by Raymond Neupert | Feb 2, 2021
The State Supreme Court has denied an appeal from one of the girls convicted in the Slenderman stabbings. Attorneys for Morgan Geyser argued that the original judges in the case made a mistake by allowing Geyser and Anissa Weier to be brought immediately into adult...
by Raymond Neupert | Oct 9, 2018
One of the two girls convicted in the Slenderman stabbing is seeking an appeal. An attorney for Morgan Geyser has filed an appeal of her conviction of attempted homicide. It’s not clear what grounds the appeal will be argued on, only that Attorney Matthew Pinix...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 5, 2017
A Waukesha County judge has approved a plea deal for a girl who stabbed her former sixth grade classmate and left her to die. Judge Michael Bohren on Thursday accepted 15-year-old Morgan Geyser’s guilty plea to a charge of attempted first-degree intentional...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 29, 2017
One of two girls charged in the “Slenderman” case has reached deal that will keep her out of prison. It calls for doctors to evaluate 15-year-old Morgan Geyser and report to a judge to determine how long she should remain in a state mental hospital....
by WRN Contributor | Sep 15, 2017
Closing arguments in the “Slenderman” trial in Waukesha County are set for Friday morning, with the case then expected to go to the jury. On Thursday, the defense and prosecutors rested in the trial of Anissa Weier. Both sides asked for a directed verdict...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 22, 2017
One of two teens charged in Waukesha’s notorious “Slenderman” stabbing has entered a guilty plea. Anissa Weier pleaded guilty on Monday to an amended charge of attempted second degree intentional homicide, party to a crime with use of a deadly weapon...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 25, 2017
A Waukesha County Jury will be seated in the trial of one of the two girls charged in the Slenderman Stabbing case. Anissa Weier’s lawyer asked that the trial be moved, because of all the publicity the case has received. Prosecutors argued that an unbiased jury...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 14, 2017
A Waukesha County judge has rejected a request to move the trial for one of two girls accused in the “Slenderman” stabbing case. “Coverage has certainly been extensive, and it seems like everybody in Waukesha is intimately familiar with that, so we...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 13, 2016
The two teenage girls accused of stabbing a classmate 19 times as a sign of allegiance to a fictional horror character will face trial separately. A Waukesha County judge on Monday said Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, who were both 12-years-old at the time of the 2014...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 1, 2016
Lawyers representing the two girls charged in the Slenderman stabbing case are asking for juries from outside Waukesha County. It’s been more than two years since Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were arrested, accused of stabbing a friend in a park in an effort...
by Jackie Johnson | Jul 2, 2014
One girl charged with stabbing her young friend multiple times is mentally incompetent to stand trial. Two doctors have found that the 12-year-old is not competent enough to proceed in the so-called Slenderman murder case. An evaluation from a Madison psychiatrist at...
by Andrew Beckett | Jun 3, 2014
As families, police, and the public try to make sense of an attempted murder case in Waukesha, one social media expert says it should serve as a reminder for parents to take online safety seriously. A pair of 12-year-old Waukesha girls say they were inspired to stab a...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 12, 2017
The trial for one of two girls accused of stabbing a former classmate and then leaving her to die is now underway in Waukesha County. The jury is being asked to decided whether 15-year-old Anissa Weier, one of two girls charged with stabbing Payton Lautner 19 times in...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 1, 2014
A Waukesha judge ruled today that a 12-year-old girl is not mentally competent to stand trial for stabbing a classmate, in an attempt to please the fictional “Slender Man” horror character. Circuit Judge Michael Bohren ordered up to a year of mental health...
by Andrew Beckett | Jun 3, 2014
An administrator of a horror website is responding to claims that two 12-year-old girls from Waukesha were inspired to stab one of their friends by materials it published online. Prosecutors have charged the two middle school students with attempted murder, after they...
