Geyser later described Leutner to police as my only friend for a long time. And Leutner remembered Geyser as her best friend, telling 20/20: She was funny She had a lot of jokes to tell She was great at drawing and her imagination always kept things fun.. The next day the girls set out into the chilly late-morning toward Big Bend Road, where, with Anissas assistance, Morgan repeatedly stabbed Bella with a small kitchen knife. Angie Geyser said she wasnt surprised by the diagnosis because Morgans father has schizophrenia. They remain in custody after a judge last year denied their motions for bail reductions. Not only were there police in my living room, but they were wearing riot gear.. People who trust you become very gullible, and it was sort of sad., When police asked what happened next, Geyser responded: I already told you Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab. She added: It was weird. His likes include Wisconsin sports teams and movies like Beetlejuice, Machete Kills, The Equalizer, and A Monster Calls. Weier, along with her friend Morgan Geyser, who also 12 at the time, believed Slender Man was real and lived in a mansion in Northern Wisconsin. Waukesha Police DepartmentMorgan Geyser was just 12 when she tried to orchestrate the murder of her friend. However, Geysers sentencing went a bit differently. A Waukesha County jury will decide whether Anissa Weier was mentally competent when she and Morgan Geyser stabbed a classmate, Payton Leutner, 19 times on Memorial Day 2014. Thank you. They asked me, Where's Morgan? I said, She's at the park with her friends, she said. I think on some level, Ill always feel responsible for not knowing that my daughter wasnt well. I told [Geyser] that it scared me and that I didnt like it, Leutner told 20/20. Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser have been charged with the attempted murder of Payton Leutner, who was purportedly their friend at the time of the attack, and are expected to be tried as adults this year in a Wisconsin court. Anthony Cotton, Morgans attorney, said it was clear to him the moment he met Morgan that she was struggling with mental illness. Both Geyser and co-defendant Anissa Weier are being held in mental health institutions, where they received 40 and 25 year terms, respectively. In the beginning, they would make fun of her or bully her to a point of, You're a psycho. Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross leave the loud and noisy streets of New York to visit Camp Kikiwaka, which is the same camp where their parents met. The interview with Anissas parents comes in advance of a forthcoming HBO documentary, Beware the Slenderman, which will air for the first time next Monday. Everyone is so focused on we have to pay, someone has to pay for what happened,' Angie says quietly And Im not trying to diminish what happened to her friend, or the horror. But, as she waits for a judge to make a decision early next month, she maintains that her daughter was not capable of waiving her rights back in 2014. I trusted you. Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser were charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide after they attacked Payton Leutner. In 2014, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser were two sixth graders in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Are they still out?'. Weier sorted of put the knife in my hand and then I continued to stab her. She said she wasnt sure how many times she stabbed Payton and indicated she heard screaming. Angie Geyser said it has been painful to see her daughter behind glass and not being able to touch her. A forensic psychologist also testified for the defense during a 2015 hearing that Geyser's father had been hospitalized several times as a teenager because of mental illness, according to that newspaper. Just knowing how long she was sick and suffering inside her own head before we had any idea makes me sad, Angie Geyser said. If I had had any idea that she believed Slender Man was real, we would have done something about it. Are they there? At this time, the detective spoke to Weier. She did not understand her legal rights, including what an attorney could do for her. Save yourself. She wasnt sad about it.. Weier went to Geyser and told Geyser that Payton was not laying down. I love and cherish you all and wouldnt do you harm.. Before the medication, Morgan had not been aware of her surroundings. Detective Tom Casey told ABC: There was a lot of deception in Morgans interview. And Detective Michelle Trussoni seconded him, noting that there was a clear sense of who the ringleader who was driving this was between the two girls. Payton Leutner is doing well. and had no reaction whatsoever to the mother dying, so it was just kind of the opposite reaction that we'd been expecting.". Parents: Not Available: Husband: Not Available: Sibling: Not . They were all 12 when Anissa and Morgan allegedly stabbed their. The last thing she said to me was, I trusted you,' Morgan Geyser told police. Born on May 16, 2002, Morgan Geyser showed a lack of empathy from a young age. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier urged her on, according . Angie Geyser said she wasn't surprised by the diagnosis because Morgan's father has schizophrenia. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Most kids understand this is a scary story, but Morgan, who was later diagnosed with early-onset schizophrenia, wasnt able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality. Listening to her daughters interrogation, she was shocked to hear Anissa speak about Slender Man and that Anissa believed in such things. Morgan Geyser is brought into court by a sheriff's deputy on Aug. 21, 2015 during the arraignment of the Slenderman stabbing trial in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Angie Geyser and Kristi Weier told ABC News they saw no warning signs of violence before their daughters stabbed a classmate. She signed away her Miranda rights by printing her first name, her mother, Angie Geyser, tells Rolling Stone. Instead, Geyser and Weier left Payton Leutner bleeding alone in the woods. On a spring day in 2014, 12-year-old Morgan Geyser led her two friends, Anissa Weier and Payton Leutner, into the woods of Waukesha, Wisconsin. She knew about her daughters fascination with Slender Man but didnt think anything of it. Weier stated once Geyser got the knife back Geyser told Weier, Im not going to until you tell me to., Weiser stated