What is Slender Man stabbing?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox civilian attack | title = Slender Man stabbing | partof = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | map = {{location map | USA Wisconsin |border= none |lat_deg=42.9814 |lat_dir= N |lon_deg=88.2239 |lon_dir= W |caption= Waukesha, Wisconsin<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/waukesha-police-2-12-year-old-girls-plotted-for-months-to-kill-friend-b99282655z1-261534171.html |title= Charges detail Waukesha pre-teens' attempt to kill classmate |first= Ellen |last= Gabler |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date= June 2, 2014}}</ref>}} | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | location = [[Waukesha, Wisconsin]], [[United States]] | target = | coordinates = {{coord|42.9814|N|88.2239|W|display=inline,title}} | date = {{start date and age|2014|05|31}} | time = | timezone = | type = [[Stabbing]] | injuries = 1 | fatalities = 0 | victims = [[Payton Leutner]] | perpetrators= [[Anissa Weier]] and [[Morgan Geyser]] | weapons = [[Knife]] | numparts = <!-- or | numpart = --> | dfens = <!-- or | dfen = --> | motive = <!-- alleged --> | website = <!-- URL|example.com}} --> }} On May 31, 2014, in [[Waukesha, Wisconsin|Waukesha]], [[Wisconsin]], [[United States]], 12-year-olds Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser stabbed their friend Payton Leutner. They tried to kill her in the woods to impress the [[internet]] [[fictional character|character]] [[Slenderman]], so that way he would not kill their families and allow them to become his [[servant]]s. She survived, and was found by a cyclist. Weier was [[sentence (law)|sentenced]] to up to 25 years in a [[mental hospital]], and Geyser was sentenced to up to 40.<ref>[https://apnews.com/4a769047be4d45db8271506cb162df73 Source]</ref> == See also == * [[Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:2014 crimes]] [[Category:2014 in the United States]] [[Category:2010s crimes in the