06-03-2014, 03:24 PM
TWO 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS ATTEMPT TO MURDER FRIEND
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Attempted Murder Suspects: Morgan E. Geyser (left) and Anissa E. Weier
A 12-year-old girl accused of plotting to kill a friend to curry favor with a fictional character she read stories about online shows signs of mental illness and should be in a hospital, her defense attorney said Tuesday.
The girl and another 12-year-old have been charged as adults with first-degree attempted homicide in a stabbing that nearly killed another child the same age. (HOTD: there is no minimum age for minors to be kicked from juvenile court up to adult criminal court in Wisconsin -- totally depends on the crime and the judge.)
The two girls told investigators they plotted for months to kill their friend because a character called Slenderman required them to kill someone before they could become his "proxy."
Both girls are being held at a juvenile detention center. Anthony Cotton, the attorney for one girl, said a judge rejected his request Monday to have the girl transferred to a mental health facility, but he will renew that request when she returns to court next week.
"I haven't met a lot of people who think that 11-year-olds (their ages when the plot was hatched) and fifth graders should be prosecuted in the adult system," he said.
The girls told investigators they read about Slenderman on the horror website creepypasta.wikia.com.
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^ Graffitti of the fictional character Slender Man drawn on a street in Raleigh, N.C.(Photo: mdl70/Wikipedia)
According to court documents, the girls lured their friend into the woods, where one girl pushed the victim down and sat on her. The girls then traded the knife back and forth between them before one of them finally tackled the victim again and began stabbing her, according to the complaint. The victim was stabbed in the back and vital organs 19 times.
One girl told a detective she understood they were going to end a life and she regretted it."The bad part of me wanted her to die, the good part of me wanted her to live," the girl told the investigator.
The other girl told detectives they both stabbed the victim. At one point that girl said she was sorry and what she did was "probably wrong."
The girls left the victim lying in the woods. She crawled to a road where a bicyclist found her lying on the sidewalk. Police arrived and she gave them the name of one of the girls who attacked her. The victim is in critical but stable condition.
Both girls were charged Monday in Waukesha County Circuit Court; they each face up to 65 years in prison if convicted. A court commissioner set bail at $500,000 cash p
er child.
Refs:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...n/9915151/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-wiscons...ed-attack/
Attempted Murder Suspects: Morgan E. Geyser (left) and Anissa E. Weier
A 12-year-old girl accused of plotting to kill a friend to curry favor with a fictional character she read stories about online shows signs of mental illness and should be in a hospital, her defense attorney said Tuesday.
The girl and another 12-year-old have been charged as adults with first-degree attempted homicide in a stabbing that nearly killed another child the same age. (HOTD: there is no minimum age for minors to be kicked from juvenile court up to adult criminal court in Wisconsin -- totally depends on the crime and the judge.)
The two girls told investigators they plotted for months to kill their friend because a character called Slenderman required them to kill someone before they could become his "proxy."
Both girls are being held at a juvenile detention center. Anthony Cotton, the attorney for one girl, said a judge rejected his request Monday to have the girl transferred to a mental health facility, but he will renew that request when she returns to court next week.
"I haven't met a lot of people who think that 11-year-olds (their ages when the plot was hatched) and fifth graders should be prosecuted in the adult system," he said.
The girls told investigators they read about Slenderman on the horror website creepypasta.wikia.com.
^ Graffitti of the fictional character Slender Man drawn on a street in Raleigh, N.C.(Photo: mdl70/Wikipedia)
According to court documents, the girls lured their friend into the woods, where one girl pushed the victim down and sat on her. The girls then traded the knife back and forth between them before one of them finally tackled the victim again and began stabbing her, according to the complaint. The victim was stabbed in the back and vital organs 19 times.
One girl told a detective she understood they were going to end a life and she regretted it."The bad part of me wanted her to die, the good part of me wanted her to live," the girl told the investigator.
The other girl told detectives they both stabbed the victim. At one point that girl said she was sorry and what she did was "probably wrong."
The girls left the victim lying in the woods. She crawled to a road where a bicyclist found her lying on the sidewalk. Police arrived and she gave them the name of one of the girls who attacked her. The victim is in critical but stable condition.
Both girls were charged Monday in Waukesha County Circuit Court; they each face up to 65 years in prison if convicted. A court commissioner set bail at $500,000 cash p
er child.
Refs:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...n/9915151/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-wiscons...ed-attack/