US woman behind Slender Man stabbing caught after escaping from group home
by Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#71PJS)
Police had issued alert after Morgan Geyser cut off monitoring bracelet, and was reportedly located at a truck stop
The Wisconsin woman who admitted to repeatedly stabbing a sixth-grade classmate to delight the fictional online horror character Slender Man in 2014 has been caught after authorities said she cut off a monitoring bracelet and left her group home.
Morgan Geyser, 23, was found in Posen, Illinois, on Sunday evening, authorities said. Police in Madison, Wisconsin, had issued an alert for Geyser earlier in the day, saying she had last been seen with an adult acquaintance on Saturday evening.
The Associated Press contributed reporting
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