One of two Wisconsin girls who repeatedly stabbed a classmate because she believed a fictional horror character named Slender Man would attack her family if she didn't kill the girl lost an appeal Wednesday. Instead, she was charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, which put the case in adult court. After the stabbing, Leutner said she eventually got up, grabbed trees for support, and made her way to a road where a bicyclist found her and called for help. The appeals court said it didn't need to rule on whether the lower court made a mistake in allowing the comments to police. Slender Man was created online by Eric Knudson in 2009 as a mysterious specter photo-edited into everyday images of children at play.

Source: Fox News August 12, 2020 15:56 UTC