Two young girls in Wisconsin who allegedly stabbed a classmate repeatedly to please a fictional internet character 'Slender Man' will be tried as adults and not a juvenile, it was reported.
Morgan Geyser, 12, and Anissa Weier, 13, of the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha are ordered by Wisconsin Judge to appear as adults in Slender Man stabbing of Payton Leutner, who nearly died.
Attorneys representing the two girls previously said that both defending themselves and their families from Slender Man by attacking Leutner.
However, Judge Michael Bohren rejected the self-defense claims, after the long analysis. He noted that the girls thought killing Leutner would make them Slender Man's servants, earn them the right to live in his mansion and prove to others the creature was real.
Furthermore, prosecutors said that the girls had plotted for months to kill their friend, before inviting her to a sleepover during which they lured her into a wooded park in Waukesha and allegedly stabbed her 19 times.
It was recently reported that the two will face first-degree intentional homicide charges with a dangerous weapon enhancer - which automatically places them in adult court under Wisconsin law.
"Probable cause exists that [the defendants] both attempted to kill [the victim] with a dangerous weapon," Bohren said. Each could face up to 65 years in the state prison system if convicted.
Meanwhile, in an interrogation video of the two girls released last month via Dailymail UK, the two showed calm and collected as they spoke with authorities.
Morgan describes seeing the horror character in her dreams, while Anissa claims she saw him in real life after they stabbed their classmate in the woods on May 31, 2014.
Morgan described the 'Slender Man' as a man with "tendrils that are very sharp."
"I see him in my dreams," she told police. Although Anissa did not have the same vision as Morgan, she knew she had to kill Payton for the Slender Man.
'I decided to go along, tag along, to prove the skeptics wrong,' she said. She also revealed that Morgan told her; 'I kinda sorta made a deal with Slender saying that if I didn't, if we didn't kill Peyton that he would, would either or could kill our families and everything we love.'
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