A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing a classmate more than a decade ago to please the horror character Slender Man again asked a judge Friday to be released from a psychiatric hospital.
Morgan Geyser, now 22, has filed a petition with Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bolen asking for his release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
The petition marks the third time in the past two years that she has asked Mr. Bolen to leave the facility.
She filed her first petition in 2022 and withdrew it two months later.
Bolen denied her second request in April, saying she remained a danger to the public.
The one-page petition does not include arguments calling for Geyser's release.
Instead, it cited a state law that requires Bolen to appoint at least one expert to examine her within 20 days and to write a report within 30 days of appointment.
The petition also asks the judge to set a date for the hearing, noting that state law requires a hearing to be held within 30 days of receiving the examiner's report. Bolen set a hearing for Nov. 1.
Geyser's attorney, Anthony Cotton, did not immediately respond to email and phone messages Friday morning.
Geyser and Anissa Weir were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured Peyton Leutner to Waukesha Park after a sleepover. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times, while Weier provoked her. Leutner barely survived.
The girls later told investigators that they wanted to earn the right to become servants of the fictional Slender Man and feared that their families would be harmed if they did not carry out the attacks.
Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide and was sent to a psychiatric hospital for mental illness.
Weier pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree intentional homicide and was sent to a psychiatric center.
She was granted release in 2021 to live with her father and was ordered to wear a GPS monitor.
