Wisconsin seeks to block conditional release of woman involved in Slender Man stabbing after escape from group home

By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND WAUKESHA Wis AP Wisconsin personnel have appealed a state court to revoke the conditional release of Morgan Geyser the woman who in almost killed her sixth grade classmate in the name of horror villain Slender Man and escaped from a group home earlier this week Related Articles Campbell s fires executive who was recorded saying company s products are for poor people Two National Guard members shot in an attack just blocks from the White House College basketball athlete in Oklahoma dies after being injured during match Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on Mars ICE arrests mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt s nephew A Waukesha County Circuit Court judge agreed on Wednesday to seal the petition filed by the Department of Corrections late Tuesday seeking to revoke Geyser s conditional release A Waukesha County judge earlier this year approved releasing Geyser from a state mental institution to live in a group home Geyser cut off her GPS monitoring bracelet on Saturday night and fled the group home in Madison Wisconsin with a -year-old companion functionaries declared Geyser was exposed by police outside of Chicago on Sunday night about miles from Madison Geyser did not fight her extradition to Wisconsin in a Chicago court appearance Tuesday Wisconsin officials have days to pick her up Geyser s attorney Tony Cotton did not respond to an email Wednesday seeking comment on the state s request to revoke her release The judge set a motion hearing for Dec If Geyser s conditional release is revoked she could be sent back to the mental institution where she spent majority of the past eight years She also could face new charges in connection with her escape Geyser s companion has been charged with trespassing and obstruction but The Associated Press isn t naming the companion because the person hasn t been charged with aiding Geyser s escape The AP s attempts to contact that person have been unsuccessful The companion did call WKOW-TV on Monday however saying the two became friends at church and had seen each other daily for the past month Geyser decided to flee because she was afraid her group home would no longer allow them to see each other the person declared She ran because of me the friend notified the television station Geyser and her companion took a bus overnight into Illinois the friend commented Geyser and her friend Anissa Weier lured one of their classmates Payton Leutner to a Waukesha park in Geyser stabbed Leutner times narrowly missing her heart while Weier cheered her on All three girls were years old at the time Leutner barely survived Geyser and Weier later explained investigators they attacked Leutner in hopes of impressing Slender Man and becoming his servants They noted they were afraid Slender Man would hurt their families if they didn t carry out the attack Slender Man was created online by Eric Knudson in as a mysterious figure photo-edited into everyday images of children at play He grew into a popular boogeyman appearing in video games online stories and a movie Both Geyser and Weier were ultimately committed to a state mental institution Geyser for years and Weier for Wisconsin law allows people committed to state institutions to petition for release Weier earned conditional release in Geyser now won conditional release in September after four requests and was placed in the group home State strength functionaries tried to block her release in March telling the judge that Geyser didn t volunteer to her therapy crew that she had read Rent Boy a novel about murder and selling organs on the black field They also alleged that she has been communicating with a man who collects murder memorabilia and has sent him her own sketch of a decapitated body and a postcard saying she wants to be intimate with him The judge concluded that Geyser wasn t trying to hide anything and proceeded with her release which was finalized in September Bauer broadcasted from Madison Wisconsin