Morgan Geyser, one of the women behind the 2014 Slender Man stabbing, is currently en route to Waukesha County in the custody of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) after she was arrested Sunday night in the Chicago suburb of Posen, Illinois, for escaping her group home.
She was arrested alongside a 43-year-old man after Posen police said both were found sleeping on a sidewalk behind a truck stop.
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Geyser appeared in a Cook County court in Illinois on Tuesday, accompanied by a public defender, where she signed a waiver of extradition and learned she would not be granted bond.
Anthony Cotton, Geyser’s attorney in Wisconsin, said he is not licensed to practice in Illinois, so he was not present but expects to take over once she is returned to Wisconsin.
“I’ll still represent Morgan. I mean, she doesn’t have anybody else. I’ve been with her for 12 years and she has her family, of course, but in the legal system,” Cotton said.
DHS also filed a petition to revoke Geyser's conditional release on Tuesday, according to the Waukesha County District Attorney’s Office.
“By waiving the extradition hearing, Ms. Geyser has sped up the process of returning to Waukesha County to face the consequences of violating her conditional release,” said District Attorney Lesli Boese. “Our office remains committed to protecting the community and ensuring this case moves forward without delay. Her alleged actions this past weekend only reinforce our position that a conditional release is not appropriate at this time.”
Geyser was placed in a group home earlier this year after receiving conditional release from a Wisconsin mental health facility where she had spent more than a decade.
Earlier this week, Cotton, who had pushed for Geyser’s release to a group home, said they would fight the petition to revoke her conditional release.
Dane County law enforcement is investigating her escape, and the Dane County district attorney’s office will handle any related charges.
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