Wisconsin police said a woman who vanished after cutting off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and leaving a group home has been apprehended in Illinois.
Police in Posen, Illinois, confirmed Morgan Geyser’s capture to WISN, telling the outlet she was found at a Thornton truck stop with another individual. Police said the pair took a bus to Posen before their apprehension.
Geyser, 23, vanished on Saturday after being last seen with an adult acquaintance in Madison, Wisconsin. This fall, Geyser was moved to a group home to undergo treatment for a psychotic spectrum disorder, though the court sealed details about the facility’s location.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that there was a 12-hour gap between the time Geyser removed her monitoring bracelet and when police were notified. Officials have not yet explained what led to the apparent lapse.
Geyser was 12 in 2014 when she and Anissa Weier nearly stabbed a female classmate to death. After a sleepover celebrating Geyser’s 12th birthday, she and Weier lured the classmate to the woods — where they stabbed her 19 times and left her for dead.
The girls claimed they carried out the attack to appease “Slenderman,” an internet meme. They also said they believed their families would be harmed if they did not attack their classmate, who survived.
Geyser and Weier were found not guilty due to mental disease or defect. Weier was released from a mental institution in 2021. Geyser remained institutionalized despite seeking her release on four occasions.
However, in March, a judge granted Geyer’s petition for conditional release. In July, a Sun Prairie group home rescinded its offer to take in Geyser as a resident. Geyser’s attorney said it was due to negative publicity.
The victim’s family said in a statement to WISN that she is safe amid Geyser’s disappearance this weekend.
This story is developing.
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[Feature Photo: Michael Sear/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File]
