The friend of a Wisconsin woman who stabbed a classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man has been charged with obstruction after the pair were captured in Illinois, following Morgan Geyser's escape from a group home in Wisconsin .

Geyser was expected to appear for an extradition hearing in Cook County on Monday after her arrest in Posen, Illinois. Geyser's friend, a 42-year-old who declined to give their name, was released from custody after she was charged with obstructing identity for initially giving police a false identity.

She said she and Geyser were arrested Sunday night at a truck stop in Posen, after someone called the police on them for loitering. She said she and Geyser are best friends, and she didn't want Geyser to be alone after she left a group

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