# Child perps in "slenderman" stabbing case to be tried as adults. Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 11, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588 "2015-08-11T20:50:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588/41 "2024-10-12T04:00:56Z")
> **[Woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man files third release request](https://apnews.com/article/morgan-geyser-slender-man-stabbing-release-petition-09a2537704c926675c39349a45f9bfde)** > > A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate in 2014 to please horror character Slender Man is asking a judge again to release her from a psychiatric hospital. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588/42 "2025-01-10T03:23:45Z")
> **[Woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man can be released from...](https://apnews.com/article/morgan-geyser-slender-man-stabbing-release-24cd776824b4c0e4b4a3346d936f5329)** > > A judge has ruled that a Wisconsin woman who stabbed her sixth grade classmate to please the horror character Slender Man can be released from a psychiatric hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588/43 "2025-11-23T20:44:16Z")
> **[Madison police: Morgan Geyser, sentenced for Slender Man stabbing, missing...](https://www.tmj4.com/news/state-capitol/madison-police-morgan-geyser-sentenced-for-slender-man-stabbing-missing-after-cutting-off-gps-monitor)** > > According to a Facebook post from the department, Geyser cut off her Wisconsin Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and left a group home on Saturday night. She cut off her ankle monitor and is currently missing. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588/44 "2025-11-24T12:57:55Z")
She is back in custody. > **[Wisconsin woman in 2014 Slender Man stabbing is found a day after walking...](https://www.news8000.com/news/national-world/wisconsin-woman-in-2014-slender-man-stabbing-is-found-a-day-after-walking-away-from/article_cf44fefc-aba6-5b7e-8e0e-ed14c26fa15d.html)** > > Authorities say a Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the horror character Slender Man has been found in Illinois after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home. Brian ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588/45 "2025-12-24T05:41:50Z")
> **[Wisconsin judge sends Slender Man attacker back to mental health institution...](https://apnews.com/article/slender-man-morgan-geyser-release-revoked-escape-185484d72d6f93b350f2242f7dbef091)** > > A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please the fictional Slender Man has been ordered back to a state psychiatric hospital. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588/46 "2025-12-26T05:44:47Z")
Yeah, that’s not hard to see coming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588.md?page=2)