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(suspenseful music)

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- [Gypsy] Nick and I
came up with this plan

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that I was gonna lose
my virginity to him.

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- It's sad that she
opened up to Nick.

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I wish she could have,
you know, come to me.

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- I started to really feel
like it was either her

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or me.

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(dramatic music)

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I hear screaming and banging.

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There was still a point
that she didn't have to die,

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and I wish I could
have stopped it.

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- We are leaving right now to
go to Gypsy's parole hearing.

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- [Gypsy] I got my answer today.

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♪ No, you could
never take my soul ♪

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(prison doors buzzing)

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(suspenseful music)

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- There is a level
of anticipation

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going into a parole hearing,

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because you're getting
your chance to speak

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and show them how
far you have come

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from point A to point Z.

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I am not the same
person that I was

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six and a half years ago.

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- I feel like Gypsy
finally is finding herself,

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finding that independence.

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(pensive music)

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She's made a lot of mistakes,
but she's learning.

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My name's Mia Blanchard.

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Gypsy Rose is my half sister,

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but I refer to her as my sister.

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I feel sorry Gypsy didn't get
the life that I got to live.

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I got to grow up with a loving
father and a loving mother.

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I got to grow up going to
school with my friends,

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hanging out with my friends,

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learning to do all these
things, and she never had that.

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That was taken away
from her by her mother.

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I always thought that
10 years was too long.

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She deserved to be in jail,

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but she also
deserved to get help.

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- I've had a chance to dissect

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everything that's
happened to me.

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And now I'm finally telling
the whole story from my word.

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(pensive music)

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Nick and I tried
this whole meeting

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at a movie theater
with my mother,

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and it went horrible.

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I was walking on pins and
needles every single day,

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waiting for the
other shoe to drop,

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when she'd lash out again.

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I felt desperate to
live a normal life.

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(soft pensive music)

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That's when Nick and I start
going into other plans.

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I'm like, "What happens if
you would get me pregnant?"

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If I was pregnant, he would have

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to stay in my life
and be around.

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- The emotional bond
Gypsy had with her mother

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was extremely unhealthy.

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And Gypsy is starting to feel
a little more independence.

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She wants to do anything
she can to not lose Nick.

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Things are starting
to come to a head.

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(pensive music)

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- [Gypsy] At the time, I was
fully aware that I could walk,

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that I could eat, that I
didn't need the feeding tube,

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that I didn't have
a seizure disorder.

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I was even suspicious that
I didn't have cancer.

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When my mother got the
power of attorney papers

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saying that I'm incompetent
to care for myself,

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it really became clear
to me that I was trapped,

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because if I was to
attempt to run away again,

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the cops would just bring
me right back to my mother

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because she's got these papers

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saying that, like, I'm
mentally challenged.

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As time went on, it
began to be more clear

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that I was not going to
get away from my mother

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while she was alive.

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- This is classic of kids
who are held hostage

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or victims of kidnappers.

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They're kept in a horrible
prisoner situation

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for a long time, and
they've been thinking about,

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"How can I get out of this?"

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And then they see
that window closing.

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Gypsy was desperate to get out.

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- It was me. It was my idea.

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We got into a conversation.

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Nick was telling me how he
would protect me from anyone,

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and I asked him,
I said, "Anyone?"

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And he said, "Yes."

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And I said, "Even my mother?"

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And he said, "Yes."

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He starts talking
about fantasies

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of murder and rape and crime,

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and these are all things
that I didn't know

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existed in him at first,

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and that is when he told me

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that his alternate
personality's name is Victor,

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that he's a
500-year-old vampire.

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(ominous music)

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He starts talking to me about
how Victor loves to kill,

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and would kill my mother for me.

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(messages beeping)

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- I believed that he
was capable of this,

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or at least I believed in
this alternate personality

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that he had had.

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(pensive music)

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He sort of directed me
to do research myself

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about ways to commit murder.

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He suggested poison,
and so I Googled

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different kinds of poisons.

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Then he suggested arson,

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that I just drop a
candle on the bed

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and it would just
burn the house down.

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I suggested the gun.

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And he said that a
gun would be too loud,

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that it would alert
the neighbors.

