– (reproduction/Strange World)
Who – morgan geyser
Diagnosis – early schizophrenia
Age – 12 years
Who – Anissa Weier
Diagnosis – delusional disorder
Age – 12 years
Where – USA
1. On the night of May 30, 2014, in the city of Waukesha, in the state of Wisconsin (USA), the little girl Morgan Geyser celebrated her 12th birthday with the presence of her friends Anissa Weier and Payton Leutner, both also 12. two guests spent the night at the house
two. The next morning, the three of them went to play in a forest. There, in the middle of the trees, Morgan stabbed Payton 19 times with a kitchen knife from her home. After the attack, Anissa and Morgan ran away, abandoning the victim. Although Morgan was the author of the stabbings, she and Anissa engineered the crime together, months before.
3. Dragging herself, Payton miraculously managed to reach the side of the road, where she was rescued by a cyclist, who was trailing nearby. Morgan and Anissa were arrested a few hours later while walking along the I-94 road towards the forest of Nicolet (in Wisconsin), where they believed the “motivator” of their crime lived.
4. Interrogated separately, both told the police that the crime was an attempt to please Slender Man, a fictional creature that appeared on a discussion forum in 2009 and went on to star in games and horror stories. The Slender Man, according to legend, chases and attacks mainly children in places like woods and dense forests.
5. According to the police, the girls’ goal was to rise in the hierarchy of Slender Man’s world, even going to live in his mansion after the murder. They also said that Slender Man could attack their family if they didn’t kill their friend.
6. After the deposition, Anissa was diagnosed with delusional disorder and Morgan with early-onset schizophrenia. In August 2017, Anissa pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder and was sentenced to three years of treatment in a psychiatric hospital. In October 2017, aged 15, Morgan made a deal with the prosecution: she pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and, in return, prosecutors did not dispute the assertion that her mental condition at the time prevented her from knowing that I was doing wrong. With that, Morgan was sentenced to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital – the period of confinement will be determined in November 2017. doctors agree and a judge authorizes