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Wisconsin Teen Sentenced To 40 Years In Mental Hospital For 'Slender Man' Stabbing
Source: NPR
Wisconsin Teen Sentenced To 40 Years In Mental Hospital For 'Slender Man' Stabbing
February 2, 20187:17 AM ET
SCOTT NEUMAN
One of two Wisconsin girls who pleaded guilty to stabbing a classmate as part of a bizarre attempt to gain favor with a fictional Internet character has been ordered committed to a mental institution for 40 years, the maximum penalty sought by prosecutors.
Morgan Geyser had pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the near-fatal stabbing of Payton Leutner. Her cohort, Anissa Weier, pleaded guilty to being a party to the crime and was sentenced in December to 25 years in a mental institution. All three girls, including the victim, were 12 at the time of the incident.
Geyser and Weier, now teenagers, were tried as adults. Leutner survived the attack.
"I just want to let Bella and her family know that I'm sorry," a tearful Geyser said, using Leutner's nickname. "And I hope she's doing well."
The two girls apparently carried out the attack to impress a horror character known as Slender Man.
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February 2, 20187:17 AM ET
SCOTT NEUMAN
One of two Wisconsin girls who pleaded guilty to stabbing a classmate as part of a bizarre attempt to gain favor with a fictional Internet character has been ordered committed to a mental institution for 40 years, the maximum penalty sought by prosecutors.
Morgan Geyser had pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the near-fatal stabbing of Payton Leutner. Her cohort, Anissa Weier, pleaded guilty to being a party to the crime and was sentenced in December to 25 years in a mental institution. All three girls, including the victim, were 12 at the time of the incident.
Geyser and Weier, now teenagers, were tried as adults. Leutner survived the attack.
"I just want to let Bella and her family know that I'm sorry," a tearful Geyser said, using Leutner's nickname. "And I hope she's doing well."
The two girls apparently carried out the attack to impress a horror character known as Slender Man.
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Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/02/582618068/wisconsin-teen-sentenced-to-40-years-in-mental-hospital-for-slender-man-stabbing
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