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Gypsy-Rose Alcida Blanchard-Anderson (née Blanchard; born July 27, 1991) is a Munchausen-by-proxy survivor. She rose to worldwide prominence when she was convicted of second-degree murder in Springfield, Missouri, for the death of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, who had subjected Gypsy-Rose to lifelong physical, mental, and medical abuse. She was sentenced to ten years in prison.

Larry L. Anderson, 28, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping resulting in death. His girlfriend, MarrIssa M. Middleton, 26, of Fort Riley, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. The body of Amanda Clemons, 24, of Junction City, was found in February 2014 in Geary County. In their pleas, Anderson and Middleton admitted that on Feb. 7, 2014, they and co-defendants met the victim, who was a prostitute, at a hotel in Junction City and kidnapped her. _____________________ Anthony Stiger and Melanie Costantini, both 20, are being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center. They also were indicted on one count each of armed robbery and burglary. An arraignment was scheduled for Jan. 4 before Judge Jessie Walsh. They were arrested last month at Southern California’s Venice Beach a week after the body of Harold Silberg, 58, was discovered in a garment box at the bottom of stairs at the Newport Apartments, 2540 Fremont St., near Charleston Boulevard.