Anissa Weier, Teen convicted of stabbing her classmate nearly to death in 2014, is said to be released today from a Wisconsin psychiatric hospital, a source tells PEOPLE.
On Friday last week, a judge decided that Weier, now 19, should be set free on Monday as a sane girl after spending almost 4 years in a Mental Health Institute. However, she is to be released on a condition that requires her to live with her father.
Initially, Weier wasn’t supposed to be set free until she turned 37. Consequently, she must submit to GPS monitoring and will be receiving regular psychiatric treatment.
The Department of Corrections will also be monitoring Weier’s internet usage. And she also must not surf the web from outside her father’s house.
In March this year, Weier said she had made significant progress with her treatment and petitioned for a conditional release to re-enter society.
In a letter to the court today, 19-year-old Anissa Weier, one of the girls convicted in the 2014 #Slenderman stabbing, explains why she believes she should be granted conditional release from a mental health facility. Next hearing scheduled for June 11. @CBS58 pic.twitter.com/Ej0ZOOcNPJ
— Emily Thornton (@EmilyThorntonTV) March 10, 2021
After reading about Slender man (a mythical creature) online, Weier and her friend, on May 31, 2014, lured their classmate into the woods and stabbed her 19 times in other to please the mythical creature. All three girls were 12 years old at the time of the attack. Fortunately, the victim survived the severed injuries.
Regardless of their age, Weier and her friend, Morgan Geyser, were charged as adults with first-degree attempted homicide. The LA Times reported.
In 2017, Weier was sentenced to the maximum 25 in a mental health facility after accepting a plea deal.
