Payton Leutner is interviewed in August by ABC's David Muir. Leutner survived a stabbing attack in 2014 by two 12-year-old friends wanting to please a fictional horror character called "Slender Man."
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Morgan Geyser, 15, appears for sentencing before Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren in February 2018. Geyser was ordered to spend 40 years in a mental institution for a vicious attack on a friend she said was inspired by the fictional character "Slender Man."
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Anissa Weier is led into Waukesha County Court for her 2017 sentencing hearing. Weier was committed to a mental health facility for 25 years for her role in the attack.
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin girl who was lured into the woods by two friends and stabbed 19 times in an effort to please a fictional horror character called “Slender Man” said she’s come to terms with aspects of the attack but still sleeps with broken scissors “just in case.”
Payton Leutner is interviewed in August by ABC's David Muir. Leutner survived a stabbing attack in 2014 by two 12-year-old friends wanting to please a fictional horror character called "Slender Man."
Morgan Geyser, 15, appears for sentencing before Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren in February 2018. Geyser was ordered to spend 40 years in a mental institution for a vicious attack on a friend she said was inspired by the fictional character "Slender Man."
Anissa Weier is led into Waukesha County Court for her 2017 sentencing hearing. Weier was committed to a mental health facility for 25 years for her role in the attack.
