Beware the Slenderman Page #8

you can take two girls

who are not

troublemakers prior...

And they did not try

to hide what they did.

They did not lie

about what they did.

They were very truthful for it.

And it's like they're being

punished extra because of it.

Well, let's hope the judge

is gonna have some good news.

Some very good news.

The two young girls accused

of stabbing their classmate

are back in court.

WISN 12 news' Hillary Mintz

is live in Waukesha County

with the very latest.

Hillary.

Well, Melinda,

for pretty much the past year

since the stabbing happened,

a judge here

at the county courthouse

has been trying to figure out

"Should Morgan Geyser

and Anissa Weier be tried

as adults or juveniles?"

That decision is expected

to come today,

and the stakes in that

decision are extremely high.

The victim,

13-year-old Payton Leutner,

has physically recovered,

but they say

she is still dealing

with the emotional damage.

The court's prepared

to proceed with the ruling.

The court easily finds

that this is a violent,

premeditated, personal offense.

There was

a conscious decision made

at the time of the offense

to let the victim die.

They told P.L. that they

would leave to get her help.

They did leave...

and they left, walking

to the Nicolet National Forest

to locate the Slenderman Mansion

and then meet up

with Slenderman.

This is charged

as an attempted murder,

but you have to keep in

mind for both defendants

that this was in fact... this

was an effort to kill someone,

not a mistake

by hitting them too hard,

not a mistake by

pushing them too hard.

The issue of brain development

is important

for the court to consider.

They were young

when the offense occurred,

but they get older

every day, frankly.

They're a year older today.

But what happens at age 18?

And in this court's view,

that's a critical factor

for the court to evaluate.

There would be

no oversight, no control,

no ways to ensure public safety.

They've committed

an offense that is serious.

It's... it's, frankly, vicious.

There has to be assurance that

that doesn't happen again,

that a serious offense

is dealt with on a serious basis

that offers protections

to everyone.

On that basis then,

I'll order that the defendants,

Ms. Geyser and Ms. Weier,

be retained

in the adult jurisdiction.

As so ordered.

There were tears and some

surprise here in court

as a judge denied a motion

by lawyers for both girls

to have their cases handled

in juvenile court.

Anissa Weier's lawyer

went on to say

they'll be discussing

the possibility of an appeal.

The victim's father here said

they wouldn't be commenting,

though the family

did appear to be upbeat

following this decision.

I'm sure that they would

have been found eventually.

I think they never would have

made it to the state forest.

From Waukesha

to the Nicolet State Forest

is a good four-

to five-hour drive.

And they thought

they were going to walk that?

They had no idea of what it would

take to walk that distance.

The judge ordered that Anissa have

no contact with the Internet.

The judge also ordered

that, you know,

she have no contact

with the co-defendant.

Morgan has no access

to the outdoors.

Not even a window to look out.

Morgan says that

this doesn't bother her,

because she doesn't want

to go outside anymore.

One of the things that Anissa

and her had talked about was,

no matter what happened...

they would always be together.

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