A Wisconsin woman who vanished from her group home on Saturday after cutting off a Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet was arrested in Illinois on Sunday with a 42-year-old man, authorities said.
Morgan Geyser, 23, and the unidentified 42-year-old man were reportedly apprehended at a Thornton truck stop in Posen. Police in Posen, Illinois, told WLS that Geyser and the man — who is possibly her boyfriend — took a bus there.
Geyser, 23, vanished on Saturday after being last seen with an adult acquaintance in Madison, Wisconsin. For unknown reasons, there was a 12-hour gap between when Geyser vanished and when police were notified.
The Department of Corrections reportedly contacted the group home two hours after Geyser’s ankle monitor malfunctioned. It was then that officials learned from the group home that Geyser was missing.
However, Madison police said they did not learn of Geyser’s disappearance until Sunday morning, when someone from the group home called them.
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.
According to CBS, Geyser and the man were found sleeping on the sidewalk after Posen police were called about two people loitering behind a building. Geyser allegedly gave officers a false name before saying she did not want to disclose her identity because she had “done something really bad.”
At some point, Geyser reportedly suggested officers could “just Google” her.
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 “Slender Man,” 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 In July, a Sun Prairie group home rescinded its offer to take in Geyser as a resident.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.
According to reports, the man Geyser was found with was charged with criminal trespassing and obstructing identification, as he also lied about his identity. He has since been released from custody.
Geyser, who remains in custody, will be transferred to Cook County jail for an extradition hearing.
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[Feature Photo: AP Photo/Morry Gash]
