Deceased. Tonight the twist no one saw coming. The girl looked 12, sounded 5 and had a 40yearold attitude. How can this young sick girl who cant walk be involved in her mothers death . Reporter were taking you inside prison to see the stunning transformation in her only network interview. How did you go from this to this . Plus the mystery man who came between mother and daughter speaking out for the first time. Hi. One of the most elaborate con games ever. How was dee dee able to get away with this for so long . He wants to get out. Aint going to happen. Im elizabeth vargas. And im david muir and this is 20 20. Heres amy robach. Are we still on . Reporter home movies capture the vibrant spirit of a young teenage girl. Im going to childrens Mercy Hospital to see my dentist for my teeth. Reporter full of enthusiasm and effervescence, but behind the smiles life for Gypsy Blanchard and her mother dee dee is one replete with hardships and challenges. Gypsy is in a wheelchair. They were local darlings. I mean, they were the shining star in this town of people who can outlast adversity and get through everything. Reporter the motherdaughter duo are local celebrities. The subject of countless local news profiles and articles. Gypsy and her multiple illnesses and diseases. Leukemia, muscular dystrophy, she had learning disabilities, had not been able to be out of a wheelchair since she was five years old. So the community really embraced them. Reporter dee dees originally from louisiana, a onetime beauty queen. And nurses aide she marries rod blanchard at age 24. Together the couple welcomes a beautiful baby girl. Perfectly healthy pretty little baby. Named her gypsy rose. I was excited and very scared. Im not going to lie i was scared. Im eighteen years old and i got a baby here. But she was beautiful and perfectly healthy. Yeah, she was. Nothing wrong with her. She looked perfect. I see you. You want to blow me a kiss . Very good. Reporter but the relationship was far from perfect. And the couple broke up. And not long after dee dee was saying that she was sick, had problems sleeping, epilepsy. And it just progressed from there. Leukemia, paralyzed muscular dystrophy, and she would gypsy was probably seven eight years old. Shes in a wheelchair now, she needs a feeding tube. Was dee dee a good mother . I told dee dee she was the best mother. Theres no way i can do what she doing you have a sick child, its constantly 24 7 taking care of her and everything i mean, i always praised her and told her, good job. Reporter rod and his new wife kristy would have sporadic visits with gypsy, but they are never alone. All the visits, dee dee had to be there the whole time. Something never felt right about it. Dee dee was so controlling. Reporter this is the last photo taken of rod with his daughter before fate would seemingly deal gypsy and dee dee another cruel blow leaving the pair displaced and depleted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The water is now 20 feet deep. Reporter their home ravaged by the storm and flood waters. They took refuge at this nearby special needs shelter. I learned from deedee, they were homeless, no place to go, so Mercy Hospital loaded them up reporter they were evacuated here to springfield, missouri. Birthplace of route 66, a tightknit community in the buckle of the bible belt. With dee dee a fulltime caregiver, theyre forced to piece together a life largely from donations, disability payments and Child Support from gypsys dad. A turning point seems to be when the family gets this home located at the aptly named intersection of hope road and volunteer way. I remember my mother gave me this little glass house and said one day this will be real and now it finally is. The blanchards moved into that house, built by habitat for humanity. A wheel chair ramp was built just for her. She was like one of the happiest people i had ever met and yet she was the most sick that i had ever met at the same time. Stays, gypsy frequently jetsets across the country. Ball games, galas, even disney world. Make a wish, they were taking her down to orlando, all expenses paid. Hi, everybody. Right now im in cinderellas castle. Eating some real mashed potatoes. Mmmm reporter she even got to meet country superstars Miranda Lambert and then husband blake shelton. Miranda lambert came to springfield and i think she gave dee dee and gypsy money. Reporter yes, she did. Look at this 3500 check from the singers personal account. But that wasnt all. Check her out posing with her favorite actors elijah wood and sean astin from lord of the rings. No no that sounds like a really awesome li not worth like what condition her health was in. Reporter but in private gypsy just wants to be regular teen and find love according friend and neighbor aleah woodmansee. She would show interest in like different boys and try to ask me advice on like, you know, how, how do you approach them . How do you like kiss a boy . Aleah says mom dee dee didnt approve of the girl talk. She said my daughter has the mentality of a child. Like youre talking to her about teenage things. Reporter but gypsy ignores her mother going behind her back and sets up this Online Dating profile. She soon connects with this man and pours out her soul. I need to tell you something. Im no model i have a medical condition, so i cant walk. I have a chair i use. Is that an issue . Why would that be a problem u are an angel in my eyes. It will never make any difference in how i see u from the inside out. Reporter and with a few strokes of the keyboard, a secret online relationship blooms. But when we come back mother and daughter are nowhere to be found. 