

“Both suspects had a fascination with a fictitious character,” called Slender Man, the local police chief said. The victim is now reportedly in stable condition.

Somehow, she survived and was discovered by a cyclist who called 911: I trusted you,” the victim reportedly screamed before the girls left her for dead. Weier said that once Geyser got the knife back, Geyser told Weier, “I’m not going to until you tell me to.” Weier said she started walking away from Geyser and then told her, “Go ballistic, go crazy.” Geyser said she would go ballistic, and Weier said, “Now.” Geyser gave Weier the knife, but Weier said she told Geyser she was too squeamish and gave it back. She was attracting attention, so Weier got off her. But the victim began to yell and complain that she couldn’t breathe. Weier then pushed the victim and sat on her, thinking Geyser could stab her. Weier told the victim where to hide and told her to lie facedown in the dirt. Geyser was the first “seeker,” and Weier and the victim hid. Once in the forest, the girls arranged a game of hide-and-seek, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Weier stated she gave Geyser a look with wide eyes and, when asked what that meant Weier stated, ‘I thought, dear god, this was really happening.’” “As they left for the park … was walking in front of them and Geyser lifted up the left side of her white jacket and displayed the knife tucked in her waistband. The girls had been planning to sacrifice their friend, who has not been named, for months, according to the criminal complaint, as reported by the AP. The stabbing, they told police, was in the name of the Slender Man, an internet meme. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier are, so far, being charged as adults with attempted first-degree murder, punishable by up to 60 years in prison, with bail set at $500,000 each. Their 12-year-old victim, a friend from middle school, narrowly survived, an artery near her heart missed by a millimeter. On Saturday in Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year-old girls allegedly stabbed their friend 19 times in the woods after a slumber party.
