One of the two teens in the “Slender Man” attack three years ago in Wisconsin took a plea deal Friday to avoid prison time, according to reports.
Morgan Geyser was deemed too mentally ill to be found guilty of repeatedly stabbing her classmate in May 2014..
The 15-year-old suspect will spend at three years in a mental health facility. Doctors will evaluate her condition, and recommend how much time she has to spend in the facility, according to the news channel.
It puts an end to a case that’s dragged on for more than three years, grabbing national attention.
She was set to go to trial for first-degree intentional homicide on Oct. 19.
Prosecutors said Geyser lured the classmate, Payton Leutner, into a wooded area near a park in Waukesha. She then stabbed the girl 19 times while her friend, Anissa Weier, egged her on.
A passing bicyclist later found Leutner, who survived the attack. All three girls were 12 at the time.
They told investigators they tried to kill their classmate to protect their families from “Slender Man,” a fictional demon created on the internet. Their attorneys argued they suffered from shared delusional disorder.
Weier pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder in August, but a jury earlier this month determined she wasn’t mentally well at the time of the killing.
She, too, could face a couple of years at a mental health facility.
Geyser’s trial would’ve likely included testimony from Payton, or recordings from her in the hospital, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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