Slender Man Suspect Won't Be Moved For Psychiatric Treatment

Judge also denied a motion to reduce her $500,000 bail

A judge has denied a request to move a 12-year-old girl to a psychiatric center after she was accused of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man.

The judge also denied a motion to reduce her $500,000 bail to a signature bond. Her attorney, Anthony Cotton, says the defendant needs treatment for schizophrenia.

The judge was concerned about her being a flight risk, but Cotton says she has no friends and no car and couldn't get far.

The 12-year-old girl and her 13-year-old friend, both of Waukesha, are charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the stabbing of Payton Leutner. She survived 19 stab wounds.

The girls are not being named here in case they end up in juvenile court, where proceedings are closed to the public.

 

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