Madison police say the state Department of Corrections issued an apprehension order for Slender Man suspect Morgan Geyser around midnight on Saturday night, but never told the Madison Police Department.
Police didn’t learn that Geyser had allegedly cut off her Department of Corrections’ monitoring bracelet until the next morning, when a staff member reported her missing by calling 911 at 7:46 a.m. There was also a two-hour delay in between DOC learning Geyser’s GPS bracelet had set off an alert and DOC following up and learning she cut the bracelet off. That’s according to Madison police.
That means that Geyser, 23, had the night to get away.
On November 23, at approximately 10:34 p.m., the Madison Police Department “received confirmation that Morgan Geyser was taken into custody in the state of Illinois. There is no longer a need to search for Morgan Geyser at this time,” police wrote. She was “found sleeping on the ground with a man at a Thornton’s truck stop in Posen,” Illinois.
Geyser was in the group home due to her role in the infamous Slender Man stabbing case in Waukesha County. She and another girl, then 12, were accused of stabbing another girl, also 12, 19 times as homage to the Slender Man character. The state Department of Corrections is organized under the ultimate authority of the Wisconsin governor, Tony Evers, and is run by a cabinet secretary of the governor.
Wisconsin Right Now has asked the Department of Corrections a series of questions, including why the apprehension order was not forwarded to Madison police and who specifically made that decision or mistake. WRN also asked DOC’s media office what was done to try to find Geyser during the night.
slender man photo is from wikimedia commons.
According to ABC News, Geyser “was transferred in March from the Winnebago Mental Health facility to a group home despite concerns raised by prosecutors, who alleged she had ‘violent’ communication with a man outside the facility and had read a book in the facility with ‘themes of sexual sadism and murder.'” Geyser and the other suspect, Anissa Weier, were charged as adults but their guilty pleas were vacated and they were found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and initially sent to psychiatric institutions.
Geyser “was sentenced to up to 40 years in a psychiatric institution,” ABC News reported, but Judge Michael Bohren ordered “the state’s Department of Health Services to come up with a plan for her supervised released within 60 days.” She “was diagnosed with schizophrenia after the stabbing,” ABC reported. We’ve also asked DOC to explain its role vs. DFS in monitoring Geyser.
The Morgan Geyser Timeline
Madison police wrote on November 23: “Officers are piecing together a timeline of Geyser’s whereabouts before MPD was notified she was missing. Police gave this approximate timeline, in their words:
Geyser was last seen at a group home at around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Around 9:30 p.m., the Department of Corrections received an alert that Geyser’s GPS monitoring bracelet was malfunctioning.
Around 11:30 p.m., DOC made contact with the adult group home where Geyser was living.
Around 11:35 p.m., group home staff informed DOC that Geyser was not at the home and that she had removed her GPS bracelet.
Around midnight, DOC issued an apprehension request for Geyser. This request was never relayed to the Madison Police Department.
At 7:46 a.m., someone from the group home called 911 to report Geyser as a missing person.
At 7:58 a.m., Madison police was assigned to the call and headed to Kroncke Drive. This was the first time the Madison Police Department was made aware that Geyser was missing.
“This is an approximate timeline, and information is subject to change as the investigation unfolds,” police wrote. “If you see Geyser, please call 911 immediately.”
Posen Police Statement
Morgan Geyser Disappearance Incident Details
The earlier Madison police statement read:
“Authorities are searching for a woman who cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and left a group home Saturday night. Morgan Geyser was last seen in the area of Kroncke Dr. around 8 p.m. with an adult acquaintance. Her whereabouts are unknown as of Sunday morning.
The Madison Police Department was notified of her disappearance on Sunday morning and immediately alerted the public.
An image of Geyser, captured on security video from this past month, is attached to this report.
If you see Geyser, please call 911.”
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