7 talking about this. 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. She said that Weier was very prepared to go with it but Geyser found many flaws in that plan. Morgan Geyser, on the other hand, will likely spend the next several years confined to a hospital. As one woman in the Slender Man stabbing case looks to be released in the coming weeks . Morgan lives in reality now.. Court orders placement as Institutional Care., A photo collage on the Facebook page of Morgan Geysers mom/. Morgan Geyser, pictured, and Anissa Weier allegedly stabbed another 12-year-old girl and have been charged with attempted murder. She claimed that Geyser had said, We have to kill Bella., Ultimately, police began to suspect that Morgan Geyser had been the mastermind behind the attack. Waukesha Police DepartmentPayton Leutner was stabbed 19 times but managed to survive the brutal assault. Weier explained more about Slender and indicated they learned he lives in a mansion in the Nicolet National Park which they discovered was in Wisconsin. When asked if she knew what she did was wrong she said probably wrong. She asked if it was illegal to stab someone in self defense. Angie Geyser said she saw a dramatic change in her daughter after she was able to get mental health help. A lawyer for Ms. Weier did not respond to a telephone message seeking comment. When they told us what had happened and that she had done it because she believes Slender Man is real thats where my mind went, is that she must be sick, Angie Geyser said, according to ABC. I was vacuuming in the basement and my son, who was 6 at the time, came downstairs and he told me that the police are here, and they're looking for Morgan, Angie Geyser said. WAUKESHA, Wis. - One of two Wisconsin women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a . The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History It wasnt until her family successfully petitioned a judge to civilly commit her that she was moved to a mental health institution where she received medication for schizophrenia. Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser's moms say their daughters were "typical girls.". A mix of Tim Burtons Jack Skellington and the Pied Piper, Slender demands blood sacrifices from children, so that they can become his proxies, thereby ensuring the safety of their families. The newspaper reported that Matthews ex-wife Amy Geyser disputed tabloid accusations that he was a devil worshipper, calling him a kind soul. He was hospitalized and attempted suicide, the newspaper reported. I remember being 11 years old and riding home from the library with [the book] IT under my arm. We support her getting well and being given a second chance.. Most kids understand this is a scary story, but Morgan, who was later diagnosed with early-onset schizophrenia, wasnt able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality. It was weird. However, Geysers sentencing went a bit differently. The interviewing detective repeatedly minimized the seriousness of her crime and the effect of confessing to it. I try not to show that emotion to Anissa because she needs to see me as being strong.. She stated the stabbing seemed necessary.. Theyd caught up to the girls near the I-94 freeway while Leutner was still in surgery. They remain in custody after a judge last year denied their motions for bail reductions. According to Raneta Lawson Mack, Professor of Law at Creighton University, the process of signing away Miranda rights is flimsy, because understanding the consequences of waiving them goes beyond knowing your age and your address. SEAN DOOLEY, EMILY WHIPP, KELLEY ROBINSON, ALEXA VALIENTE and LAUREN EFFRON. Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross leave the loud and noisy streets of New York to visit Camp Kikiwaka, which is the same camp where their parents met. Morgan Geyser was just 12 when she tried to orchestrate the murder of her friend. We had no idea how serious it was, we were thinking maybe they played a game that went awry, but it never crossed our mind not for a second that Morgan would purposefully hurt someone., Editors picks Who are Geysers parents? If I had had any idea that she believed Slender Man was real, we would have done something about it. I dont know which I love more, the fact that she looks more and more like me as she gets older, or how happy she is when people tell her she looks like her mom. It should have been our decision. When she thinks back to the reason that she was arrested, its like looking at another persons memory, Angie says shakily. Are they still out?'. Her parents asked for her $500,000 bail to be reduced to a signature bond so that she could be moved to a group home for girls with mental and emotional issues, but the request was denied because the home was not considered secure enough. In the aftermath of the stabbing, investigators searched Morgans room and found disturbing evidence of a deteriorating young mind, which included drawings of Slender Man with children and the words, I want to die, and help me escape my mind scrawled across a page. