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 Minnesota 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 …
One of the teens criminally charged with stabbing a classmate in 2014 to please the fictional character Slender Man will be sent to a mental institution instead of prison. Late Friday night, a Wisconsin jury found that Anissa Weier (pictured left), now 15, was mentally ill at the time of the attack, CNN reports. Weier …
By GRETCHEN EHLKE, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin girl who told investigators she helped stab a classmate was convinced the crime would protect her and her family from a fictional horror character called Slender Man, her attorney told jurors Tuesday. The defense is trying to convince jurors that Anissa Weier was suffering from …
The family of a Wisconsin girl who survived a stabbing said the plea deal made with one of her attackers provides “closure.” On Monday, Anissa Weier, 15, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree homicide as a party to a crime with use of a deadly weapon in the May 2014 attack on Payton Leutner, then 12. Under the …
