Kid Killers

Just about everyone has heard about the Slender Man case. In 2014, two 12-year old girls lured a classmate into a secluded wooded area near their Wisconsin homes, where they stabbed her 19 times and left her for dead. The attempted murder was clearly premeditated and, as the case unfolded, appeared to be triggered by a shared delusion that sacrificing their classmate was necessary to please Slender Man, a fictional supernatural character and internet legend who reportedly abducted and murdered children. Killing a classmate, these two girls came to believe, would serve two purposes; it would protect their families from Slender Man…