she started walking away from Geyser and told Geyser go ballistic, go crazy. Geyser said she would go ballistic and Weier said now. Watch Slender Man Stabbing: The Untold Story Saturday, Jan. 26 at 8ET/7PT on REELZ. Slenderman who was created as an online contest was a mysterious figure who lived in the woods. Morgan Geyser's father was hospitalized as teen Matthew Geyser is seen June 11, 2014, leaving the Waukesha County Courthouse after a brief appearance by his daughter, Morgan Geyser, shown. On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their friend Payton Leutner into a forest and stabbed her 19 times in an attempt to appease the fictional character Slender Man. I couldnt believe what I was hearing, Morgans mom said. Shed be looking around the room. The victim, Payton Leutner, is speaking out for the first time ever about the stabbing attack to ABCs 20/20 on Friday, October 25, 2019. I dont think much of them. Despite their young ages, both Morgan E. Geyer and Anissa E. Weier were charged in 2014 in an adult criminal complaint. "It was really kind of surreal from the time I got the phone call," Bill Weier, Anissa's father, told Good Morning America today of his reaction to news of his daughter's alleged connection to the incident in the woods of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, suburb. I appreciate the thought, though. Geyser had the knife most of the time and indicated when they left her mothers house, she had the knife in the pocket. So, on May 30, 2014, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier decided to put their plan into action. Anissa Weier, accused of being involved in the stabbing of another girl related to the "Slenderman" online story, is led into the courtroom on Dec. 22, 2016, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Of course, Slender Man had never actually visited Geyser; the interactions were a hallucination and a byproduct of her mental illness, the court brief continued. That morning, Angie Geyser said the girls had asked if they could go to the park. They backed away and walked to Walmart, leaving her there. On May 31, 2014, Weier and her friend, Morgan Geyser, lured their classmate into the woods and stabbed her 19 times, claiming that they attacked her in order to please Slender Man, a mythical. Doesn't seem too unreasonable given she was obviously a delusional kid at the time. All three girls were 12 at the time. Kristi Weier said because all of her interactions with her daughter were recorded, she and Anissa never talked about what happened on the day of the stabbing. Toosii Brings Roses and Your 'Favorite Song' to Tonight Show, Justin Bieber Shares Heartfelt Message to Frank Ocean After Coachella Set, Below Deck Sailing Yachts Daisy Kelliher Is the Best Chief Stew. According to Courthouse News and Wisconsin appellate court records, Geysers attorneys filed a 46-page brief on her behalf with Wisconsin state appellate courts in 2019. It's just her and I divided by glass talking, and she's able to open up to me and tell me what's troubling her, what's on her mind, Kristi Weier said. Who are Geyser's parents? Weier told police that many people do not believe Slenderman is real and she stated she wanted to prove the skeptics wrong. She indicated she had been reading the website since October of the year before and that Morgan Geyser introduced her to it. #SlenderMan #TrueCrime #REELZ For more go to reelz.com/slender-man-stabbing-untold-story/ Go to reelz.com/ to find REELZ in your area. In an effort to appease Slender Man, they believed . Weier and her friend, Morgan Geyser, lured their classmate, Payton Leutner, into a Waukesha park in May 2014 following a sleepover. During that surgery, injuries were located to Paytons liver, pancreas and stomach, all of which had been stabbed. Brought to the police station, both girls swiftly confessed their crime. We're still here for you. Geyser believed that if she did not do what Slender Man wanted- namely to kill to become his proxy- he would, in turn, kill her or her family., The brief continued: the tactics police used with Geyser may have passed muster with a fully-functional adult, but Geyser was far from that. Geyser stabbed Leutner multiple times in a Waukesha . Weiser told Payton they were going to get her help but Weier indicated they never planned on getting help for Payton. She said she put the knife back into her bag and wiped it off on her jacket and told the detective, it was weird that I didnt feel remorse., Asked why they did this, Geyser stated that Weier said they had to or he would kill our family. At the time, Kristi Weier still had no idea that the victim had been stabbed 19 times. She was going to try and do it when Payton was sleeping so they didnt have to look into her eyes. He has tendrolls on him and they are sharp. We will know what to look for in the future, she said. They wrote that the lower courts ruling that Morgan Geyser, a 12 year old child suffering from hallucinations at the time she spoke to police, voluntarily, intelligently, and knowingly waived her Miranda rights failed to appropriately account for her young age. Police found Weier and Geyser later that day walking on Interstate 94 in Waukesha. The Leutner FamilyPayton Leutner and Morgan Geyser became friends in the fourth grade. When they told us what had happened and that she had done it because she believes Slender Man is real that's where my mind went, is that she must be sick, Angie Geyser said. The bad part of me wanted her to die, the good part of me wanted her to live.. In 2018, Angie Geyser spoke to 20/20. The appeals court history is here. At the park bathroom, Weier tried to knock Leutners head against the concrete wall in an attempt to knock her out. Morgan's parents divorced when she was a child, and she lived with her mother, Angie, and her younger brother. Sept. 11, 2021. She told Payton to lay down and be quiet indicating she would loose blood slower. Geyser stabbed Leutner multiple times as Weier urged her on. She seemed to be responding to things that werent in the room, Cotton told 20/20. It was odd.. Geyser found them both. This would show your dedication to Slenderman.. Then she said that I hate you, and then we lied to her. She was able to perceive what she had done to her friend and understand the fact that she now faced decades in prison. That requires them to understand Im here, talking to the police, this could affect the rest of my life. 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