Blanchard is serving a 10-year sentence for the 2015 death of her mother, who forced her for years to pretend she was disabled as part of a fraud scheme.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mo. — Gypsy Blanchard, the Missouri woman who conspired to kill her abusive mother after being forced for years to pretend she was disabled, has been granted parole.
The Missouri Department of Corrections confirmed that Blanchard, 32, is expected to be released on Dec. 28. Blanchard had 385 days of credit time served in a county jail before beginning her sentence, the DOC said. In accordance with state statute, the Missouri Parole Board granted her parole, with the rest of her sentence to be served under community supervision outside of prison.
Blanchard is serving a 10-year sentence at the Chillicothe Correctional Center after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2015 death of her mother, 48-year-old Clauddine"Dee Dee" Blanchard, who forced her daughter to undergo unnecessary medical procedures as part of a fraud scheme.
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