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We finally settled on
a knife as the weapon.

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- I stole the knife
from a Walmart.

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(tense music)

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- [Producer] What
are your thoughts

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on your mindset back then?

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- [Gypsy] I pity myself.

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I look at myself as
a scared little girl,

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trapped and desperate to
get out of a bad situation.

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I wish that I knew
that there were people

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that I could go to for help.

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I wish that I would've known

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that I didn't have
to commit this crime.

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Had I asked a responsible
person to commit murder,

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their response would've been,

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"No, I'm going to
the authorities."

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But Nick was like, "Okay, I'm
going to kill your mother."

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- Today is Thursday,
December 9th.

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(pensive music)

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I'm going to Gypsy's
parole hearing,

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and I'm going to be talking
to the parole warden.

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Rod was supposed
to be her delegate,

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but he couldn't come today.

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Then I would, you know,
step up to the plate.

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- I know it's a big
important thing for Gypsy,

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but I told her
about my schedule.

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It's like, right in the
middle of a one-month trip,

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and she's like,
"Look, I understand."

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I'm glad Kristy's able
to go and support her.

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- I'm nervous and excited,

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because this is something
that is gonna change her life,

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if they allow her to get out.

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So, I'm hoping for great news.

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- My stepmother Kristy is coming
to be my support for my parole.

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It's very meaningful,
it's very symbolic.

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The death of my mother was
the death of a mother figure.

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However, she wasn't the
mother that I wanted.

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Anyone can see the
desperation that I had,

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and that's why I made the
choice to commit murder.

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(tense foreboding music)

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Nick really wanted to
make my mother suffer

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as much as possible in a very
violent and demented way.

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And so one of the fantasies
that he expressed to me was

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that he wanted to murder her,

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and then he wanted to dump
her on an abandoned farm.

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There's pigs there, and
apparently pigs eat anything,

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but beforehand he
wanted to rape her

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with me by her side,
while this was happening.

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I was a little
frightened about that.

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Then he told me Victor
had certain rituals

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that he wanted to be done,

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and it was that if we
would have a daughter

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that upon her 13th birthday,
he would take her virginity.

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After that conversation,

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I dumped him.

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(tense ethereal music)

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A few days later, he
sends me a text message,

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and a message on Facebook saying

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that he didn't mean it
and that's just Victor.

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You have to understand
that I thought

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that Nick's gonna be
my prince charming.

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I thought this was someone
that was my forever,

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so I took him back.

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I really thought
that Nick loved me,

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and he was my way out.

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- We picked a random date,

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and it was pretty much
the soonest possible

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that I could get enough
money to buy the bus ticket

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for his transportation
to Missouri.

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I stole the money
from my mother's safe

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and sent it to him
in a greeting card.

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And then, this is something
that I never revealed before

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to anyone except for attorneys.

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(tense foreboding music)

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I made a video for Nick that's
kind of like a walkthrough

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of what the house
layout looked like,

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what my mother's
bedroom looked like,

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because he would be walking
into her room in the dark.

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I made the stabbing motion,

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because I was high all of
the time on pain pills.

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The side effects of those create
this disconnection to reality.

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- That day I actually
remember very clearly.

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(tense foreboding music)

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I woke up next to my mother,

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and I had messaged Nick,

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and he told me that he
was on his bus ride.

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Probably about five hours
before the murder happened,

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my mother and I had a moment,

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and it's just so ironic,
the words she chose to say.

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- [Kristy] Hey, babe.

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- [Rod] Hey.

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You look nice.

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- Thank you.

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Kind of nervous, but that's
why we're gonna say a prayer.

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(pensive music)

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- [Rod] Oh, Lord,
heavenly Father,

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thank you for this open door
you have allowed us to have.

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An opportunity for Gypsy
to get released early.

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Please open the
hearts and the minds

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of the parole panelists.

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Give them understanding
to Gypsy's story

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and her progress that
she's made, Lord.

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We ask this in Jesus' holy
and righteous name, amen.

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- Amen.

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Thank you.

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- [Rod] All right, you go.

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- Yeah, I gotta throw my boots
on and we gotta head out.

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- [Rod] Love you.
- Love you too.

