Gypsy Blancharde agrees to be returned to Springfield on murder case

Gypsy Blancharde appears in court in Waukesha, Wisc. (news file).

A woman who is charged for her mother's stabbing death waived her right to extradition proceedings during a court hearing in Waukesha, Wisc., on Friday morning.

 That means the Greene County Sheriff's Department will be able to bring Gypsy Blancharde back to Springfield to face charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Blancharde and her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, of Big Bend, Wisc., are accused of killing Clauddinnea "Dee Dee" Blancharde on Tuesday, June 9, and leaving her body in her bed, where it was found on Sunday evening, June 14.   Sheriff's deputies found the body in the home of the mother and daughter after getting a search warrant after neighbors became concerned about their well being.
Investigators believe Godejohn took a bus to Springfield, went to the home of the Blanchardes, and killed Dee Dee at the request of Gypsy.  After cleaning up blood in the house, according to the probable cause statement against the two suspects, they took a cab to a motel in Springfield on Wednesday morning, where they stayed until Friday morning.  They then took a Greyhound bus to Wisconsin.

Waukesha County sheriff's deputies arrested Godejohn and Gypsy on Monday morning after a brief standoff at Godejohn's home in Big Bend.  They went to the home at the request of the Greene County Sheriff's Department.

When Blancharde is brought back to Springfield, she'll be jailed in lieu of a $1 million bond.  Godejohn has a court hearing scheduled on June 29 at which he'll tell a judge whether he'll waive his right to extradition proceedings.   Extradition is a legal proceeding that involves the courts and governors' offices in two states.

Greene County crime scene investigators spent five days combing through the Blanchardes' home.  The sheriff's department said Friday morning that the investigators have left the home.
Sheriff Jim Arnott told reporters on Tuesday that the murder investigation uncovered many years of fraud and deception by Dee Dee and Gypsy, including falsification of Gypsy's birth date.  The deception appears to include faked medical conditions that allowed them to get financial help from charities and friends, who thought Gypsy could not walk because of muscular dystrophy.  The mother and daughter also told people that Gypsy had leukemia.

 

 

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