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The Slender Man stabber who nearly killed a classmate when she was 12-years-old is is too dangerous to be released from a mental hospital, a court has heard.
Morgan Geyser, now 21, has requested to leave Winnebago Mental Health Institute on conditional release, 10 years after she was ordered to spend 40 years there over the 2014 stabbing of Payton Leutner, who was also 12 at the time.
But on Wednesday, two psychologists said doing so would be a bad idea, with one branding the would-be killer's behavior as 'callous'.
'It's my opinion to a reasonable degree of professional certainty that she currently presents a significant risk of bodily harm to herself or others if conditionally released,' Dr. Deborah Collins said.
Another psychologist, Dr. Brooke Lundbohm told the court: 'That would be rather remarkable. That would be very callous as well,' of Geyser's claims that she'd previously faked psychosis symptoms
Geyster appeared in court Thursday handcuffed, with her head partly-shaved and a haunted-expression on her face. She wore a tweed dress and black pantyhose.
Morgan Geyser is pictured in a Milwaukee court Thursday, after two experts warned she was too dangerous to release
Psychologist Dr. Deborah Collins, pictured in glasses, told the court that Geyser was still too dangerous to release
Payton Leutner was almost killed in 2014 aged just 122, after Morgan Geyster and Anissa Weier stabbed her a Milwaukee wood - then claimed that a supernatural figure called the Slender Man had told them to do so
Geyser was ordered to spend 40 years there following the gruesome attack she and her friend Anissa Weier carried out on Payton Leutner. The pair lured Leutner to a wooded area of a Milwaukee suburb in 2014, where they stabbed her 19 times.
They then triggered a sensation after claiming a supernatural figure called the Slender Man had directed them to do so.
Collins added that is she had to estimate when she thought Geyser could be released from the hospital, it would be in six to 12 months.
'I know she's not ready now,' Collins said.
'We have issues with being able to reliably trust her own self appraisal,' Lundbohm added.
'If the person is not able to have insight into their mental health condition, the potential warning signs, the triggers that could cause decline, have insight into the kinds of treatment that may be beneficial - it raises a lot of concerns,' Lundbohm testified.
Anissa Weier, 19, was released from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in 2019 after a judge ruled that she is no longer a threat to anyone
Weier was previously granted conditional release from a mental institution in 2021.
On Thursday, Geyser was seen walking into the courtroom with a scared look on her face as she donned a green plaid dress.
Her attorney Anthony Cotton is expected to resume with a cross-examination and introduce a third medical professional, Dr. Kenneth Robbins, to speak about her requested release.
Judge Michael Bohren will then determine if he will consider Geyeser's release, which would see her move from the mental institution to her home.
If she is sent home, she will be monitored electronically and be visited regularly by state agents and mental health professionals.
Relatives of Leutner were present at the hearing but did not speak.
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