Slender Man Stabber Morgan Geyser, 22, to Walk Free After Judge Approves Her Release from Psychiatric Facility

Mar. 15, 2025

Morgan Geyser.Photo:AP Photo/Morry Gash

AP Photo/Morry Gash

Morgan Geyser, committed to a Wisconsin psychiatric facility for brutallystabbing her best friendto impress a mythical online creature at the age of 12, is set to be released.

Geyser, now 22,admitted in 2017to stabbingPeyton Leutnerafter luring her into the woods during a sleepover in 2014, in order to appease the mythical internet figure “Slenderman.”

Geyser’s co-defendant, Anissa Weir — who was also convicted in the crime — wasreleased from the same psychiatric facilityin 2021.

In January, a Wisconsin judgeordered Geyser’s releaseafter experts testified that she had made progress during her time at the Oshkosh, Wis., facility, theAssociated Pressreported at the time.

“She’s done what she’s supposed to do,” Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren said, perCNN. “She appears to have a good attitude."

Despite the judge’s confidence in her release, Geyserbriefly faced a halt on the decisionafter the facility hosting her discovered her jail house readings and communication with a man outside the instituition.

“The reading material that she’s so focused on, has themes of sexual sadism and murder and the sale of human organs on the black market," Deputy District Attorney Abbey Nickolie argued, perWISN. “All of these things that the treatment team at Winnebago had no idea that she was so interested in.”

Dr. Kenneth Robbins, who previously testified on Geyser’s behalf, dismissed concerns about her release after the revocation petition against her release was filed last week.

Bohren on Thursday sided with the testimonies in Geyser’s favor, noting in his latest ruling that the new information did not change his mind, per theMilwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

“I don’t see a risk to the public, I don’t see a risk to her,” Bohren said. “I’m satisfied the state has not met its burden.”

source: people.com