On Sunday, the Madison, Wisconsin, police department wrote on Facebook that Geyser was last seen at 8 p.m. Saturday night in Wisconsin with an adult acquaintance. Geyser eventually provided her real name, and she, along with the man she was with, were taken into custody, Posen police said. AdvertisementIn 2014, then 12-year-olds Geyser and Anissa Weier lured their 12-year-old friend Payton Leutner into the woods, where Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times to appease Slender Man, a popular fictional internet character. Geyser was placed in a mental institution, but in July, she was released to a group home in Wisconsin. In 2019, Leutner told “20/20” that she’s not afraid of Geyser and Weier, but that she sleeps with scissors under her pillow “just in case.”Advertisement

Source: Huffington Post November 25, 2025 05:16 UTC