Within his 6-foot-4, 350-pound frame, Matthew is a kind soul, she said.
She said Matthew is not a devil worshipper, as he has been described in tabloid media outlets. She went to high school with Matthew, dated him for six years and was married to him for a year before they divorced in 1999.
Matthew's ex-wife, Amy Geyser, spoke to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter after the attack last year. They have declined to comment about Morgan or answer questions about Matthew's psychiatric history. Matthew Geyser and his wife, Angie, were in the gallery for Wednesday's hearing, as they have been for nearly every court appearance by their daughter. As adults, they could be sentenced to up to 45 years in prison.Ĭollins, who has interviewed Morgan Geyser several times, including last week, said the girl continues to believe in fantasy characters and opposes medication for her condition because she fears it would lead to the loss of her "friends." Geyser reports interacting with various Harry Potter characters and a girl named Maggie, Collins said. Moving the case to juvenile court would mean the girls would spend no more than three more years in custody and would get more intense supervision and services when released back to the community. Both defendants are seeking to have their cases transferred to juvenile court. The victim, Payton Leutner, survived 19 stab wounds and was found near a park by a passing bicyclist after she'd been left for dead. Geyser and Anissa Weier, also 13, are charged as adults with attempted first-degree homicide of their sixth-grade classmate in May 2014. "If a parent has a history, there can be a higher rate of incidence among offspring."Ĭollins' comments came during her testimony about Morgan Geyser's own mental condition and how Collins believes it would be best treated as soon as possible, and within the context of the juvenile justice system, not the adult corrections system. "There is a genetic component in psychiatric disorders," Collins said. Matthew Geyser later went on disability because of his schizophrenia, said Deborah Collins, a forensic psychologist, who said she interviewed him and reviewed his medical records as part of her work for the defense. Some restrictions are likely if Bohren orders Geyser’s release.Waukesha - The early-onset schizophrenia diagnosed in Morgan Geyser, one of the 13-year-old Waukesha girls charged in the stabbing of a classmate last year, may have a genetic basis.Īt a hearing Wednesday on her attorney's request to have the case moved to juvenile court, an expert witness revealed that Geyser's father had suffered from a similar mental illness as an adolescent and was hospitalized at least four times when he was 14 or 15. Last September, Weier was granted a conditional release to live with her father and was ordered to wear a GPS monitor. Weier, 20, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree intentional homicide and was also sent to the psychiatric facility after a jury found she was suffering from a mental illness at the time of the attack. Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide in a deal with prosecutors and a judge sent her to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute after determining she had a mental illness. They said they were traveling to Slender Man’s mansion in northern Wisconsin and attacked Leutner because they thought it would make them Slender Man’s servants and prevent him from killing their families. Police found Weier and Geyser later that day walking on Interstate 94 in Waukesha. She suffered 19 stab wounds and barely survived, according to medical staff who treated her. Geyser and Weier left Leutner for dead, but she managed to crawl out of the woods in the park and was discovered by a passing bicyclist. Bohren scheduled a Thursday afternoon hearing about the request.Īccording to prosecutors, Geyser and Weier lured Payton Leutner to a Waukesha park following a sleepover in May 2014, and Geyser repeatedly stabbed Leutner while Weier urged her on. Morgan Geyser, 20, has asked Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren to order her release as he did last year for her co-defendant, Anissa Weier, who spent nearly four years at a mental health facility in Oshkosh. (AP) - The second of two Wisconsin women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a sixth-grade classmate that they claimed was to appease the horror character Slender Man is petitioning for her release.
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