Morgan Geyser, who was charged with attempted homicide at age 12 after saying she stabbed a friend to appease the fictional Slender Man, was taken into custody in Illinois a day after escaping a group home, according to police in Wisconsin.
Geyser, now 23, went missing from her group home Nov. 22 after she cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet. She had last been seen in Madison around 8 p.m. with an adult acquaintance, according to the Madison Police Department.
It remains unclear why 12 hours passed between when she was last seen and when police and the public were notified.
She was taken into custody in Illinois around 10:34 p.m. Nov. 23, police said.
She had been granted conditional release earlier this year after a judge he saw no risk to the public or to her.
