Anissa Weier, one of the two 12-year-old girls who said they attacked a friend to please the fictional character 'Slender Man,' will be released from a mental health institution on Monday. Weier is now 19.
In 2017 Anissa Weier was sentenced to up to 25 years in a mental institution for first-degree attempted intentional homicide.Anissa Weier, one of the two then 12-year-old girls who said they attacked a friend to please thewill be released from a mental health facility on Monday. Weier is now 19.
At a March court hearing, Bohren reviewed several medical reports and a letter written by Weier."I have exhausted all the resources available to me at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. If I am to become a productive member of society, I need to be a part of society," Weier wrote.Anissa Weier, listens as former teachers testify during her trial in Waukesha County Court, in Waukesha, Wis., Sept. 13, 2017.
"I am sorry and deeply regretful for the agony, pain, and fear I have caused," Weier wrote, adding,"I take full responsibility for my actions."
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