Overview

• Morgan Geyser, now 22, was convicted in 2014 for stabbing her friend Payton Leutner 19 times in an attempt to appease the fictional character Slender Man.
• A Wisconsin judge ruled that Geyser no longer poses a public safety risk, allowing her conditional release after three experts testified to her progress in treatment.
• Concerns were raised over Geyser's reading of a dark novel and communication with a murder memorabilia collector, but the judge found no evidence these posed a risk.
• Geyser's co-defendant, Anissa Weier, was released from the same psychiatric facility in 2021 after serving part of her 25-year sentence.
• A hearing on March 21 will finalize the supervision and housing plan for Geyser's conditional release into a group home.