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Morgan Geyser, one of the perpetrators from the infamous Slender Man stabbing in 2014, is back in custody after leading police on an interstate manhunt.

According to the Associated Press , authorities found Geyser, 23, sleeping outside a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, on Sunday, November 23, 2025. The Madison (Wisconsin) Police Department revealed that Geyser removed an electronic monitoring device and fled from a group home, prompting the search.

Geyser was granted release from a psychiatric facility in July 2025, more than a decade after conspiring with a friend to kill their sixth-grade classmate.

In May 2014, Geyser and Anissa Weier—both 12 at the time—lured their 12-year-old friend Payton Leutner into the woods following a birthday sleepover. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 t

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