A Wisconsin judge declined Thursday to block the conditional release of a woman who was 12 when she stabbed a classmate to appease the fictional character Slender Man in 2014. Judge Michael Bohren ruled in January that Morgan Geyser, now 22, could be released, but prosecutors tried last week to block her release, saying her …
A Wisconsin judge has stayed the conditional release of Morgan Geyser pending a hearing. According to Court TV, the decision came nearly a month after Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren granted Geyser conditional release to a group home, stating that rehabilitation requires people to engage with the community. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Geyser received a …
Update Morgan Geyser, convicteed for stabbing a classmate to appease the fictional character Slender Man, received conditional release from a state psychiatric hospital on Thursday, FOX 6 Milwaukee reports. Initial Coverage A Wisconsin woman, who stabbed her classmate over a decade ago, a judge’s permission to be released from a psychiatric hospital. In court Thursday, …
A Wisconsin judge nixed the request for conditional release from a woman who was sentenced to 40 years in a mental institution after she and a classmate nearly stabbed another classmate to death in 2014 when all three were 12 years old. Morgan Geyser, now 21, pleaded guilty to attempted first degree homicide but not …
One of two convicted in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing of a 12-year-old classmate has again filed a petition for her conditional release from a Wisconsin mental health facility. Morgan Geyser, now 21, pleaded guilty to attempted first degree homicide but not criminally responsible because of mental disease or defect. The plea kept her out …
A Wisconsin teen who helped attack and stab another girl in 2015, will be released from a mental health institution next week. On Friday, Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren requested the release of 19-year-old Anissa Weier from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. According to ABC 10, Weier will be required to wear a tracking device …
A Wisconsin judge on Thursday ordered the release of one of two women convicted in the Slender Man stabbing case when both were 12-years-old. Then-sixth graders Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser stabbed classmate Payton Leutner 19 times in May 2014 in an attempt to curry favor with the fictional horror character, who, they said, they …
On Wednesday, a Wisconsin woman who was 12 when she nearly stabbed a classmate to death in 2014 asked to be released from a mental health facility. Anissa Weier, 19, has served more than three years of a 25-year sentence for the near-fatal attack. While she was found to be not criminally responsible for attempted …
One of two Wisconsin girls convicted of nearly stabbing a classmate to death to appease the fictional horror character “Slender Man” in 2014 asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to toss out her conviction in adult court, the Associated Press reported. Morgan Geyser, now 18, pleaded guilty to attempted first degree homicide in 2017 …
Two girls stab their best friend 19 times. Why? They wanted to appease the fictional horror character, Slender Man. Both girls are serving time in a mental health facility. After an attorney files an appeal, there’s a chance both girls could walk free. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the case: Ashley Wilcott – Judge and trial attorney …
Judge: “We can’t forget is this was an attempted murder.”
Slender Man, a fictional demon who came to life through internet memes, is headed to the big screen soon against the protests of a father whose daughter was inspired by the spooky character to stab another girl. Nancy Grace digs into the controversy with a panel including Cold Case Research Institute director Sheryl McCollum, Los …
