The Evidence They Ignored: The DeeDee Blanchard Case: An Evidence Based Re-Examination

Everyone knows the story of Dee Dee Blanchard.

Or at least they think they do.

For years, the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard has been presented as a story with clearly defined roles. An abusive mother. A trapped daughter. A dangerous boyfriend. A killing explained as the desperate end of years of suffering.

But what happens when you stop watching the documentaries and start reading the records?

In The Evidence They Ignored, Liam Bosonnet returns to the documents behind one of the most discussed true crime cases of the modern era and asks questions that have too often been pushed aside.

Drawing on DNA reports, medical records, autopsy evidence, court transcripts, police documents, private messages, plea records and other source material, this book examines what the public was told alongside what the evidence actually says.

Why did different parts of the murder weapon produce different DNA results?

Why was a sexual assault kit collected from Dee Dee and later cancelled before Nicholas Godejohn went to trial?

What do the surviving messages reveal about planning, preparation and knowledge before the murder?

What was never fully tested because Gypsy Blanchard accepted a plea agreement rather than facing a jury?

How closely does the medical record match the story that became famous after Dee Dee's death?

And what happens when documentaries, television, interviews and years of publicity become more familiar than the original case file?

This is not a book that asks readers to believe Dee Dee was innocent of every accusation made against her. Nor does it attempt to excuse the murder committed by Nicholas Godejohn or deny that Gypsy may have experienced abuse.

It asks for something much simpler.

Look at the evidence.

Look at what was tested.

Look at what was not.

Look at what the courts heard.

Look at what the public rarely did.

Because a familiar story is not necessarily a complete one.

And when the records are placed back at the centre of the Dee Dee Blanchard case, the story becomes far more complicated than most people were ever told.

The deeper you look, the less simple it becomes.