Pearl Moen. (Photo: APD) 
 
 AUSTIN - A former classmate of Pearl Moen, the 18-year old charged with attempted murder for a brutal stabbing, told KVUE that Moen was shy girl who was never angry or violent. 
 
 "She was a very sweet girl, she seemed to be introverted and shy at times but overall she was very sweet and creative," said the woman who did not want to be identified. 
 
 She told KVUE News she and Moen attended the Austin School for Performing and Visual Arts together until Fall 2013, when Moen left to be homeschooled. 
 
 Police say in November 2014, Moen stabbed a women who fell asleep outside while watching the sun come up approximately 21 times. 
 
 According to the arrest affidavit, investigators found disturbing entries in Moen's journal that read, in part, "I stabbed an innocent woman to death earlier today. It was absolutely fantastic." 
 
 As to why she did it, Moen wrote "Other than the fact that I'm a homicidal psychopath. I have a deep hatred towards people right now." 
 
 "Psychopath really isn't a term from a psychiatric point of view that we would consider to be a major mental illness that we treat and it gets kind of caught up in so much cultural and other stuff," said Seton Healthcare Psychiatrist Dr. Roger McRoberts. 
 
 While McRoberts says he can't diagnose Moen based on the information that's been made public, he said violent behavior is characteristic of people with behavioral concerns. 
 
 "What I do know about a patient with a behavioral health diagnoses as well as a substance abuse disorder is much more likely to be involved in violence then someone with just a pure mental health diagnosis," McRoberts explained. 
 
 Moen's former classmate thinks that's the case with her old friend. 
 
 "We lost touch a little bit over the past year and I heard from other friends she began to start hanging out with the wrong crowd and doing drugs, so I think maybe that's part of the reason she was led to do this," she said. 
 
 "I wish someone or myself could have helped her in any way," she added. 
 
 McRogers said if you come in contact with someone who seems depressed or suicidal, you should take them seriously and seek medical help for the person. 
 
 Moen is being held in the Travis County jail on $1 million bond. ||||| AUSTIN (KXAN) – A woman who wrote she experienced ‘a high unlike any other’ after stabbing another woman 21 times in March of 2016 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison as part of a plea deal. 
 
 Pearl Moen, who was 17-years-old at the time of the attack, hid in the bushes and attacked a woman because she wanted to know what it would feel like to kill someone, according to diary entries found in her home. 
 
 In the diary, she goes on to call herself a “homicidal psychopath with a deep hatred towards people.” The diary also had a drawing of a male and female lying in a blanket on the sidewalk which, according to police, was exactly what the victim and a male friend were doing just prior to the attack. 
 
 “I always thought she would walk around with guilt, but knowing she had this joy and this pride is very unsettling,” said the victim, a 23-year-old nurse, who spoke with KXAN after Moen was charged with Attempted Murder. 
 
 According to a release by Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore, Moen had a history of drug use and psychological issues, but no previous criminal record. 
 
 The victim addressed Moen at her sentencing, saying she was “glad the defendant stabbed her rather than a child, an elderly person or someone who could not defend themselves.” 
 
 The victim also said her background in the medical field allowed her to save her own life. 
 
 Pearl Moen’s diary entry: 
 
 “So, okay I’ll start with the exciting bit. I stabbed an innocent woman to death earlier today (well yesterday since it’s 1 a.m.)…It was absolutely fantastic. Murder gives me a high unlike any other, it feels like this crisp unreality, flashing and sparkling, adrenaline and shock. Fight or flight mode. How do I even go about describing it. The whole thing was unreal. I’m so proud of myself. I stabbed her like 20 times. Maybe more…She screamed and grabbed at me, saying ‘What the [expletive]?! Help! Leave!’ For now I should explain why. Other than the fact that I’m a homicidal psychopath. I have a deep hatred towards people right now..Yesterday I lost my other gold ring I’ve worn all my life on a chain around my neck as it was ripped off by a girl I was murdering. Fate is weird.” ||||| (Photo: APD) 
 
 A Travis County woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday in connection to the brutal stabbing of a Hyde Park woman in 2015. The victim survived the attack. 
 
 The Travis County District Attorney's Office said that Pearl Moen was 17-years-old in November of 2015 when she stabbed a woman 21 times. Moen had a history of drug use and psychological issues but no criminal record. 
 
 Moen wrote about "the thrill of the stabbing" in her journal. 
 
 According to the arrest affidavit, investigators found disturbing entries in Moen's journal that read, in part, "I stabbed an innocent woman to death earlier today. It was absolutely fantastic." 
 
 As to why she did it, Moen wrote "Other than the fact that I'm a homicidal psychopath. I have a deep hatred towards people right now." 
 
 The Travis County DA's office believe Moen attacked the victim because she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. 
 
 Moen also made several drawings of the attack, which were discovered by her mother and turned over to police. 
 
 The victim, who is a 23-year-old nurse, asked not to be named. After the plea, she told Moen that she was "glad the defendant stabbed her rather than a child, an elderly person or someone who could not defend themselves." She added that she was able to save her own live thanks to her medical training. 
 
 "The determination the victim showed from moment of the stabbing, through her recovery and prosecution is inspiring," said ADA Joe Frederick, the lead prosecutor on the case. "Her strength coupled with community involvement and good detective work is what made this prosecution possible. This office was proud to fight for justice on her behalf." 
 
 Moen was charged with attempted murder, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and agreed to a plea deal Friday for a 15-year sentence. 
 
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– "I stabbed an innocent woman to death earlier today ... It was absolutely fantastic." If that sounds to you like the diary entry of Charles Manson and not a teenage girl, you'd be very wrong. It is that of Pearl Moen, now 19, who will serve 15 years in prison after taking a plea deal Friday for stabbing a stranger 21 times on Nov. 14, 2015. Moen goes on to describe the early morning attack, at a park near her home in Austin, Texas, as "a high unlike any other—it feels like this crisp unreality, flashing and sparkling, adrenaline and shock, fight or flight mode." The victim survived, reports the Austin American-Statesman, and told police that her attacker was smiling. The victim tells KXAN that her medical background as a nurse saved her life. She'd been relaxing on a blanket with a friend and closed her eyes when the friend went into an apartment; and seconds later she was attacked. She lost a lot of blood and suffered a collapsed right lung. "I always thought she would walk around with guilt, but knowing she had this joy and this pride is very unsettling," she says. KVUE reports that Moen made several drawings depicting the attack, which her mother found and gave to police. In March of 2016, KVUE interviewed a former classmate of Moen's, who expressed shock that a shy, sweet girl who'd left school to be homeschooled had turned so violent. Moen apparently fell in with a rough crowd and had a history of drug use and psychological issues, though no criminal record. (America's smallest state capital is investigating a rare murder.)