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Crime Alaric hourly update Breaking crime News Now, I'm Nicole Parton.
Authorities have reported that Morgan Geyser, the woman found guilty
of fatally stabbing her sixth grade classmate in an attempt
to appease the fictional scary figure known as slender Man,
has vanished in Wisconsin at the age of twenty two.
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Geyser removed her monitoring bracelet from the Department of Corrections
and left a group home on Saturday night. According to
the Madison Police Department, she was last spotted around eight
pm local time in the presence of an adult acquaintance.
Madison Police were informed of her disappearance the following morning
on Sunday, and her current location remains unknown. Officials have
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released a recent surveillance image of Geyser. Anyone who encounters
her is urged to contact nine to one one. In January,
a judge determined that Geyser should be released from a
psychiatric facility after spending nearly seven years in the Winnebago
Mental Health Institute, subsequently transitioning to a group home at
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the age of fifteen. She was sentenced to a maximum
of forty years in a mental hospital for her involvement
in the twenty fourteen stabbing incident. Along with another girl.
She had lured their classmate to a park in suburban Milwaukee,
where Geyser inflicted the stabbing injury. All three girls were
just twelve years old at the time, and the victim
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narrowly escaped death. Here she is Geyser in her own
words when asked about the attack. I stabbed her with
the knave and what part of her body? Did you
stammer everywhere? Do you know how many times you did it?
Defense attorneys at the time argued that Geyser and her
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classmate believed they would be harmed and they had to
protect themselves from slender Man if they didn't kill the girl.
Slender Man a fictional Mond monster. In a video statement
shared on social media, Anthony Cotton, Geyser's attorney, urged her
to turn herself in. We were just informed that Morgan
has left the group home where she was staying. It's
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clearly in her best interest to come forward right away
and not pursue this path further. He stated. If anyone
has heard from Morgan, or if she happens to be
seen or sees this video, please return to authorities. Do
not continue to invade law enforcement. More crime Injustice news
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after this. Carissa Smith, the thirty year old former teacher,
has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to two
counts of sexual conduct with a student and one count
of first degree endangering the welfare of a child. The
verdict was delivered in September, and she received a ten
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year prison sentence on November nineteen. As reported by local
news outlet KRCG, Smith, who previously worked as a substitute
teacher at Dixon Middle School in Missouri, was accused of
engaging in sexual activities with underage students in exchange for cash, alcohol,
and marijuana. Her sentencing includes six years in the Missouri
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State Department of Corrections for the endangering child charges and
two years each for the counts of sexual conduct with
a student. Initially, Smith faced several serious felony charges, including
statutory rape and sex trafficking, sodomy, and more. The Pulaski
County Sheriff's Department announced on Facebook that a warrant for
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Smith's arrest was issued on November eight, twenty twenty four.
She was arrested four days later and placed in the
County Detention Center. Investigators revealed that multiple underage students reported
having sexual encounters with Smith in exchange for things like money,
cash app, and marijuana. According to a probable cause afort
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David reviewed by People dot com, Smith had sent nude
images of herself via Snapchat to one of her victims
before engaging in sexual activities. She reportedly picked up several
underage students from their homes and had sexual encounters either
at her residence while her husband was away, or in
her car. The affidavit also indicated that Smith compensated some
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of the students with cash through cash App or bought
them alcohol or marijuana. Victims reported that she attempted to
intimidate them to conceal their actions. Dixon R One School
District Superintendent Travis Boyer addressed the unsettling situation in a
letter to families, expressing the distressing nature of the events
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for the school community. Following Smith's arrest in November. As
reported by local affiliate KY three, he said the school
has the children's best interest at heart and continued to
work closely with investigators and now to South Carolina. The
North Charleston Police Department is asking for the public's help
in finding a teen who has been reported missing. Officers
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say Cole Clements, he's seventeen, was last seen during a
scheduled therapy session around six pm on Thursday. Police say
he is believed to be driving a blue Hondai Elantra
with the South Carolina license plate five seven seven C
c Z. Anyone who sees Clements or knows where he
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could be found is asked to contact Sergeant Washington at
eight four three seven four zero two eight six zero.
Authorities say they believe the boy to be in danger.
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I'm Nicole Parton.