WAUKESHA — Wisconsin authorities have asked a state court to revoke the conditional release of Morgan Geyser, the woman who in 2014 almost killed her sixth grade classmate in the name of horror villain Slender Man and escaped from a group home earlier this week.
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One of the two women who stabbed a classmate nearly to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man was taken into custody in Illinois late Sunday night. Morgan Geyser, 23, went missing sometime Saturday night after leaving a Madison group home and cutting off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet. Check out coverage of the case going back to when the stabbing happened in 2014.
Morgan Geyser cut off her GPS bracelet and left her group home Saturday night, Madison police said.
A Sun Prairie facility previously slated to house a woman recently released from a mental health facility for stabbing a classmate will no longer be housing the woman, citing publicity concerns.
A woman who nearly stabbed a classmate to death in 2014 will be transferred from a state psychiatric hospital in Oshkosh to a therapeutic group home in Sun Prairie.
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 Weier egged her on.
Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured their sixth-grade classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park.
Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured their sixth-grade classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park.
A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday to release her from a psychiatric hospital.
Judge Michael Bohren ruled against Morgan Geyser, now 21, despite the testimony of two psychiatrists who said she was ready to depart Winnebago Mental Health Institute under certain conditions.
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 conditional 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 conditional release.
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 claimed was to appease the horror character Slender Man has withdrawn her petition for release.
A judge's decision to release a Wisconsin woman who helped stab her sixth-grade classmate to please online horror character Slender Man from a mental health facility has left the victim's family nervous and afraid, a spokesman said Tuesday.
A Wisconsin judge on Thursday ordered the release of a woman convicted of stabbing her classmate to please the Slender Man character in 2014.
One of the teens convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional internet horror character Slender Man is expected to ask for release from a Wisconsin mental health facility.
"If they had stolen a candy bar, sure that's a child," said Payton Leutner, who is now 17. "But you tried to kill somebody. That's an adult crime."
A Wisconsin girl who stabbed a classmate to curry favor with the fictional horror character Slender Man will be committed to a mental hospital for 40 years, a judge ordered Thursday, explaining his decision as "an issue of community protection."
Anissa Weier, 16, pleaded guilty in August to being a party to attempted second-degree intentional homicide, but she claimed she wasn’t responsible for her actions because she was mentally ill. In September, a jury agreed.
‘I hurt Bella,’ attacker girl, 15, sobs during plea hearing in ‘Slender Man’ case.
Anissa Weier said she helped stab Peyton Leutner because she was convinced the crime would protect her and her family from a character called Slender Man.
Anissa Weier, 15, pleaded guilty Monday to attempted second-degree homicide as a party to a crime, with use of a deadly weapon, but she still faces a trial in the case next month focused on her mental health.
Anissa Weier, 14, is accused with Morgan Geyse of trying to kill a then 12-year-old classmate in 2014 to please the horror fiction character Slender Man.
Morgan Geyser, 14, is accused of trying to kill a 12-year-old classmate to please the horror fiction character Slender Man.
A Wisconsin state appeals court has ruled that two girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man should be tried as adults.
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WAUKESHA — A judge ruled Monday that two 13-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the online horror character Slender Man will stay in adult court, where they could face a sentence of decades in prison.
Wisconsin's laws requiring children be charged as adults in homicide cases could mean a 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a friend won't get help she needs, her attorney said Tuesday.
When someone cuts off a bracelet, the DOC must first try to learn what happened and why. Not all alerts are the result of tampering.
