Morgan Geyser has changed significantly since stabbing her friend 19 times in the woods near her childhood home at age 12, a judge said, adding he's satisfied she is no longer a threat to herself or the community.

A woman who stabbed her classmate nearly to death along with another schoolmate when all three were 12 was granted conditional release from a psychiatric hospital Thursday, after her fourth

Morgan Geyser has spent nearly seven years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She has petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, who committed her, for release four times since June 2022. She withdrew her first two petitions and Bohren denied her third request this past April, finding she still presented a threat to the public.

A judge ruled Morgan Geyser, convicted in the "Slender Man" stabbing case, can leave a state psychiatric hospital. FOX6 spoke to a defense attorney.

Morgan Geyser, now 22, was just 12 when she and another friend conspired to stab a schoolmate to appease the fictional horror character.

A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday after a trio of experts testified that she has made considerable progress battling mental illness.