Summary
Morgan Geyser, who was convicted for stabbing a classmate in 2014 to appease the fictional character Slender Man, was captured in Illinois after escaping a group home in Wisconsin. Geyser had been on conditional release from a mental hospital and was found at a truck stop, leading to her rearrest.
Key Facts
- Morgan Geyser stabbed her classmate 19 times in 2014 to please an online fictional character called Slender Man.
- She was sentenced to 40 years in a mental hospital and later released conditionally to a group home.
- Geyser removed her monitoring device and fled the group home in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Police captured her at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois.
- Geyser initially refused to give her real name to police and suggested they search her name online.
- She was found with a 42-year-old man, who was charged with trespassing and released later.
- The original attack, known as the "Slender Man stabbing," gained national attention due to its shocking nature.
- The victim, Payton Leutner, survived the attack, and the other assailant, Anissa Weier, was released from psychiatric care in 2021.
