Morgan Geyser, who as a teenager stabbed a classmate to please the fictional character Slender Man, was arrested after escaping from a Wisconsin group home. A friend says Geyser fled because she feared losing visitation rights.
Chad 'Charley' Mecca, a transgender woman detained with Geyser near Chicago, told WKOW: 'She ran because of me.' Mecca said Geyser was upset that her group home threatened to end their visits. Geyser reportedly said she would have 'drunk bleach' without Mecca's friendship.
Geyser, 23, was found with Mecca at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, on Sunday night. Police believe they were heading to Nashville, Tennessee. Geyser had removed her court-ordered tracking monitor before leaving Madison.
In 2014, Geyser and Anissa Weier, then 12, lured Payton Leutner to a park and stabbed her 19 times. Leutner survived. The girls said they acted to appease Slender Man, an internet horror figure. Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and was sent to a psychiatric institution in 2018. She was transferred to a group home in March.
Geyser waived extradition on Tuesday, and Wisconsin prosecutors seek to revoke her conditional release and return her to a psychiatric facility. Mecca faces charges related to the escape.
