1 of 2 girls accused in Slender Man stabbing to be sentenced
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of two Wisconsin girls who attempted to kill a classmate to win favor with a fictional horror character named Slender Man will find out Thursday how long she will spend in a mental hospital.
Anissa Weier, 16, pleaded guilty in August to being a party to attempted second-degree intentional homicide, but she claimed she wasn't responsible for her actions because she was mentally ill. In September, a jury agreed.
She's due back in Waukesha County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon, where Judge Michael Bohren is expected to sentence her to at least three years in a psychiatric institution.
Weier and Morgan Geyser lured Payton Leutner into a wooded park in Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb, in 2014.