Morgan Geyser (L) and Anissa Weier (R) were 12 at the time of the crime One of two US girls convicted of a 2014 stabbing to honour the horror character Slender Man has been sentenced to 25 years ...

Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier admitted to stabbing their friend Payton Leutner in 2014 to please the fictional character Slender Man. Geyser is scheduled to appear in court Thursday as she petitions ...

The girls said they committed their crime in dedication to Slender Man, a fictional horror character, who told them to do it. The judge gave Geyser the full sentence prosecutors sought ...