A judge denied a motion to stop the release of a Wisconsin woman from a mental health facility more than a decade after she conspired to stab a classmate to please the fictional horror character “Slender Man.”
Morgan Geyser, 22, was 12 years old when she and Anissa Weier lured classmate Payton Leutner to a park for the violent attack in May 2014, convinced it would keep the fictional boogeyman from harming their families. She has spent seven years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute and was cleared for release into a group home earlier this year.
Three medical experts testified in January that Geyser was no longer a threat to the public following considerable progress. Her treatment would continue while she was under supervision of the group home.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren ruled that Geyser’s release would continue as planned…