Crime & Safety

Morgan Geyser Appeals Slenderman Stabbing Sentence

Morgan Geyser was ordered to serve 40 years in a mental institution for her role in the Slenderman stabbing.

WAUKESHA, WI — Morgan Geyser, one of two Wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate 19 times to to satisfy the fictional horror character Slender Man, have appealed her sentence in the Slender Man stabbing.

According to a CBS 58 report Thursday, Geyser was ordered to spend 40 years in a mental health institution. Her lawyers had a deadline of Friday, October 5 to file an appeal. Weier was sentenced to 25 years in a mental institution.

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