Geyser was found with a man at the truck stop just outside of Chicago - and about 170 miles south of Madison - after police received reports of a man and woman loitering. CBS News, the BBC's US partner, reported the 42-year-old companion was charged with trespassing and obstructing identification and later released. The so-called "Slender Man stabbing" shocked Wisconsin and garnered national attention. Geyser and her friend Anissa Weier, also 12 at the time of the attack, lured a classmate to a park after a sleepover and Geyser stabbed the classmate repeatedly while Weier encouraged her to continue. Weier was charged with attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years in a psychiatric hospital but released in 2021.

Source: The Times November 25, 2025 09:59 UTC