Attorney wants teenage Slender Man stabbing suspect moved to psychiatric treatment center
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The attorney for a 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man plans to ask a court to move his client from juvenile detention to a residential psychiatric treatment center.
Anthony Cotton also wants the girl's $500,000 bail reduced to a signature bond. A hearing is scheduled in Waukesha County Circuit Court Friday morning. Cotton says the defendant needs additional treatment for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
The 12-year-old girl and her 13-year-old friend, both of Waukesha, are charged as adults with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the stabbing of Payton Leutner. She survived 19 stab wounds.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Associated Press isn't naming either of the girls charged in case they end up in juvenile court, where proceedings are closed to the public.