Newly released police body camera footage highlights the encounter between authorities and a missing Wisconsin woman who, years ago, nearly fatally attacked a classmate—a crime allegedly committed to appease the fictional character Slender Man. This incident occurred after Morgan Geyser, now 23, left a group home over the weekend.
According to the Posen Police Department, she was located around 9 p.m. on Sunday at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, which is situated about 40 miles south of Chicago. Geyser had reportedly removed her electronic ankle monitor prior to leaving the group home near Madison. The last sighting was around 8 p.m. Saturday with an adult acquaintance.
The body camera footage captured the police’s response to a report of a man and woman loitering behind the truck stop. Upon arrival, officers found Geyser and a man sleeping on the sidewalk.
As the officers attempted to identify her, Geyser repeatedly shook her head and stated she didn’t want to reveal her name. In a somewhat tense moment, one officer asked, “You’re not wanted for murder, are you?” Despite several attempts to get her to provide identification, Geyser eventually indicated her reluctance was due to having “done something really bad” and suggested they should “Google” her.
Eventually, after more back-and-forth, she relented, scribbled her name on a piece of paper for the officers, and was placed under arrest. The footage reveals her pleading with an officer to let her say goodbye to her companion, telling him she would “never see him again.” Throughout the transport, Geyser remained silent in the back of the patrol car.
Chad Mecca, a 43-year-old man found with Geyser, was also arrested and charged with trespassing and giving false information to police. He has since been released, as reported by FOX6. Both individuals had traveled via Greyhound bus from Wisconsin to Chicago before making their way to Posen.
Mecca expressed on social media that Geyser “ran away because of me.” It’s worth noting that Geyser, along with Anissa Weir, was just 12 years old in 2014 when they lured fellow student Payton Leutner to a park in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and stabbed him 19 times in an act linked to Slender Man. Geyser pleaded guilty in 2017 to attempted first-degree intentional homicide but claimed she was not mentally fit at the time of the attack.
While initially committed to a psychiatric hospital for 40 years, she was released into a group home earlier this year against the prosecution’s objections. As of now, Geyser is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday for an extradition hearing back to Wisconsin.
