Slender Man Attacker’s Escape Reveals Alarming Gaps in Wisconsin’s Mental Health Oversight

Almost a decade after the chilling Slender Man stabbing that shocked Wisconsin and the nation, Morgan Geyser’s recent escape from her group home casts a harsh light on the failures of our state’s mental health system. This is not merely a story about one troubled individual, but a glaring example of how bureaucratic leniency can jeopardize communities and undermine national values of security and responsibility.Why Was a Violent Offender Allowed Limited Supervision?Geyser, who nearly killed her sixth-grade classmate Payton Leutner in 2014 under the delusion of serving Slender Man—a fictional horror figure fabricated online—was conditionally released last September after spending...