12 Year Old Murderers?

Two 12-year-old girls from Waukesha, Wis. were charged as adults Monday for the attempted first-degree intentional homicide of another 12-year-old. Police say the crime was inspired by the horror mythology of Slender Man, an urban legend that gained wings as an online meme.

The victim, also 12, was found Saturday collapsed on the sidewalk, suffering from 19 stab wounds, after she had managed to crawl out of the woods. She had been invited to one of the accused killer’s house under the guise of a birthday sleepover. According to police, however, the attackers had been planning her murder for months as a tribute to the fictional character Slender Man.

The victim was rushed to the hospital when found and was in serious but stable condition Monday.

The pre-teens discovered Slender Man on urban legend wiki Creepypasta. The character has inspired art, a YouTube mockumentary, cosplay, and an alternate reality game.

According to online mythology, Slender Man is a tall, faceless, figure who stalks, abducts, and psychologically terrorizes people—particularly children. One of the girls allegedly told police that they believed they were acting as Slender Man’s “proxies” by killing their friend to prove their loyalty. They were then planning to run to what they believed was Slender Man’s nearby mansion.

“It was weird that I didn’t feel remorse,” one of the girls reportedly told police.

According to Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel, if the girls are moved to juvenile court, the maximum penalty would be incarceration until 25 years of age.

http://time.com/2817524/slender-man-murder-charge-waukesha/.

What has this world come 12 year olds plan murders for 5 months just to honor some fictional character?

 

[kill dank]

The general public, nowadays, is completely brainwashed into a reality that doesn't exist... I know it sounds contradicting, but spend a couple days in the woods without electronics and you'll know what I mean.

This all makes perfect sense to me. It's unfortunate, but it's easy to see the cause.

 

I'm not entirely surprised. Things have changed so much but on the other side with the population of the world being so high it's likely that there are many more people running around that are more than capable of doing something like these girls did.

 

http://sourcefed.com/two-12-year-old-girls-stab-best-friend-19-times/

Strange that 12 year old kids had planned this for months

According to police officers, the two would-be murderers had been plotting the murder for months. They had their friend over for a sleepover in celebration of one of the attacker’s birthday. Both girls are being charged as adults due to the severity of the crime.

Good thing they're getting charged as adults, dont need fucked up people like this in public
Bullshit to anyone saying they're too young to realise what they did, you know stabbing someone 19 times is fucked up at the age you're able to speak.

The girls attempted to murder their friend in a bathroom in the park early Saturday morning, choosing the location for its drain. Once in the bathroom, one of the girls attempted to restrain the victim, but lost her nerve. It was then suggested they play hide and seek to distract the victim. The attackers made a second attempt while playing the game, but again lost their nerve. However, after being prodded, one of the girls finally tackled the victim and began stabbing her.

 

[Stickly]

Impressive..

 

Some seriously deranged individuals providing that article is spot on.

 

[Srsssss]

This is truly fked up, the things kids do these days is beyond me

 

Stuff like this is just a foreshadowing of what may come.

Kids attempting to kill for some character in a book...?

 

[Sanctuary]

We live in a pretty messed up world. Really sad to know there are people like this out there.

 

[Frenzy]

Just goin to keep getting worse >_<

 

[I KO I]

Lol that's like 20-30 miles away from me

 

[Desin]

Lol that's like 20-30 miles away from me

its about an hour -2 from me Appleton respresentin.
anyway i cant believe this even happened..i honestly have no real comments towards it because well..its just messed up.

 

[malakadang]

If only parents knew to teach their kids how to differentiate mysticism from reality, these actions and many more would not occur.

 

[S]

If only parents knew to teach their kids how to differentiate mysticism from reality, these actions and many more would not occur.

I think it's more so if parents knew they had to teach that to begin with.

 

Saw this, pretty chilling. But it's no surprise, the things kids have access to at an early age play a huge role in this kind of thing I think. Granted, there's gonna be psychopaths no matter what we do.

Reminds me of http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/james-bulger

 

[Laptop65]

Saw this, pretty chilling. But it's no surprise, the things kids have access to at an early age play a huge role in this kind of thing I think. Granted, there's gonna be psychopaths no matter what we do.

Reminds me of http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/james-bulger

Yeah I remember that shit (not the day it happened, but it was on the news years ago).

Thing is there was no Internet back then like there was today. So there was obviously something else influencing them both to do something like that. I don't know whatever it was, not everyone anyone really found out what the point of it was.

The Internet doesn't cause all the world's mental health problems, but I wouldn't say it does a lot to help.

 

I would say the main problem is the media and how it portrays certain stuff. They can choose what to put on TV and how they word stuff and I think that's what causes most problems today.

 

[xOneDown]

For one, due to the exceptional, outrageous nature of this story i have no comments on it.

However, it seems a bit off to me that these TWELVE year old girls were reported as saying "I felt no remorse" and that they acted as his "proxies" - i know i didn't speak that way (nor did i know anyone who spoke that way) at 12.

And strike my first comment from the record - i think there were psychological/parental issues at play here, but can we please start having the discussion about A) The poison that is Tumblr and B) Not having children using the fucking internet/social media before they're in school?

 

[Xier0]

A 12 year old being charged as an adult is ridiculous - ESPECIALLY considering the circumstances. I know that the family would want justice in this situation, but just like a lot of high profile cases (Zimmerman, Casey Anthony, etc), going in for the highest charge will not win over a jury.

 

[Naxious]

I heard this on news. This is sick and weird plainly. I agree with Bartons though. Media is playing a major role in this..