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? When asked who did this to her, she stated her best friend, Morgan Geyser. She did not understand her legal rights, including what an attorney could do for her. As the so-called Slenderman Girls later explained, theyd decided to kill Leutner to satisfy their obsession with Slender Man, an internet myth. Morgans untreated mental illness is what made her a danger. Their victim, Payton Leutner managed to survive her horrific injuries. Born on May 16, 2002, Morgan Geyser showed a lack of empathy from a young age. Of course, Slender Man had never actually visited Geyser; the interactions were a hallucination and a byproduct of her mental illness, the court brief continued. ABC News reported that although Geyser may periodically petition for release from the hospital in the future, she will be under institutional supervision for that time. According to USA Today, the way it works is that people confined to mental institutions can petition for conditional release every six months, if treating staff support the move. A judge would have to approve this though. One of the girls on trial said she felt no remorse for stabbing their classmate. They returned at 9:30 p.m. Weier stated that they went to sleep in Geysers room and indicated there was a plan in place to kill Payton while she was sleeping around 2 a.m. Weier and Geyser left Leutner for dead, but she managed to crawl out of the woods and a passing bicyclist found her. The next morning, they plotted to kill her in a nearby park bathroom instead, where her blood could go down the drain. It was the hope that Payton would die and they would see Slender and know that he exists. Burrowing into state-proffered blankets, talking with a flat, dispassionate tone, Morgan Geyser calmly gave her confession to Detective Casey. A lot of her hallucinations were friends to her, and I don't think that she wanted to lose those friends., It can go unnoticed. Geysers sentencing is set for Thursday. There, the court ruled to uphold a murder confession, despite the defendants schizophrenia diagnosis. Both of the Slenderman Girls were arrested and charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide. She signed away her Miranda rights by printing her first name, her mother, Angie Geyser, tells Rolling Stone. She had no prior experience with the criminal justice system and seven needed tutoring three weeks after the interrogation to understand how various legal concepts applied to her situation.. Morgan Geyser was a 12-year-old murder suspect when she blankly nodded at Detective Tom Casey, agreeing to sign a piece of paper and waive her Miranda rights. Matts Facebook page, reviewed by Heavy, shows that his profile picture is a drawing of a figure that reads A ghost for me. His cover photo shows cartoon characters looking at the starry sky. But I can't ignore the obvious that she does need therapy and she does need mental help, Kristi Weier said of Anissa. She knew about her daughters fascination with Slender Man but didnt think anything of it. In fact we think thats the most heinous thing, however, we support the fact that she must not have been well mentally so she needs help. Angie Geyser is the mother of Morgan Geyser, who was accused of stabbing her friend, Payton, repeatedly in the chest in 2014 in honor of a fictional character named Slender Man. By late 2015, Morgan Geyser, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was still not being treated for her disease. Weier later told police that they whispered about it in public, and used code words like cracker while talking about using a knife and itch while discussing the actual killing. They played a second game of hide and seek and then Weier did the jumping thing. Seeing her in the courtroom with the jumpsuit with the shackles and the handcuffs and the belly-chain really hit me hard that my daughter did something so terrible. Weier pushed and sat on Payton, who complained she could not breath and began to yell. Mom of two beautiful children and a small army of pets, her Facebook profile reads. She was sentenced to up to 40 years in a mental institution. Their obsession with Slender Man went deeper than anyone realized. Then she said that I hate you, and then we lied to her. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. While behind bars, both girls received mental health evaluations. "If we were not able to help our daughter, she said, we might be able to help someone else., 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Above is Morgan Geyser (l) and Anissa Weier (r). "They were just typical girls.. The interview with Anissas parents comes in advance of a forthcoming HBO documentary, Beware the Slenderman, which will air for the first time next Monday. She was quiet and creative, qualities that drew her future victim, Payton Leutner, to her when they met in the fourth grade. Just below Slenderman is the killer and below the killer is the proxy. In fact, the police already had Geyser and Weier in custody. Payton was walking in front of them and Geyser lifted up the left side of her white jacket and displayed the knife tucked in her waistband. Morgan Geysers Parents: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. We're still here for you. They eventually ended up in the bathroom where Weier was going to do the stabbing because Weier knew all the weak spots. Once in the bathroom, Geyser handed Weier the knife and Weier explained that Geyser grabbed a hold of Paytons arms in a stall almost restraining her. The injured Payton Leutner, also 12 at the time, purportedly crawled to a road where a cyclist found her and alerted authorities. Geyser later described Leutner to police as my only friend for a long time. And Leutner remembered Geyser as her best friend, telling 20/20: She was funny She had a lot of jokes to tell She was great at drawing and her imagination always kept things fun.. 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