Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s release date set

Gypsy Rose Blanchard — who experts have labeled a victim of Munchausen by proxy — is slated to be released from prison next week, nearly eight years after she conspired with her then-boyfriend to murder her abusive mother.

Blanchard is scheduled to walk free Thursday from the Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center.

Blanchard, who was originally set for a 2026 release from prison, will be freed after serving 85% of her sentence as required by state law. She was also given time served for the year she spent in Greene County Jail before she entered her guilty plea.

In 2016, Blanchard was ordered to spend 10 years in prison for the second-degree murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who managed to fool doctors and everyone else around her into believing her daughter was ill. She relied on a wheelchair to get from place to place and a feeding tube for nutrition and medicine she didn’t really need.

The deception continued for most of her childhood, with DeeDee collecting thousands in gifts and donations given out of sympathy for Blanchard’s alleged health issues, People reported.

In interviews from behind bars, Blanchard said she became more defiant in her teen years, and eventually joined a dating website, on which she met Nicholas Godejohn.

On June 9, 2015, Blanchard waited until her mother had fallen asleep to invite Godejohn over. She hid in a nearby room and listened as he attacked her.

Authorities found her body June 14. She had been stabbed 17 times.

Godejohn was convicted of first-degree murder for carrying out the slaying, and received a life sentence.