US EditionJudge OKs Release Plan for Woman Who Stabbed a Classmate to Please Slender Man
WAUKESHA COUNTY, WISCONSIN, JUL 17 – Morgan Geyser, who stabbed her classmate 19 times in 2014 to please Slender Man, will be conditionally released after seven years in a psychiatric hospital, under court supervision.
- On July 17, 2025, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Scott Wagner approved the conditional release plan, allowing Morgan Geyser to leave Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
- As 12-year-olds, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier attacked their classmate, telling investigators they sought to serve Slender Man and feared harm to their families.
- According to Wisconsin Community Services, the Department of Health Services would impose GPS monitoring and court oversight, Nicole Whitaker said, with placement around August 4, 2025.
- Prosecutors objected over the group home’s proximity to the victim, and Judge Wagner said he would approve the plan if no objections emerged within three days.
- The case has drawn widespread attention partly due to the girls’ fascination with Slender Man, created online by Eric Knudson in 2009, which appears in media and online stories.
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Judge approves release plan for woman convicted in Slender Man stabbing
A Wisconsin woman will be released from a mental hospital more than a decade after she nearly stabbed a classmate to death to please the horror character Slender Man, a judge decided Thursday.Waukesha County Circuit Judge Scott Wagner signed off on the conditional release plan during a review hearing on Thursday, July 17, for Morgan Geyser, one of two girls convicted in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing case. Geyser and Anissa Weier were both 12 yea…
Judge signs off on release plan for woman who stabbed a classmate to please 'Slender Man'
A judge ruled Morgan Geyser, who stabbed her friend 19 times in the notorious "Slender Man" case as a 12-year-old, can be conditionally released after psychiatric treatment.
Wisconsin woman who stabbed classmate in order to please Slender Man will be released to a group home
A Wisconsin woman who, as a sixth grader, stabbed her classmate in order please the fictional horror character known as Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital to a group home, a Waukesha County judge ruled Thursday. The post Wisconsin woman who stabbed classmate in order to please Slender Man will be released to a group home appeared first on WPR.
Conditional release plan moves forward for accused "Slenderman" stabber Morgan Geyser
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Pending modifications, a Waukesha County judge will approve the conditional release plan for “Slendarman” defendant Morgan Geyser. Taking over the case from Judge Bohren, who recently retired, Judge K. Scott Wagner had concerns about the latest version of the conditional release plan. Both the state and Geyer’s attorney Anthony Cotton agreed with an amendment to the plan received by the court on July 17 that would require court …
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