"Two in ‘Slender Man’ case ruled fit for trial" Associated Press December 19, 2014
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the fantasy character Slender Man are fit to stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
State experts concluded that both girls were competent, but their attorneys contested those conclusions. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren held back-to-back hearings for both girls Thursday to decide.
The decisions mean both cases will continue to preliminary hearings, where a judge will decide whether there’s enough evidence for trial.
Prosecutors have charged both girls with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the attack in May in Waukesha, a city of 71,000 about 15 miles west of Milwaukee. They say the girls plotted for months to kill classmate Payton Leutner, luring her to a wooded park after a sleepover and stabbing her 19 times. After her attackers left, Leutner crawled to a sidewalk where a bicyclist called 911.
The girls charged in the case were found walking to a forest where they said they believed Slender Man lived in a mansion. All three girls were 12 at the time of the attack.
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Has the verdict come in yet?
I'm actually at a loss for words as I slim down at the end of the month.
