Morgan Geyser, who stabbed Payton Leutner in 2014 in an effort to please the fictional character Slender Man, is set to be released from a Wisconsin psychiatric hospital, a judge ruled Jan. 9.

Morgan Geyser tried to kill her classmate Peyton Leutner when they were 12 years old Morgan Geyser, who at the age of 12 stabbed her classmate to impress the mythical internet figure "Slender Man," will be released from a psychiatric hospital after her latest bid for release.

A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday after a trio of experts testified that she has made considerable progress battling mental illness.

Morgan Geyser was 12 when she and another girl stabbed their classmate 19 times to please the online boogeyman; now 22, Geyser will be released to a group home and reenter society.

Morgan Geyser, now 22, was just 12 when she and another friend conspired to stab a schoolmate to appease the fictional horror character.

A woman who stabbed her classmate nearly to death along with another schoolmate when all three were 12 was granted conditional release from a psychiatric hospital Thursday, after her fourth

MADISON (AP) -- 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.

The woman, Morgan Geyser, 22, was sentenced to spend 40 years in a psychiatric facility after she stabbed her friend 19 times in 2014 for a sinister internet character.

Morgan Geyser, one of the two assailants in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing case, appeared in court Thursday to petition for release from a mental health facility.