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Sign Up Today Related to this story Woman in ‘Slender Man’ case to be held at Sun Prairie group home A woman who nearly stabbed a classmate to death in 2014 will be transferred from a state psychiatric hospital in Oshkosh to a therapeutic grou… Judge OKs release plan for woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 in 2014 when they lured Payton Leutner to a Waukesha park, where Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while … Judge denies attempt to stop release of woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured their sixth-grade classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park. Judge rules woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man can be released from psychiatric hospital Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured their sixth-grade classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park. 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Woman in ‘Slender Man’ case to be held at Sun Prairie group home A woman who nearly stabbed a classmate to death in 2014 will be transferred from a state psychiatric hospital in Oshkosh to a therapeutic grou…
Judge OKs release plan for woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 in 2014 when they lured Payton Leutner to a Waukesha park, where Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while …
Judge denies attempt to stop release of woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured their sixth-grade classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park.
Judge rules woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man can be released from psychiatric hospital Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured their sixth-grade classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park.
Woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man files third release request A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday t…
Woman who stabbed classmate to please 'Slender Man' won't be released from psychiatric hospital Judge Michael Bohren ruled against Morgan Geyser, now 21, despite the testimony of two psychiatrists who said she was ready to depart Winnebag…
Judge sets April hearing on release request from woman involved in Slender Man attack as a child Morgan Geyser, now 21, petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren on Jan. 16 to order a new round of medical tests and grant her …
Woman committed to mental institution in Slender Man attack again requests release Morgan Geyser, now 21, petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren on Jan. 16 to order a new round of medical tests and grant her …
Woman dies in rollover crash off Highway 23 in Marquette County The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. on Highway 23 westbound east of Highway M near Montello, the Wisconsin State Patrol said.
Second Wisconsin woman in Slender Man stabbing attack drops release request One of two Wisconsin women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a sixth-grade classmate that they c…
Slender Man stabber no longer to stay in Sun Prairie A Sun Prairie facility previously slated to house a woman recently released from a mental health facility for stabbing a classmate will no lon…
Slender Man attacker sent back to mental health institution after group home escape Waukesha County Circuit Judge K. Scott Wagner granted a state Department of Health Services request to revoke 23-year-old Morgan Geyser’s rele…