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TIMELINE: How the Waukesha Slender Man stabbing case played out over the years Geyser's challenges A jury declared Weier was not guilty by mental disease or defect and was committed to the maximum 25 years.
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But Weier took her chances at a trial after pleading to attempted second-degree intentional homicide. They said they believed they needed to take this action or else there would be repercussions from Slender Man, including fatal violence against them or their families. They were both held not criminally responsible for their actions due to their mental state. Late last month, her petition was denied. 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. As 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.