Morgan Geyser, 'Slender Man' Stabber, Captured After Escaping Group Home

Escape and Apprehension

• 📌 Morgan Geyser, known as the 'Slender Man' stabber, was captured after cutting off her court-mandated ankle monitor and escaping her group home in Madison, Wisconsin.
• 🚨 The escape occurred on November 22nd, with the ankle monitor tracker malfunctioning about an hour after she was last seen.
• 🏃‍♂️ A nationwide manhunt ensued, with Geyser eventually spotted sleeping on a sidewalk behind a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, over 150 miles away.

Accomplice and Legal Proceedings

• 🤝 Geyser was found with a 42-year-old female accomplice, who claimed to be her best friend and stated she didn't want Geyser to be alone.
• ⚖️ The accomplice was arrested and charged with obstructing identity.
• 🗓️ Geyser was scheduled to appear in court on November 24th.
• 🗣️ Geyser's attorney, Tony Cotton, had previously issued a public plea for her to turn herself in.

Background of the 'Slender Man' Stabbing

• 🔪 In 2014, a 12-year-old Geyser, along with friend Anissa Wy, lured a classmate into a park and stabbed her 19 times to appease the fictional internet boogeyman, Slender Man.
• 💔 The victim miraculously survived the attack.
• 🧠 Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and was placed in a mental institution instead of jail.

Release and Red Flags

• 🏥 Geyser spent nearly 7 years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute before a judge ordered her conditional release in January.
• 🚩 Concerns were raised in March after officials learned Geyser had read a novel about murder and was communicating with a man who collects murder memorabilia, even sending him a sketch of a decapitated body.
• ⚖️ Despite these concerns, the judge allowed her release, stating there was no perceived risk to the public.
• 🔗 Wy, Geyser's accomplice in the 2014 stabbing, pleaded guilty and was also sent to a psychiatric center, later being granted release in 2021.