WAUKESHA, WIS - A judge has ordered a trial in adult court for two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing their classmate to please the fantasy horror character Slender Man.
Both girls face a count of attempted first-degree attempted homicide. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren made the decision Friday after spending nearly a month weighing testimony from the girls' preliminary hearing.
The girls' attorneys had argued that the girls believed they had to kill their friend to protect their families from Slender Man, a mitigating factor that warranted a charge of second-degree attempted homicide, which would have to be prosecuted in juvenile court.
Add new comment