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Woman Committed Over 2014 ‘Slender Man' Stabbing of 6th Grade Classmate Asking for Freedom
The second of two Wisconsin women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a sixth-grade classmate that they claimed was to appease the horror character Slender Man is petitioning for her release.
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Judge Orders Release of Wisconsin Woman in Slender Man Case
A Wisconsin judge says a woman convicted of stabbing her classmate to please the Slender Man character in 2014 can be released from a mental health facility
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Slender Man Attacker Says She Has Reached Treatment Limits
A Wisconsin woman convicted of stabbing a classmate to please internet horror character Slender Man seven years ago says she deserves to be released from a mental health facility because she’s reached the limits of treatment.
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Teen Convicted in ‘Slender Man' Stabbing to Seek Conditional Release
One of the girls convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional horror character ‘Slender Man’ will appear in court next week, seeking a conditional release from a Wisconsin mental health facility. According to court documents in Waukesha County, Anisa Weier, 19, will appear in court on March 10 as she seeks release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute,…
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Victim Speaks Out for First Time About 2014 ‘Slender Man' Attack
A Wisconsin girl who was lured into the woods by two friends and stabbed 19 times in an effort to please a fictional horror character called Slender Man said she’s come to terms with aspects of the attack but still sleeps with broken scissors “just in case.” In her first interview about the 2014 attack, which is set to air...
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1 of 2 Girls Convicted in Slender Man Stabbing Files Appeal
One of two Wisconsin girls who repeatedly stabbed a classmate shouldn’t have been tried in adult court because she believed a fictional horror character named Slender Man would attack her family if she didn’t kill the girl, according to an appeal filed by her attorney.
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Judge Sentences Wisconsin Girl to 40 Years in Mental Hospital in Slender Man Case
A Wisconsin girl who stabbed a classmate in an attack inspired by the fictional horror character Slender Man was sentenced to 40 years in a mental hospital Thursday. Judge Michael Bohren granted the maximum penalty that prosecutors had sought, and discounted Morgan Geyser’s youth — she was just 12 — at the time of the attack in 2014.
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Wisconsin Girl Convicted in Slender Man Stabbing Sentenced
One of two Wisconsin girls who tried to kill a classmate to win favor with a fictional horror character named Slender Man was sentenced Thursday.
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Prosecutors: Keep Slender Man Attacker in Hospital 40 Years
Prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to sentence a girl to 40 years in a mental hospital for stabbing a classmate in an attack she said was done to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. Morgan Geyser, now 15, broke down in sobs during her plea hearing as a judge asked her to recount the 2014 stabbing of a classmate...
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Wisconsin Girl Reaches Plea Deal in Slender Man Case
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.
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Jury: Wisconsin Girl Mentally Ill in Slender Man Stabbing of Classmate
A Wisconsin girl who admitted to participating in the stabbing of a classmate to please horror character Slender Man will avoid prison after a jury determined Friday that she was mentally ill at the time of the attack.
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Slender Man Trial Prep Continues in Wisconsin
The girls in the “Slender Man” slaying in Wisconsin had a “shared delusion” that the fictional character would harm their families, a psychologist testified Thursday.
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Psychologist Testifies Girls in ‘Slender Man' Case Had ‘Shared Delusion'
The two girls accused of stabbing a sixth-grade classmate to appease an online horror character called Slender Man had a shared delusion that the fictional creature was real and could kill their families, a forensic psychologist testified Thursday.
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Psychologist: Shared Delusion Led to Slender Man Stabbing
A shared delusion and an interest in the paranormal led two girls to stab another 12-year-old girl in a Wisconsin park as a tribute to the fictional horror character Slender Man, a psychologist testified Wednesday....
Melissa Westendorf was appointed by a judge to evaluate one of the girls, Anissa Weier, now 15, after her insanity plea. Westendorf testified at Weier’s mental... -
Girl in Slender Man Case Had ‘Broken Mind': Attorney
A Wisconsin girl who told investigators she helped stab a classmate was convinced the crime would protect her and her family from a horror character called Slender Man who she thought was real, her attorney told jurors Tuesday.
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Defense: Girl Accused of Stabbing Classmate Was Delusional
A Wisconsin girl who told investigators she helped stab a classmate was convinced the crime would protect her and her family from a fictional horror character called Slender Man, her attorney told jurors Tuesday.
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Slender Man Case on Trial; Girl's Mental State at Issue
A Wisconsin teenager accused of stabbing a classmate in order to please a fictional horror character known as Slender Man goes on trial Tuesday, with a jury to decide whether she was mentally competent at the time.
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Jury Being Selected in Slender Man Stabbing Case
Jurors are being selected in a southeastern Wisconsin courtroom to decide the mental competency of a girl accused of stabbing a classmate in 2014 to please a fictional horror character known as Slender Man.
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Jury to Mull Defendant's Mental Health in Slender Man Attack
A jury this week will begin weighing the mental competence of a girl accused in the stabbing of a classmate to please a fictional horror character known as Slender Man. Jury selection begins Monday in Waukesha in the trial to determine 15-year-old Anissa Weier’s competency. It could take up to two weeks. Here are a few key things to know...
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Teen Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge in Slender Man Attack
One of two Wisconsin teenagers charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress a fictitious horror character called Slender Man pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge.