Pre-teen ‘Slender Man’ attacker ruled mentally unfit for ‘seeing unicorns and talking to Voldemort’
Graffiti depicting Slender Man can be found throughout the USA. Wikicommons
One of two 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate has been ruled unfit to stand trial after the court heard she sees unicorns and holds conversations with Harry Potter villain Lord Voldemort.
The pair have been charged as adults after plotting to kill another girl in order to appease Slender Man, a character in horror stories they had read online.
Their victim survived being stabbed 19 times and her attackers were charged as adults given the severity of the crime.
A psychiatrist hired by the defence, Kenneth Robbins, told the Wisconsin court the girl believed that she communicated telepathically with Slender Man, as well as Harry Potter characters Voldemort and Severus Snape.
“For her, these are real characters, she sees them and they have discussions back and forth,” he said.
The girl will be treated either in a hospital or the detention centre where she is currently being held, with doctors given a year to ensure she is mentally fit to stand trial.
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