Slender Man cases to stay in adult court

Two Wisconsin teenagers will go to trial in adult court after being charged with stabbing their friend over a dozen times to please a fictional character named Slender Man.

Both girls were charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in connection withthe May 2014 attack on their classmate, Payton Leutner.

Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren said he was anxious that the girls would stop receiving mental health treatment and be released into the community with no supervision when they exited the juvenile system at age 18. “It’s the critical years of adolescence”, she said, and juvenile system provides “an environment that help them manage it”.

Geyser and Weier were 12-years-old when they lured Leutner to a park in Wauskesha and stabbed her 19 times, according to investigators. The victim survived the brutal attack and was found by a bicyclist the next day.

Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, who exactly were actually both just 12 during the time of presupposed take on, exceed by using tried… Experts said she continues to converse with fictional characters, concedes that Slender Man might order her to kill again and believes she can suppress negative emotions through Vulcan mind control.

After the murder, they reportedly intended to walk to Slenderman’s mansion, which they believed was situated in Wisconsin’s Nicolet National Forest. The juvenile system, in contrast, is geared more toward rehabilitation than punishment.

Event chairman Glenn Van Handel says organizers didn’t feel they were doing anything wrong, but that they moved away from pig wrestling because of the controversy. That pushes you toward putting them in juvenile court. The judge denied that motion on Thursday, writing that juveniles aren’t as culpable for their actions as adults but that doesn’t exempt them from getting adult sentences.

Bohren, due to rule Monday, faces thorny questions about how young is too young to face adult consequences for crimes.

It’s a decision that won’t be easy to make for Judge Bohren, says former Wisconsin supreme court justice Janine Geske.

The girls are expected to be return to court August. 21 to be arraigned, according to online court records.