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- [Rod] Okay.
- Peace out.

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(sighs) I wish he could be here.

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(soft pensive music)

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- Regardless of the
things that I have done,

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my stepmother Kristy
has been there for me

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without judgment.

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I haven't disclosed
everything to everyone,

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but I am finally
starting to understand

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who I am and what's
happened to me.

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(tense foreboding music)

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That night, my mother and I
had planned to watch a movie.

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Nick had told me that I should
tell her that I love her,

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and so I gave her a big hug.

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I remember her telling me,

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"What's that for?
I'm not dead yet."

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It was so ironic.

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(ominous ethereal music)

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I went back to her
bedroom and I cried.

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A part of me didn't
wanna go through with it.

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I hugged her pillow
'cause it had her scent,

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and then after that
we put the movie in

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and we started
watching the movie.

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About two hours later,

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Nick texts me that
he's at the hotel.

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And, at this point,
she's fallen asleep,

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and so I text him
that she's asleep.

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(suspenseful music)

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So he takes a cab
over to my house.

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He arrives at the house,

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and the first thing he
tells me upon entering is,

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00:19:15,875 --> 00:19:17,500
"The bitch is dead."

253
00:19:17,542 --> 00:19:19,792
(sinister music)

254
00:19:23,208 --> 00:19:27,667
And he said, "Get your f-ing
ass in the bathroom now."

255
00:19:38,208 --> 00:19:42,500
I get down on the ground
and I cover my ears,

256
00:19:43,458 --> 00:19:45,125
and I hear her wake up.

257
00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,792
And I hear screaming
and banging.

258
00:19:54,958 --> 00:19:57,417
(eerie dramatic music)

259
00:19:58,917 --> 00:20:00,542
It stopped for a moment,

260
00:20:04,208 --> 00:20:06,292
and so I uncovered my ears.

261
00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:12,583
And that's when I hear
her calling my name,

262
00:20:14,583 --> 00:20:17,458
and she's like,
"Gypsy, help me!"

263
00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:28,833
And, to this day, I can't
get that out of my head.

264
00:20:32,417 --> 00:20:35,875
And I wanted to help
her, but I don't.

265
00:20:35,958 --> 00:20:38,667
I just sit there.

266
00:20:38,750 --> 00:20:41,208
I don't do anything,
I just sit there.

267
00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:44,833
And then I hear her
screaming again,

268
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,250
and then there was one sharp
scream and then it was over.

269
00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:51,375
It was silence.

270
00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:53,208
I didn't hear anything.

271
00:20:57,625 --> 00:20:59,833
(somber music)

272
00:21:11,042 --> 00:21:15,333
I'd do anything to just go
back to that moment in time.

273
00:21:16,292 --> 00:21:18,375
Yeah, there's so
many moments in time

274
00:21:18,458 --> 00:21:20,500
that I wish I could go back to,

275
00:21:22,083 --> 00:21:26,583
but there was still a point
that she didn't have to die,

276
00:21:26,708 --> 00:21:28,500
and I wish I could
have stopped it.

277
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,500
(tense music)

278
00:21:37,458 --> 00:21:39,542
Nick came to the bathroom door.

279
00:21:42,375 --> 00:21:44,875
He was holding the knife,

280
00:21:44,958 --> 00:21:49,167
and he had blood
coming from his finger.

281
00:21:49,250 --> 00:21:50,542
He cut his finger.

282
00:21:55,833 --> 00:22:00,625
And then he instructed me to
clean up the droplets of blood

283
00:22:00,708 --> 00:22:02,542
that was throughout the house.

284
00:22:11,583 --> 00:22:13,333
- He just watched
me the whole time.

285
00:22:13,417 --> 00:22:15,042
He never took his eyes off me.

286
00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:28,417
At the time, I was
completely dissociated

287
00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:30,083
from what was happening.

288
00:22:31,458 --> 00:22:33,750
It was like it was a bad dream.

289
00:22:33,833 --> 00:22:35,833
(tense music)

290
00:22:39,208 --> 00:22:41,333
Nick commanded me to be naked.

