Archive · 24 Dec 2025
Slender Man Attacker Sent Back to Mental Health Institution
A woman named Morgan Geyser, who is 23 years old, was sent back to a mental health hospital because she ran away from her group home.
She and her friend Anissa Weier hurt their classmate Payton Leutner when they were 12 years old.
They did this because they believed a made-up character named Slender Man would make them his servants and not hurt their families.
Geyser was supposed to be released from the hospital but ran away with a 43-year-old man she met at church.
They were caught the next day at a truck stop.
The judge decided to send Geyser back to the hospital because she escaped.
Morgan Geyser, 23, was sent back to a mental health institution after escaping from her group home.
Geyser and her friend Anissa Weier stabbed their classmate Payton Leutner 19 times in 2014 to please Slender Man.
Geyser was initially sentenced to 40 years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
Geyser escaped with a 43-year-old companion and was caught the next day at a truck stop outside Chicago.
The court revoked Geyser's release privileges after her escape.
- Who
- Morgan Geyser, a 23-year-old woman, and her 43-year-old companion
- What
- Geyser was sent back to a mental health institution after escaping from her group home
- When
- The court decision was made on Tuesday, following her escape on November 22, 2023
- Where
- Waukesha County Circuit Court, Wisconsin
- Why
- Geyser escaped because she was afraid the group home would no longer allow her to see her companion
- Attacker
- Morgan Geyser
- Victim
- Payton Leutner
- Location
- Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Year of Attack
- 2014
- Sentence
- 40 years at Winnebago Mental Health Institute
- Escape Date
- November 22, 2023
- Capture Location
- Truck stop outside Chicago
- Distance from Madison
- 274 kilometers