Second girl in Slenderman case avoids prison time
Morgan Geyser, now 15, will be treated indefinitely at a mental hospital after reaching plea deal with prosecutors
The second of two Wisconsin girls charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress horror character Slenderman 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.
The deal, announced in court on Friday, means both girls will avoid prison time for the attack on Payton Leutner, who was also 12. Morgan Geyser, now 15, will be treated indefinitely at a mental hospital. Her co-defendant, Anissa Weier, faces at least three years in a mental hospital.
“It’s been a tragic experience for everyone,” Geyser’s lawyer Donna Kuchler said after the brief court hearing. “Our hearts go out to the victim and her family. And we’re very grateful that the district attorney’s office gave this case the considering it deserves.”
Weier and Geyser lured Payton Leutner, who was also 12, into the woods at a park in Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier urged her on, according to investigators. Leutner survived after she crawled out of the woods to a path where a passing cyclist found her.
