Morgan Geyser, the Wisconsin woman who in 2014 stabbed a then-sixth-grade classmate to appease the Slender Man character from a horror meme, is on the run just months after being released to a group home.
The Madison Police Department wrote on Facebook that she cut off her court-ordered monitoring bracelet and fled the facility on Saturday night.
Police were notified on Sunday morning.
The agency also released an image of Geyser taken via a security camera within the past month.
“If you see her, please call 911,” the department wrote, adding that she was last seen with an adult acquaintance.
Geyser’s attorney, Tony Cotton, posted a video on Instagram on Sunday urging her to turn herself in “immediately.” Cotton also warned that anyone assisting her would face prosecution.
A spokesperson for the victim, Payton Leutner, told WMTV in Madison that they’re aware of the situation.
“Payton and her family are safe and are working closely with local law enforcement to ensure their continued safety,” Steve Lyons told the station.
Geyser and Anissa Weier lured Leutner into the woods in 2014, when all three were 12 years old. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier encouraged her, and they left her for dead. Leutner crawled out of the woods and was rescued by a bicyclist.
Geyser and Weier told police they did so to curry favor with the Slender Man, which was a popular online urban legend, in a case that attracted global attention.
Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide, while Weier pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree intentional homicide.
Both were later determined to be not guilty due to mental illness and placed in psychiatric care. Weier was released to her father in 2019 with conditions including 24/7 GPS tracking and continued psychiatric care, according to People.
Geyser was released to a group home earlier this year after several previous attempts were rejected by a judge.
Leutner told “20/20” in 2019 that she’s not afraid of Geyser and Weier, but still sleeps with scissors under a pillow “just in case.”
“It just makes me feel safer,” she said.
CORRECTION: The stabbing of Payton Leutner took place in 2014.