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Slender Man case: Young suspects to be tried as adults | |
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Two 13-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the online horror character Slender Man will be tried in an adult court, a US judge has ruled. | |
Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier are charged with attempted first-degree intentional murder over the attack. | |
The ruling means they may face decades in jail. Their lawyers failed to get the case heard by a juvenile court. | |
If tried as juveniles, the pair only face a five-year term. | |
The victim, 12 at the time, was stabbed 19 times but survived. | |
She was found by a cyclist crawling from the woods where she was attacked with stab wounds to her arms, legs and torso, after the attack in May 2014. | |
Wisconsin Judge Michael Bohren decided the pair, now both 13, should remain in adult court after four days of hearings in May and June. | |
They told investigators they had stabbed their victim in "dedication" to Slender Man, a fictional horror website character. | |
They spoke of their desire to become the paranormal figure's "proxies" by killing to demonstrate their loyalty, police said. | They spoke of their desire to become the paranormal figure's "proxies" by killing to demonstrate their loyalty, police said. |
Following the attack, both suspects were found walking near a local highway, and a knife was found in one of their backpacks, police said. | Following the attack, both suspects were found walking near a local highway, and a knife was found in one of their backpacks, police said. |
They said the girls planned to stab the classmate during a sleepover but instead decided to commit the crime the next morning in a nearby park. | They said the girls planned to stab the classmate during a sleepover but instead decided to commit the crime the next morning in a nearby park. |
After the murder, they reportedly intended to walk to Slender Man's mansion, which they believed was situated in Wisconsin's Nicolet National Forest. | |
The victim has recovered and since returned to school. | The victim has recovered and since returned to school. |