1 Of 2 Teens In Slender Man Stabbing To Be Released Monday

WAUKESHA, WI — One of the teens convicted of stabbing a classmate —to please the fictional internet horror character "Slenderman" — will be released on Monday.

On Friday afternoon, a Waukesha County Judge granted Anissa Weier's conditional release. She now returns to Winnebago Mental Health until Monday, when she'll be released to live with her father. She will be under 24/7 GPS monitoring and other conditions.

In July, a Waukesha County Judge ruled in favor of a conditional release for Anissa Weier, 19. Weier was sentenced to 25 years in a mental health institution.

Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren approved her conditional release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh, according to online court records.

Weier's release wasn't immediate at the time.

Weier has spent more than three years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh after she pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree intentional homicide. A jury found her not criminally responsible due to a mental disease in the stabbing that nearly killed Payton Leutner.

Weier and Morgan Geyser lured their friend into woods at a Waukesha park in 2014 following a sleepover. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times, as Weier encouraged her, leaving the girl to die. All three girls were 12 at the time, according to the criminal complaint.

They told investigators they committed the crime to appease Slender Man.

Weier received the maximum sentence in December 2017 after more than three years of mental evaluations and failed attempts to get the case moved to juvenile court, online court records said.

After her release, she would be assigned state Department of Health Services case managers to track her progress until she's 37 years old, the length of her commitment.

Geyser is serving a maximum 40-year sentence at a mental health facility.

Writing and reporting from the Associated Press was used in this report.