One of two Wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate to please the fictitious horror character Slender Man will plead guilty in a deal that calls for her to avoid prison time.
Fifteen-year-old Morgan Geyser will remain in a state mental hospital under an agreement announced Friday. It calls for Geyser to be evaluated by doctors who will report to a judge for a determination of how long she should remain in treatment.
Geyser and Anissa Weier were charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the 2014 attack on Payton Leutner in Waukesha.
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Weier pleaded guilty to a reduced charge last month. A jury later concluded she was mentally ill at the time of the crime. She faces at least three years in a mental hospital.
All three girls were 12 at the time.
Editor’s Note: This story was last updated at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.
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