Crime & Safety
Friend Of Wisconsin 'Slender Man' Stabber Morgan Geyser Arrested For Obstruction After Pair Captured In Illinois
Posen police confirmed the pair was arrested Sunday night at a Thorntons truck stop at 14840 Western Ave.
Updated on: November 24, 2025 / 8:36 AM CST
The friend of a Wisconsin woman who stabbed a classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man has been charged with obstruction after the pair were captured in Illinois, following Morgan Geyser's escape from a group home in Wisconsin.
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Geyser was expected to appear for an extradition hearing in Cook County on Monday after her arrest in Posen, Illinois. Geyser's friend, a 42-year-old who declined to give their name to CBS News Chicago, was released from custody after she was charged with obstructing identity for initially giving police a false identity.
Posen police confirmed the pair were arrested Sunday night at a Thorntons truck stop at 14840 Western Av., after officers responded to a report of two people loitering behind the building, and found Geyser and her friend sleeping on the sidewalk.
