A few weeks ago, we watched the documentary about Slender Man who was created by the Creepy Pasta site. After the success of the scary story targeting teens, the character was linked to the stabbing of 12 year old Payton Leutner. The reason for the attack came from two young girls named Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser. They both believed that Slender Man was real and to protect their families they had to kill Payton. Payton was lured into the woods by both Anissa and Morgan. Morgan stabbed Payton 19 times while Anissa was just watching the horrific scene. Payton managed to crawl out of the woods where she was found by a cyclist. When the girls were both being interviewed by police officials, they seemed to be throwing each other under the bus but the person that seemed more suspicious was Morgan who was asking about her friend Payton. During the trial, they only looked at whether she is legally responsible for the crime or not guilty because of mental illness. The parents of the girls seemed to feel a sense of guilt because they could have done something. Morgans father seemed to feel the most guilt because he used to have similar mental problems and didn't know that Morgan could suffer from them as well. While Morgan was sent to a mental institution, although she pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness. Anissa was considered mentally ill and not serving prison time. Both girls are 15 years old this year.
I remember this study I feel that the girls should not have been sent to jail. Instead I found that they were mentally ill and they should have been sent to a rehab center.
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