ARCHIVES: Looking back at Gypsy Rose Blanchard's Wisconsin arrest after recent death of partner, Ken Urker After Ken Urker's death, this archive story looks back at Gypsy Rose Blanchard's 2015 Wisconsin arrest in the case that made her infamous.



Ken Urker, Gypsy Rose Blanchard's partner and father of her child, died Thursday on his 34th birthday, according to multiple media reports.

His cause of death is not known at this time. His death is under investigation. Blanchard has not been arrested or legally connected to his death.


Urker was found unresponsive at his Louisiana home on Thursday by a family member, according to People. Officers were called to the home at around 6:15 p.m., and Urker was found  dead upon arrival,  the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed to People.

Urker and Blanchard share a daughter together, Aurora Raina Urker, who was born Dec. 28, 2024. The couple got engaged in October 2018 and then broke up. They reunited in April 2024, shortly after Blanchard's divorce from Ryan Anderson.

2015: Arrested in Wisconsin

Blanchard became infamous due to her role in the killing of her abusive mother.

Video above shows the Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her boyfriend making their first court appearance in Wisconsin.

Officers found Gypsy Blanchard, then Blancharde, 23, of Springfield, Missouri, and her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, 26, in Big Bend.

Court documents say Dee Dee Blancharde was fatally stabbed by Godejohn at the direction of her daughter. Godejohn said he stabbed Blancharde several times while she was lying on her bed. He told investigators that Gypsy Blancharde gave him the knife. He said he mailed the knife to his home so he  would not get caught with it. 

Investigators questioned Gypsy Blancharde, who said she knew that her boyfriend was going to stab her mother, but she did nothing to stop it, according to court documents. She also admitted to posting the comments on her mother's Facebook account.

Blanchard was the victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, in which a caregiver fakes their child's illness or induces symptoms to make their

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