A month later, Geyser filed a petition of review with the Supreme Court. But last August, the state’s Court of Appeals upheld the Circuit Court’s decision. Geyser, who turns 19 in May, appealed in 2019 to the Court of Appeals, the state’s intermediate appellate court, arguing the venue and that her statements to police after being arrested should have been suppressed. Morgan Geyser, who was committed to 40 years to a secure mental health facility after nearly stabbing her friend to death in 2014 in Waukesha, had looked to take her case to the state’s highest court system to argue different aspects of her case.įor years, she has challenged a judge’s decision in Waukesha County Circuit Court who kept her case in the adult court system, only to be denied each time. 10, when further arrangements will be made.Īs one woman in the Slender Man stabbing case looks to be released in the coming weeks, the other’s hope for a change in her sentence appears to have hit a final roadblock after her latest petition was denied by the state Supreme Court. In the meantime, Weier will remain at the Winnebago facility.Īnissa Weier is scheduled to return to court on Sept. On Thursday, Bohren announced that state officials will have 60 days to prepare a release plan for Weier, AP reports. Her sentencing agreement allowed for her to apply for supervised release after spending at least three years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She accepted a plea deal in 2017 and was sentenced to the maximum 25 years in a psychiatric facility. Weier, who was initially charged with attempted first-degree homicide, ended up with a lesser attempted second-degree homicide charge after a jury deemed her mentally ill at the time of the attack.
The victim barely survived.ĭespite their young age, Weier and Geyser were tried in adult court. On May 31, 2014, Weier and her friend, Morgan Geyser, lured their classmate into the woods and stabbed her 19 times, claiming that they attacked her in order to please Slender Man, a mythical creature they read about online.Īt the time of the attack, all three girls were 12 years old. State prosecutors countered her petition with a statement saying they still believe she is a danger to others, adding that “her mind is still immature” and “susceptible to dangerous influences,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel previously reported. If I am to become a productive member of society, I need to be a part of society.” “I am saying that I have exhausted all the resources available to me at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. “By petitioning the Court for conditional release, I am NOT saying I am done with my treatment,” Weier wrote in a letter obtained by WDJT-TV dated March 8. In March, Weier petitioned for a conditional release on the grounds that she had made great progress with her treatment and was ready to re-enter society. As of 2021 Morgan Geyser has filed to be released however a judge denied the request Anissa Weier ReleaseĪ Wisconsin judge has ordered the release of a teenager convicted of stabbing her classmate during the infamous 2014 “Slender Man” attack.ĭuring a hearing Thursday, Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren agreed to release 19-year-old Anissa Weier from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, where she was initially sentenced to remain until the age of 37, the Associated Press reports. Morgan Geyser is still a patient at Winnebago Mental Health and like Anissa Weier she must remain there until she has served her complete sentence or until a judge sees fit.
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