Slender Man stabber Morgan Geyser signs extradition papers, will return to Wisconsin to await charges
COOK COUNTY, Ill. (CBS 58) -- After escaping her supervised home in Madison, Wisconsin, Morgan Geyser signed extradition papers in Cook County Criminal Court on Tuesday, which will return her to Waukesha County.
Entering the courtroom for a brief hearing just after 11 a.m., CBS 58 crews watched as Geyser showed she signed a waiver of extradition.
Morgan Geyser in court
The now 23-year-old is one of the women behind the Slender Man stabbing in Waukesha County back in 2014.
Geyser cut off her monitoring bracelet Saturday night, Nov. 22, and was found with another person in Posen, Illinois about 24 hours later.
Geyser was arrested without incident. Bodycam video captured her arrest.
Geyser reportedly refused to provide her real name, later telling officers that she did not want to reveal her name because she had "done something really bad," telling officers to "just Google" her name.
Watch the body camera footage from Geyser's arrest below:
Morgan Geyser arrested in Posen, Illinois, after escaping group home in Madison, Wisconsin.
Once back in Waukesha County, Wisconsin's Department of Health Services (DHS) will then decide whether to revoke her conditional release.
Morgan Geyser mugshot, 2025
Any charges related to the escape will be filed in Dane County, where it happened.
According to the Dane County District Attorney's Office, by midday Tuesday, it had not received any referral for charges on Geyser yet.
"We have not received a referral from the incident you referenced. The Madison Police Department is looking into the incident and will determine if there is a referral to be sent for a charging decision."
-Dane County District Attorney's Office
CBS 58 spoke with Geyser’s attorney, Tony Cotton, who talked about her escape and arrest. He said he believes it was spontaneous and "not well thought out."
"It was probably just one of these sort of impulsive decisions and impulsive nonviolent decision to just experience freedom, if you will, for a brief period of time. And obviously I say it's short-sighted because the consequences are bad for her."
Cotton fought for years to get Geyser out of a mental hospital on conditional release. He said he will hopefully work to return her to a group home.
"Even though this is a setback, it demonstrates that she's not a violent person. She didn't do anything violent and didn't have any weapons on her," Cotton said. "The doctors will have to evaluate her and reach their own conclusion about whether cutting off an ankle bracelet makes somebody violent. If they see that as a violent act, I would be surprised, or if they think that increases her risk level, I'd be surprised on that as well."
Meantime, Chad Mecca -- identified as the person Geyser was arrested with in Illinois -- reached out to CNN affiliate, WKOW, to share his side of the story. In a phone call, Mecca said Geyser had made the decision to flee with or without them.
"She already made it clear if I didn't go with her or not, she was still going and she was not going back to jail," Mecca said.
Listen to the entire phone call with Mecca below:
Years earlier, Geyser had pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the stabbing of her classmate, Payton Leutner. At the time, they were both 12 years old.
The grisly attack gripped the public’s attention and became the subject of heavy news coverage at the time, raising questions about how parents can keep tabs on everything kids consume online, and how they can be sure their children can truly separate reality from fantasy.
The crime was said to be inspired by the fictitious character Slender Man.