Police in Madison, Wisconsin, are searching for Morgan Geyser, one of the two girls involved in the 2014 Slender Man-inspired stabbing, after officials say she went missing over the weekend.
Geyser, now 22, reportedly left her group home in Madison and removed her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet, according to a statement from the Madison Police Department shared on Facebook Sunday, Nov. 23.
Authorities say she was last seen Saturday, Nov. 22, in the area of Kroncke Drive around 8 p.m. local time with an adult acquaintance. Her current location is unknown, and police were notified of her disappearance Sunday morning.
The department released a recent security-camera image of Geyser and asked anyone who sees her to call 911. Police said she had not been located as of their latest update and that they are following up on any tips or reported sightings.
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Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old when they attacked classmate Payton Leutner in 2014. Investigators said the two lured Leutner into a wooded area during a sleepover and, while playing hide-and-seek, Geyser stabbed her 19 times as Weier encouraged the assault. Leutner survived and was discovered by a passerby after she crawled to a nearby bike path.
The girls later told authorities they carried out the attack to appease Slender Man, a fictional character they believed was real at the time. The Slender Man mythos emerged online around 2009, centered on a tall, thin, faceless figure often described with tentacle-like arms and supernatural powers.
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Both Geyser and Weier were charged with first-degree intentional homicide and tried as adults. Ultimately, each was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and committed to psychiatric facilities.
In January, about 11 years after the stabbing, a judge approved Geyser’s conditional release from a psychiatric care facility following expert testimony that she had shown significant progress. She was placed in a group home under the supervision of Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services as part of the release terms.
Weier was released in 2021 after spending nearly four years at the same facility as Geyser.
