Police found a Wisconsin woman in Illinois Sunday, a day after she allegedly cut off her ankle monitor and fled her group home.
According to WMTV, Waukesha County District Attorney Lesli Boese said she would support a motion to revoke Morgan Geyser’s conditional release.
Boese said the Dane County District Attorney’s Office will decide whether to file a motion against Geyser, 23, for removing her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and leaving her group home in Madison.
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. Boese said the motion, if filed, would lead to Geyser being placed back in an institution or a hospital, rather than a group home.
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections reportedly contacted the group home two hours after Geyser’s ankle monitor malfunctioned on Saturday. It was then that officials learned from the group home that Geyser had vanished.
However, Madison police stated that they did not become aware of Geyser’s disappearance until Sunday morning, when someone from the group home contacted them.
Geyser, 23, vanished with an adult acquaintance in Madison, Wisconsin. According to CBS, Geyser and a 42-year-old man were later found sleeping on the sidewalk after Posen, Illinois, 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.
According to reports, the man Geyser was found with whas been charged with criminal trespassing and obstructing identification, as he also lied about his identity. He has since been released from custody.
Madison police Chief John Patterson explained on Monday that they do not get a Department of Corrections apprehension request immediately due to how common they are.
Patterson said that officers handling these cases review a timeline and communication between the agencies, according to WMTV.
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.
Regarding the possible motion, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne told the news outlet that they have not received a referral. However, Ozanne said Madison police are investigating.
Geyser, who remains in custody, will be transferred to Cook County jail for an extradition hearing.
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