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doxydad

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Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:16 AM Jun 2014

WI middle-schoolers say bizarre Internet meme made them stab 12-year-old friend 19 times

Morgan E. Geyser was allowed to have two friends over each year for her birthday. This year, she'd celebrate on May 30. That is the day she and Anissa E. Weier would try to kill their friend during a sleepover. On Monday, the two Waukesha girls were charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court as adults with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, each facing up to 65 years in prison. Their victim, another 12-year-old from Waukesha, was stabbed 19 times by either Geyser or Weier or both, according to a criminal complaint. All three attend Horning Middle School in Waukesha.


On Saturday, a bicyclist found the victim, lying on the sidewalk and covered in blood, with injuries to her arms, legs and torso. She had managed to crawl out of the woods, where the suspects had left her. She was rushed to a hospital, where she was in stable condition Monday evening, but fighting for her life.
A Waukesha County sheriff's deputy found Geyser and Weier hours later, walking near I-94 in Waukesha. A knife with a five-inch blade was in Weier's backpack.


Both suspects explained the stabbing to police referencing their dedication to Slender Man, the character they discovered on a website called Creepypasta Wiki, which is devoted to horror stories.

Weier told police that Slender Man is the "leader" of Creepypasta, and in the hierarchy of that world, one must kill to show dedication. Weier said that Geyser told her they should become "proxies" of Slender Man — a paranormal figure known for his ability to create tendrils from his fingers and back — and kill their friend to prove themselves worthy of him. Weier said she was surprised by Geyser's suggestion, but also excited to prove skeptics wrong and show that Slender Man really did exist.

The 12-year-old girls had been plotting the murder for months, police say.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/waukesha-police-2-12-year-old-girls-plotted-for-months-to-kill-friend-b99282655z1-261534171.html

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WI middle-schoolers say bizarre Internet meme made them stab 12-year-old friend 19 times (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP
Bright red Walkersha County. Scuba Jun 2014 #1
I know the word "insane" gets thrown around too casually Blue_Tires Jun 2014 #2
Just curious about the parents. JNelson6563 Jun 2014 #3

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
2. I know the word "insane" gets thrown around too casually
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 09:02 AM
Jun 2014

but clearly those two have completely erased the boundary between reality and fantasy/internet fiction...

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
3. Just curious about the parents.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 09:08 AM
Jun 2014

Sounds like these girls had a lot of free time but little in the way of guidance or boundries.

Julie

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