Wisconsin Woman in 2014 ‘Slender Man’ Stabbing Recaptured After Going Missing

Wisconsin Woman in 2014 ‘Slender Man’ Stabbing Recaptured After Going Missing
Morgan Geyser appears in a Waukesha County courtroom in Waukesha, Wis., on Jan. 9, 2025. Morry Gash/AP Photo
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Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man has been captured after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said Sunday.

The Madison Police Department received confirmation that Morgan Geyser, 23, was taken into custody in Illinois at approximately 10:34 p.m.