Wisconsin girl in stabbing attack in Slenderman case changes plea [View all]
Source: Reuters
One of the two Wisconsin girls accused of attacking a classmate to please a fictional character named Slenderman changed her plea to not guilty due to mental illness on Friday, according to court records.
Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser were charged with attempted first-degree homicide in the May 2014 stabbing attack in Waukesha, a suburb of Milwaukee. All three girls were 12 years old at the time of the stabbing. Weier and Geyser, who will be tried as adults, are now 14. [L1N1AD1NL]
Weier changed her plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of "mental disease or defect" in a Waukesha County Circuit Court according to online court records filed on Friday. The change of plea was entered by Maura McMahon, one of Weier's attorneys.
Judge Michale Bohren ordered that Weier be evaluated by two doctors by Oct. 6, court records showed. The next hearing for Weier and Geyser is scheduled for Oct. 13.
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U.S. | Fri Sep 9, 2016 5:05pm EDT
By Brendan O'Brien | MILWAUKEE
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