291
00:22:44,042 --> 00:22:46,833
And then the command that,

292
00:22:46,917 --> 00:22:50,708
because I didn't let
him rape my mother,

293
00:22:53,667 --> 00:22:56,333
that I had to agree
to let him rape me.

294
00:23:05,875 --> 00:23:07,958
(tense music)

295
00:23:10,167 --> 00:23:11,667
- So, today is the day

296
00:23:11,708 --> 00:23:16,333
that I am sort of
just taking it all in,

297
00:23:16,417 --> 00:23:18,958
trying to clear my thoughts,

298
00:23:18,958 --> 00:23:23,833
so I can have sound thinking
for my parole hearing.

299
00:23:26,042 --> 00:23:30,500
It feels like after everything
that I have been through,

300
00:23:31,542 --> 00:23:32,917
why keep me here?

301
00:23:34,875 --> 00:23:36,708
It's not gonna bring
my mother back.

302
00:23:40,208 --> 00:23:42,458
(pensive music)

303
00:23:48,125 --> 00:23:50,792
After Nick killed my mother,

304
00:23:52,042 --> 00:23:53,750
he told me to get in my bedroom

305
00:23:54,792 --> 00:23:57,625
and take off all the stuffed
animals that was on my bed.

306
00:23:59,042 --> 00:24:01,167
I knew that he was
gonna have sex with me.

307
00:24:04,542 --> 00:24:07,500
Never once was it
a fantasy to me.

308
00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:11,875
When I yelled,
"Stop!" He didn't.

309
00:24:15,333 --> 00:24:17,042
I called for my mother.

310
00:24:21,875 --> 00:24:23,958
(tense music)

311
00:24:27,542 --> 00:24:32,000
And then, after, I blacked
out for a little bit

312
00:24:32,042 --> 00:24:33,542
'cause he was choking me.

313
00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:40,792
When I came to, he
told me to get ready.

314
00:24:45,292 --> 00:24:47,125
And then called the taxi cab.

315
00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:55,000
We left the house and
we get to the hotel.

316
00:24:57,667 --> 00:25:00,833
I was a little frightened
that someone would see me,

317
00:25:00,875 --> 00:25:06,083
but I was wearing a wig, so
no one would recognize me.

318
00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:13,750
At this point, I'm taking
pain medication to get high.

319
00:25:15,667 --> 00:25:17,375
I'm in a state of shock

320
00:25:17,458 --> 00:25:19,750
where I didn't believe
any of that happened.

321
00:25:24,208 --> 00:25:27,000
That was my frame of mind.

322
00:25:35,583 --> 00:25:39,500
The next day we were supposed
to leave for Wisconsin.

323
00:25:39,583 --> 00:25:42,083
(soft pensive music)

324
00:25:43,125 --> 00:25:47,667
Nick had booked his bus
ticket as a round trip,

325
00:25:47,708 --> 00:25:49,917
but when we got to
the bus station,

326
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,250
I tried to buy a
ticket and there was

327
00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:54,125
no place on the bus for me,

328
00:25:55,333 --> 00:25:59,917
so we had to exchange our bus
ticket for two days later.

329
00:26:02,875 --> 00:26:05,667
So we just pretty much
stay at the hotel.

330
00:26:07,208 --> 00:26:09,583
(tense ethereal music)

331
00:26:11,833 --> 00:26:14,875
I was very high on pain pills,

332
00:26:14,958 --> 00:26:17,208
but I enjoyed being with Nick.

333
00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:23,333
We ordered pizza and
thought it would be funny

334
00:26:23,458 --> 00:26:27,792
to make a, quote
unquote, porn video.

335
00:26:27,875 --> 00:26:31,167
And so I'm like, "Oh, we're
gonna make pizza porn!"

336
00:26:32,208 --> 00:26:34,708
And he's laying there
next to me naked,

337
00:26:34,792 --> 00:26:37,792
and we're talking about
brownies and pizza.

338
00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,792
He's eating a brownie!

339
00:26:42,875 --> 00:26:44,833
- [Nick] Stop, honey, please!

340
00:26:44,917 --> 00:26:47,583
- [Gypsy] But later
he will be (beep) me.

341
00:26:47,708 --> 00:26:49,583
(both laughing)

342
00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:51,000
- Stop, honey.

