Posted 9:51 pm, September 26, 2014, by AP Wire Service,
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - A 12-year-old girl who was stabbed 19 times by classmates trying to please a fictional horror character had spoken to her mother about the specter called Slender Man before the attack.
Payton Leutner was attacked in a wooded park in late May following a sleepover to celebrate her best friend's birthday. Police say that girl and another 12-year-old classmate later told investigators they spent months planning the attack intended to win favor with Slender Man.
Payton's mother, Stacie Leutner, told ABC's '20/20″ that her daughter had asked about Slender Man before the attack because she was scared by stories sent by her friend. Payton told her mother her best friend knew Slender Man was real.
Leutner says she thought it was just a child's fantasy that Payton's friend would outgrow.
Entities 0 Name: Payton Count: 3 1 Name: Payton Leutner Count: 1 2 Name: ABC Count: 1 3 Name: Wis. Count: 1 4 Name: AP Count: 1 5 Name: AP Wire Service Count: 1 6 Name: Leutner Count: 1 7 Name: Stacie Leutner Count: 1 8 Name: WAUKESHA Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1qzvUNe Title: Out of the Woods: 'Slender Man' Stabbing Timeline Description: Click on the dates in this ABC News interactive timeline to see pictures, videos and key events in the two girls' stabbing of a classmate to please Slender Man.
