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Image credits
- The decorative hero portrait reuses Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department booking photograph supplied through AP and ABC News. The hero version uses a cutout treatment and changes the shirt/background coloring for design purposes. These edits do not create new evidence and should not be presented as an original photograph. The unedited booking image remains in the Profile section. Original source ↗
- Courtesy Gypsy Blanchard / ABC News. Gypsy Rose Blanchard with her mother, Dee Dee, in a family photograph. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026.
- Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department via AP / ABC News. Gypsy Rose Blanchard in an undated booking photograph. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026.
- Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department via AP / ABC News. Nicholas Godejohn in an undated booking photograph. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026.
- Nathan Papes / The Springfield News-Leader via AP / ABC News. Police tape outside Dee Dee Blanchard’s Springfield home on June 15, 2015. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026.
- Kbh3rd / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0. The historic Greene County Courthouse in Springfield, Missouri, on October 22, 2015. Regional context photograph. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Resized; displayed with a muted color treatment. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026.
In her own words.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard Speaks Out after Release from Prison
This interview was recorded shortly after Gypsy Rose Blanchard left prison. It is useful because viewers can hear her describe her own view of the abuse, the killing, responsibility, and the public attention surrounding her case.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard speaks with ABC News’ Deborah Roberts after her December 2023 release from prison.
ABC News / Good Morning America · 5 January 2024
Statements by Blanchard in the interview are her own recollections and opinions. They should not be treated as substitutes for court findings or independent proof of disputed events.
Watch on YouTube ↗ · Read the accompanying interview ↗
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