Slender Man stabber to be released as state warns of red flags

The Wisconsin woman who attempted to kill her 12-year-old classmate to appease the fictional character “Slender Man” will be released despite the state’s claims there are still “red flags” concerning her behavior.  A judge has ruled Morgan Geyser, 22, can continue with her planned conditional release from a Wisconsin mental health institute, rejecting a last-minute petition from the State Department of Health Services asking for her to remain in custody. The decision comes after failed attempts by Geyser’s defense team to have her released. Officials asked Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren to reverse his initial decision after he ordered Geyser’s release in January, citing Geyser’s relationship with a murder memorabilia collector and her interest in violent books. In 2017, Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the violent stabbing of Payton Leutner but claimed she was not responsible due to her mental illness.She told investigators she tried to kill Leutner to please the horror character Slender Man and was ultimately found not guilty by reason of mental defect. Geyser’s defense team and the state’s prosecuting attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. “Being found to be mentally ill as the cause of the crime has a pretty high standard,” Dr.

Gail Saltz, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, told Fox News Digital.“The standard is an identifiable illness that impacts your ability to understand that what you’re doing is wrong and that you have the capacity to understand that.

That’s true regardless of age.So, it is quite a high standard.” Geyser and her friend, Anissa Weier, were 12 when they lured Leutner into a wooded park during a sleepover in May 2014.

Geyser, encouraged by Weier, stabbed Leutner 19 times. Leutner miraculously survived the attack. Geyser has been in custody at the Winnebago Mental...