Second Girl Sentenced For Slender Man Stabbing

A Wisconsin teen accused of stabbing a classmate to win the favor of a fictional horror character named “Slender Man ” has been ordered to receive 40 years of mental health treatment.

Morgan Geyser, 15, pleaded guilty in October to attempted first-degree murder in a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid serving time in prison. She was committed to a state mental health facility and has been receiving treatment. 

Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren sentenced Geyser to the maximum penalty sought by prosecutors after a day of testimony from doctors who had evaluated the teen. Bohren explained his decision as a matter of “community protection.” 

“What we can’t forget is this was an attempted murder,” Bohren said, according to The Guardian .

Geyser also addressed the court. “I just want to let [the victim] and her family know that I’m sorry,” she said. “And I hope she’s doing well.”

The trial stemmed back to a 2014 attack in which Geyser and another girl, Anissa Weier, were accused of luring a classmate into a wooded area and stabbing her 19 times to appease Slender Man, a character that appears in crowd-sourced fiction. All three girls were 12 years old at the time of the incident.