Judge says plans to release a woman in Slender Man case can go forward

WAUKESHA, Wis. — A Wisconsin woman who nearly killed her classmate years ago to please horror character Slender Man can be released from a psychiatric hospital as planned, a judge decided Thursday, rejecting state health officials’ last-minute attempt to keep her committed. Waukesha County Deputy District Attorney Abbey Nickolie said during a hearing Thursday that Geyser only told her treatment team about the book and the collector when she was asked. Geyser’s attorney, Tony Cotton, argued Geyser hasn’t done anything wrong and blasted the state’s request to keep her in the hospital as a “hit job.” He told the judge that Geyser only reads what Winnebago staff allow, adding that she has a wide range of reading interests, including biographies. Weier pleaded guilty to being a party to attempted second-degree intentional homicide with a dangerous weapon in 2017, but like Geyser claimed she wasn’t deemed responsible because of her mental illness.