A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate in 2014 to please horror character Slender Man is asking a judge again to release her from a psychiatric hospital.

A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday to release her from a psychiatric hospital.

Morgan Geyser, who is now 22 years old, filed a petition with Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren seeking her release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The petition marks the third time in the last two years she has asked Bohren to let her out of the facility.

She withdrew her first petition two months after filing it in 2022. Bohren denied her second request this past April, saying she remains a risk to the public.

  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
    2410·
    6 hours ago

    … really? It’s really crazy to you that someone who murdered a little girl and blamed a meme has been in a mental hospital for 10 years?

    • basmati@lemmus.orgEnglish
      276·
      5 hours ago

      That 'someone" was a mentally ill child. Yes it’s crazy to lock up a twelve year old for 10+ years. Period. Full stop. But beyond that especially one that was mentally ill at the time who you were supposed to be treating for the last ten years.

      • Beacon@fedia.io
        106·
        5 hours ago

        You’ve misread. She is and has been in a mental health facility this whole time.

        • basmati@lemmus.orgEnglish
          204·
          5 hours ago

          I didn’t misread, being in a criminal mental health facility is being locked up. In the US they no better than prisons.