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Police arrest Slender Man stabber after she cut monitor off and fled

Slender Man stabbing: Morgan Geyser missing
  • Morgan Geyser, one of the people convicted in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing, was found and taken into custody after going missing from a group home in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
  • Geyser, 23, cut off her GPS monitoring bracelet and fled the home on Saturday evening, having been seen with an adult acquaintance.
  • She was located with another person at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, over 170 miles from Sun Prairie, with authorities notified on Sunday night.
  • Geyser had been granted conditional release earlier this year and placed in the group home to continue treatment for a psychotic spectrum disorder.
  • Residents in Sun Prairie expressed anger and concern regarding her placement in their community and the delay in police notification about her disappearance.
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