A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday. Morgan Geyser has spent nearly seven years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She has petitioned Waukesha County court for release four times since June 2022. She withdrew her first two petitions and her second request was denied this past April, finding she still presented a threat to the public. Geyser filed her latest petition in October. The court decided to grant her release after a day-long hearing Thursday, finding that she had maximized her treatment options at the facility. The state Department of Health Services was ordered to set up a plan for housing her in a group home and supervising her subject to the court’s approval at a hearing within 60 days.
