(The Center Square) – The Slender Man stabber could be facing years behind bars once she returns to Wisconsin.
Prosecutors in both Waukesha and Dane County could fil charges after Morgan Geyser apparently cut off her court-ordered ankle bracelet and fled to Illinois over the weekend.
Waukesha County District Attorney Lesli Boese said she “fully support[s]” a move to revoke Geyser’s conditional release from the state mental hospital.
Geyser was sentenced to 40-years in the state hospital after she originally pleaded guilty to nearly stabbing a 12-year-old friend to death in 2014.
Geyser’s guilty plea was overturned when a court said she, and the other Slender Man stabber, were both mentally ill.
Boese said she couldn’t get into the specifics of Geyser’s case. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is technically in charge of Geyser’s sentence and custody.
DHS officials didn’t answer questions on Monday.
Geyser, however, could face six years in prison if prosecutors in Dane County file felony escape charges.
The group home where she lived is in Madison, and it is a class H felony to escape from custody.
Police in Madison say they are investigating, but they have not yet made any recommendations in the case.
Geyser was taken into custody in Posen, Illinois on Sunday night. The state has requested she be extradited back to Wisconsin, but no one is saying when that will happen.
It’s also not clear what charges the man who was with Geyser could face.
Investigators say it appears he helped Geyser leave the group home. Investigators say they took a Greyhound bus to Illinois, and then a local bus from Chicago to Posen.
They were arrested behind a truck stop after police said the two were trying to sleep on the sidewalk.