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I believe there are angels among us reporter at a relay of life event to raise money for the american cancer society. The reaso mom. Reporter but the sickly and often secluded gypsy believes she too has found her guardian angel. Not at home in her mother, but online with a man. Nick godejohn. She was in love with him. She thought that he was going to be the prince that came and finally saved her. And got her out of her locked tower and theyd live happily ever after. Reporter look at some of the messages the lovestruck teenager sends a friend about her prince charming. I met a wonderful guy. Hes my first boyfriend. He gives me poems and is so romantic. She was talking about this new guy that she was now in love with, and that they had met on a christian dating site and that they were already planning on naming their children after him. We want a snow wedding in a gazebo with red and white roses. Honestly, what i was thinking whenever i saw these messages, is that these were just like fantasies and dreams. Reporter but on their shared facebook page, the harsh reality is what people saw. Dee dee presented as a very doting mother. She knew she was sick, and she was just going to love her. Unconditionally, until she couldnt anymore. Reporter but then comes the day when family friends, kim and david, are horrified. When something very different popped up on gypsy and dee dees facebook page. A very vulgar post. It said the bitch is dead. I, instantly took it as, their facebook account had gotten hacked. Then we saw the second one, which said, and i raped her sweet daughter, too. Reporter kim and david race to the little pink house. No one seems to be home but their new car is in the drive way. We circled the house, knocked on all the doors and windows. I called the police and let them know that we needed a Wellness Check done on a disabled mother and daughter. And they said that they would send somebody out. Breaking news. The body of blanchard has been found. You just cant forget the pink house with the wheelchair ramp. I see a stretcher coming out of the house and i just sobbed. We found Dee Dee Blanchard deceased and of a violent nature. Still actively looking for gypsy. Then we really panicked because oh, my gosh, somebody has kidnapped gypsy. Tell me about the moment when you heard that something happened to dee dee and that gypsy was missing. I was shocked. Couldnt understand it. Why would somebody do this to this child . No wheelchair. No medication. They gonna just leave her for dead. Reporter authorities move quickly and hit pay dirt when they trace the ip address of those profane facebook posts to a small house 600 miles away in big bend, wisconsin, at the home of Nick Godejohn. Gypsys boyfriend. Who is Nick Godejohn . Hes functions at about 15 or 16yearold. He is a kid that is similar to gypsy from the standpoint of not really having a normal social interaction history that most kids wouldve had up to that point. They go to the house. Theres some standoff for a period of time. They have to bring the s. W. A. T. Team there. Reporter when authorities enter the home they take both into custody. We started hearing from various sources, that gypsy wasnt a victim. She wasnt kidnapped, that she was actually involved in this somehow. It was very shocking beyond shocking. We have located gypsy in another state. Uh she is ok. Uh we do have another person of interest in custody. Im detective hancock. Your mom is dead okay . Now what i want to ask you, did you have involvement in this . Wait, go back. What . Your moms passed away, okay . Shes deceased, all right . Now, what i want to ask you, did you have involvement in this . No. No. What happened with your mom that night . I dont know what happened with my mom. I dont know, why dont you just tell me . I dont know what happened with my mom. I dont know, why dont you just tell me . Just listen to me, okay, sweetheart . You know what happened to your mom, okay . You know exactly. Im not going to play around with this. Sir, i didnt do anything reporter while gypsy keeps mum in the interrogation room, what does the other one say. From what she told me, her mom kicked her out of her house. Reporter what happens next leaves everyone in springfield stunned in the newsroom its just chaos. Okay, this story has completely done a 180. I bet my mouth was reporter and, what a transformation youll hear from gypsy herself, next. Do you always put cheezit grooves in your sandwich . Of course. Theyre chips. Chips plus sandwich equals the perfect lunch. Oh dont forget the pickle. Its kind of a big dill. More cheezit variety, more cheese flavours. Because real cheese matters. More cheese flavours. But on the inside, i feel chronic, widespread pain. 