The lawyer for Morgan Geyser is asking a judge to transfer her from Waukesha County Jail back to a state mental hospital.
Attorney Tony Cotton wrote that, since Geyser faces no new criminal charges in Waukesha County and was previously found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, she should be housed in a mental health facility rather than a correctional institution.
Geyser has been in jail since last week after being brought back from Illinois, following her escape from a Madison group home.
She spent nearly a decade in a Winnebago mental hospital after being found not guilty of attempted murder due to mental illness. Geyser and another girl, both 12 at the time, nearly killed a third girl in the attack. Geyser initially pleaded guilty, but that plea was later set aside. She was ultimately sentenced to 40 years in the mental hospital.
A judge ruled in March that Geyser’s mental health had improved enough to allow her release. After months of preparation, she was placed in a group home in Madison.
Authorities say Geyser cut off her court-ordered GPS ankle monitor and fled from the home. She was reported missing the following day and captured two days later.
It remains unclear whether Geyser will face new charges in Madison. Police say her escape originated there. Officials have also not disclosed whether the man accused of assisting her escape will face charges in Dane County. Prosecutors have not commented on the situation.
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