WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday to release her from a psychiatric hospital.
Morgan Geyser, who is now 22 years old, filed a petition with Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren seeking her release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The petition marks the third time in the last two years she has asked Bohren to let her out of the facility.
She withdrew her first petition two months after filing it in 2022. Bohren denied her second request this past April, saying she remains a risk to the public.
The one-page petition doesn't include any arguments for Geyser's release. Instead, it cites state laws that require Bohren within 20 days to appoint at least one expert to examine her and produce a report within 30 days of being appointed. The petition also requests the judge schedule a hearing, noting that state law requires him to hold one within 30 days of receiving the examiner's report.
Geyser's attorney, Anthony Cotton, didn't immediately respond to email and telephone messages Friday morning.
Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 in 2014 when they lured Payton Leutner to a Waukesha park after a sleepover. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier egged her on. Leutner barely survived.
The girls later told investigators they wanted to earn the right to be servants of the fictional Slender Man and that they feared he would harm their families if they didn’t carry out the attack.
Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide and was sent to the psychiatric institute because of mental illness. Weier pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree intentional homicide and was also sent to the psychiatric center. She was granted a release in 2021 to live with her father and was ordered to wear a GPS monitor.
FILE - Morgan Geyser is led out Waukesha County Circuit Court after day one of a motion hearing, April 10, 2024, in Waukesha, Wis. (Scott Ash/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Morgan Frost scored the deciding goal in the fifth round of the shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers opened their season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.
Tyson Forester and Cam York scored in regulation for the Flyers, and Samuel Ersson finished with 24 saves.
Teddy Blueger and Nils Hoglander scored for the Canucks, and Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves in his Vancouver debut.
It marked the second straight game where the Canucks lost in extra time after holding a lead heading into the third period.
Travis Konecny also scored int he shootout for Philadelphia, and Jake DeBrusk tallied for Vancouver.
Canucks: Vancouver lost a big player less than two minutes into the game when defenseman Tyler Myers went down after hitting Joel Farabee along the boards. Myers spent several minutes on the ice being looked at by trainers before he was helped up and went directly to the locker room, favoring his right leg. He did not return.
Flyers: Highly touted prospect Matvei Michkov made some big moves in his NHL debut. The 19-year-old Russian right wing tried to beat Lankinen with a backwards, between-the-legs shot in front of the net on a third-period power play. The Flyers selected Michkov seventh overall in the 2023 draft.
York put a shot up and under the crossbar 2:48 into the third, but the puck pinged back out and play continued for several moments before the horn sounded. His goal tied the score at 2-2.
Philadelphia kept Vancouver’s star-studded power play in check, killing off all five penalties they faced and not allowing a single shot on the final three.
The Flyers visit Calgary on Saturday while the Canucks open their first road trip of the season at Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
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Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen (32) stops Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Konecny (11) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Philadelphia Flyers' Tyson Foerster (71) scores against Vancouver Canucks' goaltender Kevin Lankinen (32) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Philadelphia Flyers's goaltender Samuel Ersson kneels in his crease after Vancouver Canucks' Nils Hoglander scored during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Philadelphia Flyers' Tyson Foerster, right, celebrates after his goal against the Vancouver Canucks with teammate Joel Farabee (86) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen, right, stops Philadelphia Flyers' Morgan Frost (48) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Canucks' Tyler Myers (57) is helped off the ice by J.T. Miller (9) and Derek Forbort (27) after a collision on the ice during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Vancouver, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen, left, stops Philadelphia Flyers' Morgan Frost, centre, as Vancouver's Brock Boeser (6) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
