Nearly four years after she had herboyfriend fatally stab her abusive mother,Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s infamous Facebook post celebrating the murder remains online.
“That B—- is dead!” Blanchard posted on June 14, 2015. After seeing the post, friends of Blanchardand her mother, Dee Dee, 48, became worried and called police.
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The Facebook page Blanchard shared with Dee Dee remains active with the disturbing status update as its last post. In a 2015 interview, Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott told PEOPLE the post ultimately led to Gypsy Rose’s conviction.
“We utilize social media not only to get crime tips but people do post things about their crimes,” Arnott said. “We’ve used it before but not to the extent of a homicide. This is the first time we’ve ever seen something like this posted, and it’s then directly linked back to the killer.”
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Dee Dee began to abuse her daughter soon after she was born and up until Dee Dee’s death, when Blanchard was 23.
Blanchard iscurrently serving a 10-year prison sentenceafter pleading guilty to second-degree murder for urging her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, to kill her mom.
Earlier this month,Blanchard’s family friendconfirmed to PEOPLE the 27-year-old is engaged. The couple were pen pals before their friendship turned romantic.
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Godejohn wasconvicted of first-degreemurder and is nowin prison for life without parole. Blanchard told authorities she hadGodejohn kill Dee Dee to escape her life of abuse.
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source: people.com