343
00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:53,292
- [Gypsy] And then he's
like, "Put your phone down."

344
00:26:53,417 --> 00:26:54,583
He took the phone from me

345
00:26:54,667 --> 00:26:57,208
and so we're not
videotaping anymore.

346
00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:04,500
It was a rollercoaster
of emotions

347
00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:07,250
between happiness and grief.

348
00:27:08,292 --> 00:27:11,125
I could be laughing my
ass off at one moment,

349
00:27:11,208 --> 00:27:14,500
and then crying,
sobbing the next moment.

350
00:27:14,542 --> 00:27:16,125
(Gypsy sobbing)

351
00:27:16,208 --> 00:27:20,667
Like, "I miss my mom and
I wish she was here."

352
00:27:20,750 --> 00:27:23,083
(somber music)

353
00:27:25,375 --> 00:27:28,125
When we got on the
bus to Wisconsin,

354
00:27:29,792 --> 00:27:32,708
it was so thrilling
and exciting,

355
00:27:33,667 --> 00:27:38,000
like winning a trip to Hawaii.

356
00:27:39,167 --> 00:27:40,708
It was like the most
independent thing

357
00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:42,167
I've ever done in my life!

358
00:27:49,333 --> 00:27:51,000
I had my digital
camera and I was

359
00:27:51,083 --> 00:27:53,417
looking outside the window
and taking pictures.

360
00:27:56,583 --> 00:27:59,625
I was very hopeful of
me and Nick's future.

361
00:28:02,167 --> 00:28:07,708
I stole about $5,000 from
my mom's safe in cash.

362
00:28:07,792 --> 00:28:09,500
(chuckles) I was so naive.

363
00:28:09,625 --> 00:28:11,458
I thought that that
was gonna, like,

364
00:28:11,542 --> 00:28:13,125
be the money that
we would live off of

365
00:28:13,208 --> 00:28:15,458
for the rest of
our lives. (laughs)

366
00:28:15,542 --> 00:28:16,958
And of course I thought
that, you know,

367
00:28:17,042 --> 00:28:20,917
good old-fashioned thing,
live on love. (laughs)

368
00:28:23,542 --> 00:28:25,708
(tense music)

369
00:28:27,917 --> 00:28:29,583
When we got to Nick's house,

370
00:28:29,583 --> 00:28:32,000
he told his mother
that my mother had

371
00:28:32,083 --> 00:28:34,625
kicked me out of the house,

372
00:28:34,708 --> 00:28:36,958
and that I would be
staying with them.

373
00:28:37,042 --> 00:28:38,958
And she seemed
very fine with it,

374
00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:46,292
but I began to think a little
bit more about my situation.

375
00:28:50,750 --> 00:28:55,083
I could see that he's
not the independent man

376
00:28:55,167 --> 00:28:57,875
that I thought that I was
going to be living with.

377
00:29:00,708 --> 00:29:04,042
He had a small room
in the upstairs loft

378
00:29:04,125 --> 00:29:08,167
and it looked the equivalent
of a 15-year-old boy's room.

379
00:29:08,250 --> 00:29:10,458
There was a wrestling
comforter on his bed.

380
00:29:13,292 --> 00:29:15,375
I just sat there.

381
00:29:15,458 --> 00:29:20,167
And I contemplated, "What
the F did I get myself into?"

382
00:29:20,250 --> 00:29:22,250
(intense music)

383
00:29:29,708 --> 00:29:32,000
(soft pensive music)

384
00:29:34,750 --> 00:29:38,042
- We are leaving right now to go

385
00:29:38,125 --> 00:29:42,125
to the Chillicothe
Correctional Center

386
00:29:43,542 --> 00:29:45,500
for Gypsy's parole hearing.

387
00:29:51,083 --> 00:29:54,875
I'm gonna go in there
and speak from my heart,

388
00:29:57,375 --> 00:30:00,542
and just be me.

389
00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:05,583
That's all I could
do, is be myself

390
00:30:05,667 --> 00:30:09,292
and hope and pray

391
00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:12,125
it goes smoothly.

