A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday after a trio of experts testified that she has made considerable progress battling mental illness.

Morgan Geyser has spent nearly seven years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She has petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, who committed her, for release four times since June 2022. She withdrew her first two petitions and Bohren denied her third request this past April, finding she still presented a threat to the public.

Slender Man stabber who attacked 12-year-old classmate in 2014 is granted release from psychiatric hospital - Morgan Geyser has been at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute for nearly seven years aft

Morgan Geyser was 12 when she and another girl stabbed their classmate 19 times to please the online boogeyman; now 22, Geyser will be released to a group home and reenter society.

A woman who stabbed her classmate nearly to death along with another schoolmate when all three were 12 was granted conditional release from a psychiatric hospital Thursday, after her fourth

The woman, Morgan Geyser, 22, was sentenced to spend 40 years in a psychiatric facility after she stabbed her friend 19 times in 2014 for a sinister internet character.

Judge Michael Bohren's decision marks a dramatic change from his decision in April 2024, when he remained unconvinced that Geyser was not a threat.

Morgan Geyser, now 22, was just 12 when she and another friend conspired to stab a schoolmate to appease the fictional horror character.