Slender Man Killer Free From Mental Health Institute After Judge Signs Off on Conditional Release
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Scott Wagner signed off on the conditional release of the now 23-year-old, despite strong objections by the victim's parents to keep her committed, per the The Associated Press.
A team of three doctors supported Geyser being discharged, believing she's finally gotten a handle on her mental health, but the mother of victim Payton Leutner complained that the young woman's designated group home was only eight miles from their home.
The discharge plan was later revised by the state's Department of Health Services, paving the way for a supervised release that requires Geyser to wear a GPS monitor at all times.
'I do not have any comment at this time, and I appreciate the phone call though,' Payton's father, Joe Leutner, tells the National Enquirer.
As the Enquirer previously reported, twisted terrors Geyser and Anissa Weier were just 12 years old in 2014 when they lured classmate Payton into a wooded area near Waukesha and brutally stabbed her 19 times — to please the supernatural horror creature Slender Man, depicted in fictional tales as a tall, skinny humanoid with a featureless white head and face.
Payton was left for dead but miraculously survived by crawling out of the woods and flagging down a passing bicyclist.
Geyser and Weier were found not guilty of attempted homicide because of mental illness. Weier was released from the loony bin in 2021 and will be monitored under court supervision until she's 37.
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