The creator of Slender Man, Eric Knudsen, told NBC News that he was "deeply saddened" to hear that his creation inspired the stabbing. Slender Man is an overly tall and lanky dark figure, who some believe to be a kind of demon. The Washington Post reported that Slender Man was made in a forum online and the character was created from photoshopped pictures. Weier and Geyser previously stated that their reasoning for stabbing Leutner was to protect their families and become servants of Slender Man, a mysterious figure that was created in 2009, according to CBS News.
Weier was ordered to serve 25 years in a psychiatric institution, starting from the date of the crime in 2014, the outlet reported. 21, 2017 and she received a lesser sentence. CBS News reported that the other teen involved, Anissa Weier, received her sentencing on Dec. Bohren stated that even though the girls were young when they attacked their classmate, he cannot rule out the fact that the act was an attempted murder. The victim, Payton Leutner, survived the attack.Īccording to the Chicago Tribune, Judge Michael Bohren, who carried out the sentencing of Geyser, said that the 15-year-old is still at risk to hurt herself or others. Today, as reported by the Chicago Tribune, the Slender Man case verdict sentenced one of the teens, Morgan Geyser, to 40 years in a mental hospital. In 2014, two 12-year-old girls lured a classmate into the woods, stabbing her 19 times in order to please a fictional horror character.
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