Victim speaks out for first time about ‘Slender Man’ attack

October 24, 2019 1:53 pm Leave a comment

Payton Leutner, left, is interviewed by David Muir of ABC in August. Leutner survived a stabbing attack in 2014 committed by two teenage friends who wanted to please a fictional horror character called Slender Man. In her first interview about the attack, which is to air on Friday, Leutner told ABC News that despite her lingering trauma, she has "come to accept all of the scars that I have." (ABC News via AP)

The Wisconsin girl who was lured into the woods by two friends and stabbed 19 times in an attempt to please a fictional horror character called Slender Man said she's come to terms with some things involved in the attack but still sleeps with broken scissors "just in case."

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Documentary looks at defense of Geyser in Slender Man stabbing

February 25, 2019 7:31 am 1 Comment

In May 2014, two 12-year-old Waukesha girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, lured their friend, Payton Leutner, into a Waukesha park and stabbed her 19 times.

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Girl in Slender Man stabbing gets maximum mental commitment

February 1, 2018 9:03 pm Leave a comment

Morgan Geyser, 15, appears for sentencing before Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 in Waukesha, Wis. Geyser is one of two girls who tried to kill a classmate with a knife to appease fictional horror character Slender Man. Prosecutors want Geyser to spend the maximum 40 years in a mental hospital for stabbing Payton Leutner in suburban Milwaukee in 2014. (Rick Wood/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

A Wisconsin girl who stabbed a classmate to curry favor with the fictional horror character Slender Man will be committed to a mental hospital for 40 years, a judge ordered Thursday, explaining his decision as "an issue of community protection."

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December 27, 2017 9:57 am Leave a comment

Foxconn's arrival. A fatal explosion. A late state budget. Sexual misconduct in the Legislature. Wisconsin saw another tumultuous year in 2017. Here's a look at the biggest stories in the state in the past 12 months:

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Girl accused in Slender Man sentenced (UPDATE)

December 21, 2017 9:11 am Leave a comment

Anissa Weier appears in court in Waukesha in February 2017. A jury is scheduled to begin on Monday deciding whether Weier, one of two girls accused of trying to sacrifice a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man was mentally ill during the attack. The victim, Payton Leutner, was stabbed 19 times in May 2014. All three girls were 12 years old at the time. Leutner survived her wounds, and Weier and her friend, Morgan Geyser were captured later that same day. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

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 to 25 years in a mental hospital, the maximum punishment possible.

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Prosecutors: Keep Slender Man attacker in hospital 40 years (UPDATE)

October 6, 2017 8:00 am Leave a comment

Morgan E. Geyser is escorted into a Waukesha County Court in Waukesha in November. Geyser, one of two Wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate to impress the fictional horror character Slender Man, will plead guilty in a deal that calls for her to avoid prison time. Geyser will remain in a state mental hospital under an agreement announced in a court hearing two weeks before her trial was to start. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool,File)

One of two Wisconsin girls who stabbed a classmate to impress the fictional horror character Slender Man is due in court to complete a plea deal aimed at sparing her prison time.

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Jury: Wisconsin girl mentally ill in stabbing of classmate

September 16, 2017 8:41 am Leave a comment

A Wisconsin girl who admitted to participating in the stabbing of a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man will avoid prison after a jury determined that she was mentally ill at the time of the attack.

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Jury to mull defendant’s mental health in Slender Man attack

September 11, 2017 9:40 am Leave a comment

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.