392
00:30:12,208 --> 00:30:14,292
(pensive music)

393
00:30:19,667 --> 00:30:21,583
- [Gypsy] Six and
a half years ago,

394
00:30:21,708 --> 00:30:27,000
being in court, facing the
judge and the prosecution,

395
00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:31,333
I had my attorneys there
and they spoke for me.

396
00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:38,042
And now I'm walking into
this room all by myself.

397
00:30:38,167 --> 00:30:40,417
There's no one to speak
for me but myself.

398
00:30:41,625 --> 00:30:45,375
I'm so nervous, but I'm
gonna do everything I can

399
00:30:45,458 --> 00:30:50,458
to show the parole board
the best version of myself.

400
00:30:50,542 --> 00:30:52,792
(tense music)

401
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,042
After arriving at Nick's house,

402
00:31:02,125 --> 00:31:06,417
it was not freedom like I
thought that it was going to be,

403
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:08,375
and that was not
something I expected.

404
00:31:12,875 --> 00:31:14,500
Nick would control
what I would wear.

405
00:31:14,583 --> 00:31:15,875
He picked out what I wore,

406
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,792
and he picked out
what I would watch

407
00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:20,375
just like my mother did.

408
00:31:21,458 --> 00:31:24,250
He picked what we would eat.

409
00:31:26,042 --> 00:31:29,250
Reality started to
creep in my mind,

410
00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:33,000
and I just thought to myself,
"Is this really what I traded?

411
00:31:35,042 --> 00:31:37,083
That life for this life?

412
00:31:37,208 --> 00:31:39,000
Is this really what I wanted?"

413
00:31:43,958 --> 00:31:47,625
That remorse and that
guilt started to surface.

414
00:31:47,708 --> 00:31:51,500
(gentle morose music)

415
00:31:51,625 --> 00:31:55,417
And the idea of my mother
being dead in her bed

416
00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:57,125
and no one knowing.

417
00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:59,000
I wanted her to be found.

418
00:32:01,417 --> 00:32:03,542
(tense foreboding music)

419
00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:07,500
That's when I decided
to make the post

420
00:32:07,542 --> 00:32:10,292
on the Facebook account
that my mother and I shared.

421
00:32:12,083 --> 00:32:15,500
What stuck out in my
mind, and what to post is

422
00:32:15,625 --> 00:32:19,083
exactly what Nick said
upon entering the house,

423
00:32:19,167 --> 00:32:20,583
"The bitch is dead."

424
00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:26,625
And so that's exactly
what I posted.

425
00:32:26,708 --> 00:32:29,167
(tense suspenseful music)

426
00:32:31,208 --> 00:32:34,833
- I got a phone call
from a friend of mines,

427
00:32:34,875 --> 00:32:37,833
and she's like, "Did
you see the post

428
00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:40,167
on Dee Dee and Gypsy's
Facebook page?"

429
00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:46,333
But then when I read it,
I was like, "Wait, what?"

430
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,542
And it just floored me.

431
00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:57,042
But, at that time,
people's social media was

432
00:32:57,167 --> 00:33:00,417
getting hacked a lot,
so could have been

433
00:33:00,542 --> 00:33:03,833
a cruel joke at first,
hoping it was, yes.

434
00:33:03,875 --> 00:33:06,333
(tense music)

435
00:33:08,417 --> 00:33:11,125
- Then I posted a second
post to let them know

436
00:33:11,208 --> 00:33:12,625
the account's not hacked.

437
00:33:14,167 --> 00:33:16,833
I wrote, "I slashed that fat pig

438
00:33:16,875 --> 00:33:18,958
and raped her sweet
innocent daughter."

439
00:33:24,167 --> 00:33:27,375
I put that online because I felt

440
00:33:27,375 --> 00:33:29,958
like that would alarm people.

441
00:33:35,875 --> 00:33:37,708
- [Producer] Mark.
(slate clicks)

442
00:33:37,792 --> 00:33:40,500
- My name is Alan Voss and
I was a senior detective

443
00:33:40,583 --> 00:33:42,333
for the Waukesha County
Sheriff's Department

444
00:33:42,375 --> 00:33:43,708
in Wisconsin.

445
00:33:43,792 --> 00:33:46,292
(suspenseful music)

446
00:33:46,375 --> 00:33:49,000
Green County Sheriff's
Department were alerted

447
00:33:49,083 --> 00:33:52,667
by friends of the family
that there had been

448
00:33:52,750 --> 00:33:56,208
some alarming posts on
Gypsy's and Dee Dee's

449
00:33:56,292 --> 00:33:57,625
joint Facebook account.

450
00:34:00,583 --> 00:34:03,000
After being alerted
to these posts,

451
00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:07,542
they had went to
the Blanchard home

452
00:34:07,625 --> 00:34:09,583
in Springfield, Missouri.

453
00:34:09,667 --> 00:34:12,000
(rising dramatic music)

454
00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:13,667
When detectives
searched the home,

455
00:34:15,250 --> 00:34:18,500
they found Dee Dee was
murdered in her bedroom.

456
00:34:23,458 --> 00:34:25,583
They also found that
Gypsy's wheelchair,

457
00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:29,292
which she needed all the time,
was still at the residence.

458
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:35,083
One of the initial theories
based on those facts,

459
00:34:35,208 --> 00:34:37,667
was that Gypsy may
have been abducted.

460
00:34:40,208 --> 00:34:43,167
- Right now, we
are very concerned

461
00:34:43,292 --> 00:34:45,583
about 19-year-old Gypsy Rose.

462
00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:53,417
(gentle pensive music)

463
00:34:54,042 --> 00:34:57,167
- I have prepared for my hearing

464
00:34:57,250 --> 00:35:00,458
for as many years as
I've been in prison.

465
00:35:02,292 --> 00:35:06,667
Every choice that I have made,
whether it be good or bad,

466
00:35:06,792 --> 00:35:08,208
leads up to this moment.

467
00:35:10,250 --> 00:35:13,083
I think if I had to
spend my full 10 years

468
00:35:13,167 --> 00:35:15,667
within this facility,
I'm not gonna lie,

469
00:35:15,792 --> 00:35:17,208
I would be heartbroken.

470
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,500
- I wrote my letter
to the parole board

471
00:35:28,958 --> 00:35:30,708
to support Gypsy.

472
00:35:32,042 --> 00:35:34,958
I think Gypsy truly is sorry

473
00:35:35,042 --> 00:35:36,708
for everything that
she went through,

474
00:35:36,833 --> 00:35:40,167
and wishes she knew a
better way to get out.

475
00:35:51,542 --> 00:35:54,500
- [Kristy] You would've been
proud of your baby girl.

476
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,875
- [Rod] What about
you? How'd you do?

477
00:35:57,875 --> 00:35:59,042
They asked you some questions?

478
00:35:59,125 --> 00:36:02,125
- Yeah, they, yeah, they
asked me some questions.

479
00:36:02,208 --> 00:36:03,500
I told the parole board, I said,

480
00:36:03,542 --> 00:36:06,083
"Look, I don't condone
what Gypsy did.

481
00:36:06,167 --> 00:36:07,833
Not at all.

482
00:36:07,917 --> 00:36:12,417
I understand why she did it."

483
00:36:12,542 --> 00:36:17,250
Gypsy sat in that chair,
put her hands on the table,

484
00:36:18,417 --> 00:36:21,625
straight up, and
talked from the heart.

485
00:36:23,250 --> 00:36:25,167
When they asked her,
"How do you feel,

486
00:36:25,292 --> 00:36:28,292
you know, about
your sentencing?"

487
00:36:28,375 --> 00:36:31,167
She said, "It's not
a 10-year-sentence.

488
00:36:31,250 --> 00:36:33,833
I have to live with this
for the rest of my life."

489
00:36:40,333 --> 00:36:43,500
- [Producer] Hey,
Gypsy, how did it go?

490
00:37:10,625 --> 00:37:12,000
- [Producer] Do
you feel optimistic

491
00:37:12,083 --> 00:37:13,667
that they're going
to release you?

492
00:37:19,708 --> 00:37:21,792
(soft pensive music)

493
00:37:30,875 --> 00:37:33,750
- Gypsy is always gonna
struggle with certain things,

494
00:37:34,875 --> 00:37:40,250
but she is growing
into a beautiful woman

495
00:37:40,333 --> 00:37:43,500
that could own up to her
stuff when she needs to.

