Doctor to evaluate girl, 12, in ‘Slenderman’ stabbing case

Associated Press

WAUKESHA, Wis.

A 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a friend in a quest to please a spooky fictional character will have a mental evaluation, and an attorney for a second girl also charged in the crime said Wednesday that he could raise the issue of competency later.

The girls appeared in court for a minutes-long hearing that typically would attract little attention but in this case drew dozens of journalists and others to Waukesha, a community west of Milwaukee. The girls’ families sat silently as a court commissioner agreed to appoint a doctor for one and scheduled their next court dates for July 2. One girl’s father cried.

According to court documents, the girls plotted for months to kill their friend to curry favor with Slender Man, a character in horror stories they read online. They told investigators they believed Slender Man had a mansion in a Wisconsin forest and they planned to go live with him after the slaying.

One of the girls hosted the other two at a May 30 slumber party to celebrate her birthday. The next morning, the two girls attacked the victim in a wooded Waukesha park.