her mother. How long was this spoken about and planned. So many times she could have let it go and let her mother live. Cold. IMO
I'm not ready to jump on the train either.
ETA...I need more than a shaved head and wheelchair.

 

[kimlynn]

If she were raised by wolves, would we expect her to be normal? For the most of her life, she was trained by her mother how to con people. So her mother only had herself to blame for the way Gypsy turned out.

Her mother is to blame for the bf of Gypsy killing her?

 

[jjenny]

I agree. And how many times did she ask NG to kill her mother. How long was this spoken about and planned. So many times she could have let it go and let her mother live. Cold. IMO
I'm not ready to jump on the train either.
ETA...I need more than a shaved head and wheelchair.

She run away before but her mother found her and brought her back.
So I am guessing in her head there was no escape unless mother was dead.