摩根·盖泽尔，两名袭击者之一2014年瘦长鬼影刺杀案一名法官周四裁定，他将从精神病院获释。
沃克夏县巡回法官迈克尔·博伦命令州卫生服务部门在60天内为她的监督释放提出一个计划。间歇泉将被送回温尼贝戈精神健康研究所，直到计划最终确定，之后，她预计将居住在一个团体之家。
据当局称，现年22岁的盖瑟12岁时和一名同学将他们的朋友引诱到威斯康星州沃克夏的树林中，并刺了她19刀，以取悦网络虚构人物瘦长鬼影，该案件继续成为全国头条新闻。
受害者佩顿·勒特纳(Payton Leutner)受到了危及生命的伤害，但最终幸存了下来。Geyser和她的共同攻击者Anissa Weier在成人法庭被指控一级故意杀人未遂。
Geyser被判有罪，但由于精神疾病或缺陷而被判无罪，并被判处在精神病院服刑40年。
维尔在对一项较轻的指控认罪后，被判精神疾病或缺陷无罪，并被判在精神病院服刑长达25年。2021年，19岁的维尔在准许监督释放.
威尔和她的家人周四拒绝对Geyser的释放发表评论。
周四在沃克夏法庭作证时，三名与Geyser密切合作的心理学家证实了她为监督释放所做的准备。
“在这一点上，我赞成或支持她的释放请求。具体来说，我不认为她目前对自己、他人或财产损失构成实质性伤害的重大风险，”心理学家布鲁克·伦德博姆就Zoom向法官作证。
根据传票作证的伦德博姆说，自2021年自杀未遂以来，盖瑟的精神健康状况有了显著改善。伦德博姆说，她可能会“非常自我批评”和“缺乏自尊”，但“谈吐得体”和“非常聪明”。
佩顿·洛伊特纳的母亲斯塔西·洛伊特纳在周四听证会前对美国广播公司新闻发表的一份声明中说:“摩根·盖泽尔已经两次撤回了她的释放请求。最近，她的请求被拒绝了。我们相信司法系统会做出决定，确保社区和我女儿的安全。”
间歇泉是最近拒绝发布2024年4月。
另一位被传唤作证的心理学家肯尼斯·罗宾斯说，盖瑟“有很大的潜力”重新融入社会。他说，她已经讨论了未来的目标，表示有兴趣成为一名图书管理员，并最终成为药物滥用障碍患者的治疗师。
罗宾斯说，在刺伤后，Geyser被诊断患有精神分裂症，但在过去的两年里，他没有表现出精神病症状，并成功地戒掉了抗精神病药物。他说，她继续表现出创伤后应激障碍、焦虑和自闭症的症状，但自2021年尝试以来，没有表现出自杀意念的证据。
心理学家黛博拉·柯林斯(Deborah Collins)作证说，Geyser对她获释后的生活没有“不切实际的目标”，她说，她理解她需要住在集体之家，并且“会接受她在就业方面能得到的一切。”
柯林斯说，作为她被监督释放的条件，Geyser知道她需要戴上脚踝监视器。
“我想，她想开始她在机构之外的生活，并认识到她将受到一大堆期望和规则的约束，以及如果她违反这些会发生什么，”柯林斯说。
Slender Man stabbing assailant to be released from mental health facility
Morgan Geyser, one of the two assailants inthe 2014 Slender Man stabbing case, will be released from a mental health facility, a judge ruled Thursday.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren ordered the state's Department of Health Services to come up with a plan for her supervised released within 60 days. Geyser will be returned to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute until the plan is finalized, after which she is expected to reside in a group home.
Geyser -- now 22 -- was 12 when she and a classmate lured their friend into the woods in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and stabbed her 19 times to please the online fictional character Slender Man, according to authorities, in a case that continues to generate national headlines.
The victim, Payton Leutner, suffered life-threatening injuries but ultimately survived. Geyser and her co-assailant, Anissa Weier, were charged in adult court with first-degree attempted intentional homicide.
Geyser was convicted of the charges but found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, and was sentenced to up to 40 years in a psychiatric institution.
Weier was found not guilty by mental disease or defect after pleading guilty to a lesser charge, and was sentenced to up to 25 years in a psychiatric institution. In 2021, at the age of 19, Weier wasgranted supervised release.
Weier and her family declined to comment Thursday on Geyser's release.
Testifying in a Waukesha courtroom on Thursday, three psychologists who've worked closely with Geyser testified to her preparedness for supervised release.
"At this point I am in favor, or in support, of her petition for release. Specifically, I don't think she currently poses a significant risk of substantial harm to herself, others or to property damage," psychologist Brooke Lundbohm testified to the judge over Zoom.
Lundbohm, who testified under subpoena, said Geyser's mental health had improved significantly since a 2021 suicide attempt. She can be "incredibly self-critical" and have "low self-esteem," but is "well-spoken" and "incredibly bright," Lundbohm said.
Stacie Leutner, the mother of Payton Leutner, said in a statement to ABC News ahead of Thursday's hearing: "Morgan Geyser has withdrawn her request to be released twice. More recently, her request was denied. We are confident that the judicial system will make a decision that will ensure the community, and my daughter remain safe."
Geyser wasmost recently denied releasein April 2024.
Kenneth Robbins, another psychologist called as a witness, said Geyser "has a lot of potential" to reintegrate back into society. She has discussed goals for the future, expressing interest in becoming a librarian, and eventually a therapist for people with substance abuse disorders, he said.
Geyser was diagnosed with schizophrenia after the stabbing, but over the last two years has not exhibited psychotic symptoms and has been successfully weaned off of antipsychotic medication, Robbins said. She continues to exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and autism, he said, but has not shown evidence of suicidal ideation since her 2021 attempt.
Psychologist Deborah Collins testified Geyser does not have "unrealistic goals" about what her life would look like if released, saying she understands she would need to live in a group home and "would take whatever she could get in terms of employment."
As a condition of her supervised release, Geyser understands she would need to wear an ankle monitor, Collins said.
"She wants to begin, I guess, her life outside of the institution, and recognized that she would be subject to a whole host of expectations and rules, and what could happen if she violated those," Collins said.
