article_snippet.sent: the girls told investigators the girls hoped it would please Slender Man, a fictional online ghoul the girls had read about in horror stories.
article_snippet.sent: the attorneys have never denied The two girls' attacked and stabbed Peyton Leutner, but claim The two girls' were so disturbed The two girls' truly believed the Slender Man - a popular online urban myth - would kill The two girls' own families in three seconds if The two girls' did not do his bidding.
article_snippet.sent: The alleged attackers were found walking toward the Nicolet National Forest, where The alleged attackers say The alleged attackers thought The alleged attackers would join Slender Man.
highlights_snippet.sent: Her and Anissa Weier, 13, 'stabbed Leutner 19 times to appease Slender Man', a fictional modern-day version of the Boogeyman .
  