Slender Man is a fictional entity created on the Something Awful online forums for a 2009 Photoshop paranormal image contest. After seven years, Weier was granted early release and will be under supervision until age 37.
Weier and Geyser were found not guilty by mental disease or defect and committed to mental health institutions for sentences of 25 years to life and 40 years to life, respectively. Leutner crawled to a road where she was found, and recovered after six days in the hospital. On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their friend Payton Leutner into a forest and stabbed her 19 times in an attempt to appease the fictional character Slender Man. Weier: Attempted second-degree intentional homicide Geyser: Attempted first-degree intentional homicide Weier: 25 years to life in mental health institution (released after 7 years) Geyser: 40 years to life in mental health institution Weier: Released under supervision until age 37 Geyser: In institutionalization at Winnebago Mental Health Institute He was regarded by his devotees as alternately a sinister force and an avenging angel.1 (19 stab wounds to artery of the heart, diaphragm, liver, and stomach) He is typically depicted as a spidery figure in a black suit with a featureless white face. Slender Man started with an online post in 2009, as a mysterious specter whose image people edit into everyday scenes of children at play. “I believed that if I didn’t go through with it, Slender Man would come and attack and kill myself, my friends and my family. She said she participated because she was afraid of what would happen if she didn’t. The deal calls for doctors to evaluate Geyser and report to a judge to determine how long she should remain in a state mental hospital.ĭuring a hearing in August, Weier said that she didn’t want to harm Leutner and that the stabbing plot was Geyser’s idea. It saves the victim, her family,” Kuchler said. But Geyser won’t face a sentencing phase where attorneys would argue that she was mentally ill when the crime occurred and shouldn’t face prison time. Unlike Weier, Geyser will plead guilty to the original charge from prosecutors. Weier pleaded guilty to a reduced charge last month, and a jury then determined the sentence. Geyser and Weier were charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, which carries a possible sentence of up to 65 years in prison. The Leutner family issued a statement saying they had no comment about Friday’s hearing but will issue a statement at a plea hearing Thursday when Geyser’s deal will be formalized. Afterward, the judge allowed her to spend three hours with her family before returning her to a mental hospital where she has been receiving treatment. Geyser was at Friday’s hearing but didn’t speak. The plea deal comes after a jury this month determined that Weier was mentally ill at the time of the attack on Leutner.
SLENDER MAN CASE TRIAL
Geyser had been scheduled to go on trial Oct. Leutner survived after she crawled out of the woods to a path where a passing bicyclist found her.īoth Weier and Geyser told detectives they felt they had to kill Leutner to become Slender Man’s “proxies,” or servants, and protect their families from him. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier urged her on, according to investigators. Weier and Geyser lured Payton Leutner, who was also 12, into the woods at a park in Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb. And we’re very grateful that the district attorney’s office gave this case the considering it deserves.” “Our hearts go out to the victim and her family. “It’s been a tragic experience for everyone,” Geyser’s attorney, Donna Kuchler, said after a brief court hearing Friday. Her co-defendant, Anissa Weier, faces at least three years in a mental hospital. Morgan Geyser, now 15, will be treated indefinitely at a mental hospital. The deal, announced in court Friday, means both girls will avoid prison time for the attack on Payton Leutner, who was also 12. WAUKESHA, Wis.- The second of two Wisconsin girls charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress horror character Slender Man will plead guilty in a deal that will send her to a state mental hospital and bring an end a case that shocked people in part because the attackers were only 12. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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