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Payton Leutner was a 12-year-old girl who survived 19 stab wounds in 2014 by her best friends Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, who were inspired by an internet legend known as the Slender Man. She is now a senior in high school and plans to attend medical college. She prefers to keep a low profile and has forgiven her attackers. On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their friend Payton Leutner into a forest and stabbed her 19 times in an attempt to appease the fictional character Slender Man. Payton Leutner, 17, said she is "grateful for all of the love and support" she received after friends tried killing her in the name of the fictional character "Sl...Show more --- Payton Leutner Now 17, Leutner has worked hard over the last five years to heal and rebuild a normal life. She told ABC News that she was ready to reclaim her story. Payton Leutner was a sixth grader who nearly died in a brutal attack by two friends who stabbed her 19 times to please Slender Man, a mythical creature. Learn about her friendship with Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, the plot of the stabbing, and her recovery after an almost unimaginable betrayal. In 2014, Weier and Morgan Geyser lured Payton Leutner, also 12, to the woods in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier watched. Leutner was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries but survived. Payton Leutner Recovered and Is Living Her Life with a Plan. According to ABC Action News in Tampa Bay, Florida, Leutner underwent extensive surgery to repair her heart, liver, stomach, and ... On a spring day in 2014, 12-year-old Morgan Geyser led her two friends, Anissa Weier and Payton Leutner, into the woods of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Then, during a game of hide-and-seek, Geyser and Weier suddenly attacked Leutner. As Weier watched, Geyser stabbed her 19 times. As the so-called “Slenderman Girls” later explained, they’d decided ... Morgan Geyser, one of two Wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate, Payton Leutner, in 2014, to impress the fictitious horror character Slender Man, appears in court in Waukesha, Wis ... Weier and Morgan Geyser lured classmate Payton Leutner to the Waukesha, Wisconsin, woods, where Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier watched. Leutner survived life-threatening injuries. All ... In 2014, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lured their best friend, Payton Leutner, into the woods in Wisconsin and attacked her. All three girls were 12 years old. Morgan stabbed Payton 19 times before taking off with Anissa through the woods to find Slender Man, the fictional meme they say ordered the murder of their friend. ABC News’ ‘20/20: The Wicked’ chronicles the terrifying story of two 12-year-olds stabbing their friend to please a fictional internet character known as Slender Man. Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser were later determined to be suffering from mental illness when they stabbed their friend, Payton Leutner, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in May 2014. Payton Leutner celebrated her 15th birthday the same day a judge set a trial date. By. Elaine Aradillas. Elaine Aradillas. Elaine Aradillas is a former senior staff writer PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE ...