Morgan Geyser escapes from Wisconsin group home, manhunt underway
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Authorities launched a manhunt for Morgan Geyser, the Wisconsin woman convicted in the 2014 “Slender Man” incident, after she cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and fled to a Madison group home Saturday night, police said.
The Madison Police Department announced Geyser’s escape in a social media post on Sunday.
“Morgan Geyser was last seen in the Kroncke Dr. area with an adult acquaintance around 8 p.m. As of Sunday morning, his whereabouts are unknown,” the ministry wrote. “The Madison Police Department was notified of his disappearance Sunday morning.
“Attached below is a new image of Geyser captured on security video from last month. If you see him, please call 911,” police added.
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Morgan Geyser, convicted in the 2014 “Slender Man” stabbing, is seen on surveillance footage last night before escaping from a group home in Madison. Police said the woman cut off her monitoring bracelet Saturday night and remains at large. (Madison Police Department)
In 2017, Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the violent stabbing of Payton Leutner, but pleaded not guilty due to mental illness.
He told investigators that he tried to kill Leutner to please the horror character Slender Man and was ultimately found not guilty by reason of mental defect.
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Morgan Geyser appears in a Waukesha County courtroom on January 9, 2025, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Geyser and her friend Anissa Weier were 12 when they took Leutner to a wooded park for a sleepover in May 2014. Encouraged by Weier, Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times.
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Morgan Geyser is brought to Waukesha County Circuit Court for Day 2 of the motion hearing on April 11, 2024. (Scott Ash/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Leutner miraculously survived the attack.
Geyser has been detained at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute for the past seven years.
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He was initially sentenced to 40 years in a psychiatric hospital and was allowed to ask the court to consider his conditional release every six months.
Police told local outlet WMTV that Geyser was staying at a group home in Madison before she disappeared.
Fox News Digital’s Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
