Michael Sear / Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool
A teenage girl has been sentenced to 40 years in a mental hospital for her role in a stabbing that was prompted by a fictional character known as "Slender Man."
A Wisconsin judge sentenced Morgan Geyser, 15, on Thursday to the maximum commitment in the case that began in 2014 when she and a friend, Anissa Weier, stabbed another girl, Peyton Leutner, 19 times. Leutner survived and crawled out of the woods, where she was found by a bicyclist.
Geyser and Weier, 16, later said they carried out the attack in an attempt to appease Slender Man, a fictional online boogeyman that is often photoshopped into old pictures. The character is typically described as tall and faceless, prompted abundant fan fiction, and in stories is sometimes associated with disappearing children or people going crazy.
In December, Weier was sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital.
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