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Missouri woman pleads not guilty in mother’s death

Gypsy Blancharde (Left), Dee Dee Blancharde (Right)  Photo courtesy MSHP Endangered Persons Alert
Gypsy Blancharde (Left), Dee Dee Blancharde (Right) Photo courtesy MSHP Endangered Persons Alert

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield woman charged with arranging the death of her mother has pleaded not guilty.

Twenty-three-year-old Gypsy Blancharde entered the plea Monday during a brief hearing in Greene County Court. She is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the June 14 stabbing death of 48-year-old Clauddinnea “Dee Dee” Blancharde at their home near Springfield.

The Springfield News-Leader reports Blancharde didn’t speak during the hearing other than to her lawyer. She was returned to Missouri from Wisconsin on Friday.

Prosecutors allege Blancharde persuaded her 26-year-old boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, to kill her mother.

Godejohn is also charged with first-degree murder and is jailed in Wisconsin awaiting extradition.

Authorities have said the Blanchardes pretended that Gypsy was disabled and they had survived Hurricane Katrina so they could collect donations.

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