Slender Man stabbing case defendant Morgan Geyser may face her new reality in court following her escape from a Madison group home, but for now her attorney says she should be returned to a mental health facility, not a jail.
Tony Cotton, who has represented Geyser since 2014 in the infamous Slender Man stabbing case in Waukesha, Wisconsin, posited that opinion to Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge K. Scott Wagner in a Dec. 1 letter.
"Given that she has no new criminal charges in Waukesha County and given that she has been previously found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on the underlying offense, it is our position that she should be housed in a mental health facility, not a correctional institution," Cotton wrote, according to a faxed copy of the letter contained in court documents.
Geyser, 23, is being held in the Waukesha County Jail awaiting a Dec. 22 hearing, when a formal revocation of her conditional release is expected to be discussed by Wisconsin Department of Health Services officials. Cotton, who confirmed Dec. 1 he will continue to represent her, did not respond to a question about what Geyser can expect at that hearing.
He also acknowledged he isn't sure what action, if any, Dane County will take on Geyser's escape. Officials earlier noted that felony criminal charges are possible because Geyser allegedly cut off her court-mandated electronic tracking device that was one condition of her group home stay.