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This is the house where clauddina blanchard was found stabbed to death. It set off a roller coaster story. What would drive gypsy to plan the murder of her own mother . Gypsy Rose Blanchard could be the most unlikely murder suspect ever. A supposed paraplegic suffering from muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, leukemia, and confined to wheelchair. Her boyfriend nick charged with killing her mother. People were saying well, maybe she was tricked into doing this. She met somebody online. He wanted to take her away and the mother wouldnt let her. They fought. Somehow the mother was killed. The prevailing thought that she was really innocent. The princess outfits now replaced with an orange jumpsuit. My vision was still of this fragile little girl and that was, that was shattered. It was hard to wrap your brain around. How can this young sick girl who cant walk be involved in her mothers death . It was shocking beyond shocking. Things are not always as they appear. Reporter the people of springfield might think they are witnessing a miracle, when astonishingly che appearance in court. Yes, thats her walking. No wheelchair. No signs of distress. Not even a limp. Gypsy crying through the proceedings and shocking many of those who knew her because she was walking and not using a wheelchair. I still did not want to believe that she could walk when they showed her on the news. In fact, i rewound it and played it, multiple times, because thats not who we knew. Just when you thought the Deedee Blanchard murder case couldnt get any stranger. Weve covered stories where you find out that someone you thought was so sweet, and innocent, and turns out theres a different side, but it was like a prize fight, where its just one hit after the other. I was happy she was walking. Big red flags. I felt so stupid. If she can walk, what else have we been lied to about . Later we will show you the astounding extent of those lies. But one thing that is real, her voice. Dont forget. There were comparisons to cartoon characters saying that she was forcefully talking like a baby it sounded a little like maybe she had had some helium. Reporter take a listen, as gypsy calls her father from jail. Daddy, i understand that we havent had a chance to get close in a long time, probably my whole life. I have a lot of questions, obviously. You know, im confused. The stuff they say in the news is horrible and not true. You know i love my mama and you know that i would never hurt her. Just know that im innocent and know that im still your little girl. At her arraignment gypsy enters a plea of not guilty to her mothers murder. We are here in missouri and driving to visit gypsy rose in prison. Is she a murderer when she walks in to the meeting room, im immediately struck by her radically changed appearance. She has long curly hair, makeup and her once frail frame has filled out. She tells me about the genesis of that relationship with Nick Godejohn. Meeting him online and quickly falling in love. Even hatching an illfated plan to introduce him to over protective deedee at a screening of cinderella. How did it go . Awful. Oh, my god. She got jealous, because i was spending a little too much attention on him and, she had ordered me to stay away from him and needless to say that was a very long argument that lasted a couple weeks. An argument that lasted a couple of weeks. What does that look like . Yelling, throwing things, calling me names. Bitch, shut, whore. Did you hate your mother at that point . I didnt hate her. You wanted her dead. Yes, but it was not because i hated her, it was because i wanted to escape her. Gypsy says while deedee took her to the hospital to have her feeding tube replaced seen here the last known image of deedee alive. Nick traveled to springfield from wisconsin thats him checking into a local days inn motel. Where he waited for gypsy to give word deedee is asleep. Gypsy the gonna go down tonight. Gypsy just the gloves and knife . Nick duct tape too, to muffle her gypsy ill pre cut it. How are you feeling . Honestly, terrified, but then i had taken some medication that was not prescribed to me to calm me down. Gypsy says she hands the items to nick and hides in the bathroom. While he goes into the bedroom. Matching nicks story to police. Okay, ill admit it, i did actually stab her mom. I will admit it. So when youre stabbing deedee, where is she at . Shes on her stomach. Did she scream or holler . Yes, she did. What was she saying. First she said, help, and then she called up for gypsy, but gypsy didnt do anything. I heard her scream once, and there was more screaming but not like the kind in a horror film. Just like a startl