496
00:37:44,417 --> 00:37:45,875
I'm very proud of her.

497
00:37:48,375 --> 00:37:51,125
- Gypsy was backed
up into a corner

498
00:37:51,208 --> 00:37:54,583
and she tried to get
out, but she couldn't.

499
00:37:55,542 --> 00:37:57,250
I want to see her get out

500
00:37:57,333 --> 00:38:00,250
and live a life
that she deserves.

501
00:38:11,792 --> 00:38:13,792
(phone ringing)

502
00:38:14,833 --> 00:38:18,250
- Phone rings and
I see it's Gypsy,

503
00:38:18,333 --> 00:38:22,042
and she's like,
"Mom, guess what?"

504
00:38:22,125 --> 00:38:23,375
I'm like, "What?"

505
00:38:40,625 --> 00:38:43,500
- I was jumping up and
down and all excited.

506
00:38:44,583 --> 00:38:46,417
- We just kept our
fingers crossed.

507
00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:49,417
We were confident,
but still nervous.

508
00:38:50,917 --> 00:38:51,958
We were really happy.

509
00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:05,667
- She was imprisoned
for so long by her mom,

510
00:39:06,708 --> 00:39:10,208
and now that that devil's
not standing above her,

511
00:39:10,292 --> 00:39:11,958
watching every
move that she made,

512
00:39:13,125 --> 00:39:14,625
she's completely free.

513
00:39:16,167 --> 00:39:17,667
- I'm happy for her.

514
00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:20,667
I wish I could have
done something for her

515
00:39:20,708 --> 00:39:23,583
so that she wouldn't have
spent all this time in prison,

516
00:39:23,667 --> 00:39:27,500
but she can certainly
go forward,

517
00:39:27,583 --> 00:39:29,667
and she will be a better person.

518
00:39:40,292 --> 00:39:42,583
(soft pensive music)

519
00:39:47,250 --> 00:39:52,208
- When the day comes that
Gypsy does get out of prison,

520
00:39:52,333 --> 00:39:53,958
this will be her room.

521
00:39:55,208 --> 00:39:57,833
- We can clear it all out
and do whatever she wants.

522
00:39:57,917 --> 00:39:59,125
- Yeah.

523
00:39:59,250 --> 00:40:01,542
- Get her some new decorations
or whatever she needs.

524
00:40:04,750 --> 00:40:08,458
When she gets out, there's
gonna be some big adjustments.

525
00:40:08,542 --> 00:40:10,375
Hopefully she uses
the support team

526
00:40:10,458 --> 00:40:12,000
that we have in place for her

527
00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:15,583
to become a productive
young lady and happy,

528
00:40:15,667 --> 00:40:17,917
and have the life that
she's always dreamed about.

529
00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:22,458
(pensive music)

530
00:40:26,375 --> 00:40:29,208
- When I get paroled,
it was always the plan

531
00:40:29,208 --> 00:40:32,625
that I was gonna go and live
with my dad and Kristy.

532
00:40:34,375 --> 00:40:39,000
However, I have been
keeping a secret.

533
00:40:39,042 --> 00:40:40,917
- [Operator] You may start
the conversation now.

534
00:40:48,292 --> 00:40:49,833
I am engaged.

535
00:40:49,958 --> 00:40:52,792
- [Producer] Wow!
(Gypsy chuckles)

536
00:40:55,042 --> 00:40:58,500
- [Ryan] I know Gypsy's
the one because I feel it.

537
00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:01,167
- Oh, God.

538
00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,167
Please don't get married.

539
00:41:04,375 --> 00:41:05,833
Why now?

540
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,042
Why rush?

541
00:41:09,292 --> 00:41:12,083
- [Gypsy] I think that
Ryan has concerns

542
00:41:12,167 --> 00:41:16,875
that when I get out prison,
am I gonna be loyal to him?

543
00:41:16,958 --> 00:41:20,417
And can I be the wife
that he needs me to be?

544
00:41:21,208 --> 00:41:23,708
(tense dramatic music)

545
00:41:25,833 --> 00:41:28,958
♪ No, you could
never take my soul ♪