Aside from the criminal proceedings, which ran a comparably short three years, Morgan Geyser has been evaluated repeatedly for a decade, culminating in her impending conditional release.

A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday after a trio of experts testified that she has made considerable progress battling mental illness.

Morgan Geyser will be discharged from Winnebago Mental Health Institute with a supervised release after nearly seven years

The woman, Morgan Geyser, 22, was sentenced to spend 40 years in a psychiatric facility after she stabbed her friend 19 times in 2014 for a sinister internet character.

Morgan Geyser has spent nearly seven years in a mental health institute after luring a classmate to a playground and stabbing her 19 times to appease an online fictional character.

Judge Michael Bohren's decision marks a dramatic change from his decision in April 2024, when he remained unconvinced that Geyser was not a threat to herself or others.

A Waukesha County judge granted an early release Thursday to Morgan Geyser, one of the two participants in the Waukesha Slender Man stabbing in May 2014.