Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old when they stabbed their close friend 19 times in an effort to please the mythical horror figure Slender Man (also called Slenderman).

Anissa Weier, left, passes a note to defense attorney Joseph Smith Jr. during closing arguments in her case before Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Bohren, Sept. 15, 2017, in Waukesha ...

Anissa Weier, one of the two then 12-year-old girls who said they attacked a friend to please the fictional character "Slender Man," will be released from a mental health facility on Monday. Weier ...

Anissa Weier, one of two women institutionalized for her part in the Slender Man stabbing, should be released from a state mental hospital because she doesn't have any violent tendencies or ...

Anissa Weier, one of two girls who said they attacked a friend in 2014 to please the fictional character "Slender Man," will be released from her mental health facility, a judge ordered Thursday ...

A Waukesha County jury began deliberations shortly after 10 a.m. to decide whether Anissa Weier was mentally ill when she and Morgan Geyser stabbed a classmate, Payton Leutner, 19 times Memorial ...

Anissa Weier, one of the Wisconsin teens convicted in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing of a 12-year-old friend, says sheâ s â deeply regretful." Weier, now 19, is seeking an early release from a state ...

Anissa Weier The defense is trying to convince jurors that Weier was suffering from a mental illness at the time of the stabbing at a Waukesha park in 2014 and therefore is not criminally responsible.

A Waukesha County jury will decide whether Anissa Weier was mentally competent when she and Morgan Geyser stabbed a classmate, Payton Leutner, 19 times on Memorial Day 2014.

Anissa Weier, 16, will now spend 25 years under a mental health institution’s supervision, with credit for her 1,301 days already spent in incarceration.

Anissa Weier will get mental health treatment for her role in trying to kill her sixth-grade classmate three years ago. News Sports Packers Business Suburbs Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Anissa Weier appears via video link from the Washington County Secure Detention Center where she is being held, during a hearing in Waukesha County Court on November 11, 2016.