Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko nga kotiro tokorua i wero i tetahi o a rātau hoa akomanga, a, ka mahue ia ia ki te mate, e 65 tau nei e whiua ana ki te whare herehere. Kua whakatauhia e tētahi kaiwhakawa ko Anissa Weier, 13, me tōna hoa a Morgan Geyser, 12, o Waukesha, Wisconsin, ka whakawakia hei pakeke i a rātau e whakawakia ana mo to rātau whakaeke ki a Peyton Leutner, 12, i tata mate. Kua whakawakia ngā kotiro e rua mō te whakamātau i te kohurutanga tuatahi. Na, kua whakaritea e nga roia o nga kotiro he whakarongo ki te tumanako kia whakahokia mai o ratou take ki te kooti rangatahi. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Morgan Geyser (māui) rāua ko Anissa Weier (matau) ka whakawakia hei pakeke mō te wero i tētahi hoa akomanga. I werohia a Peyton Lautner (i runga) e 19 nga wa i te ngahere i te Mei 31, 2014. Ka kitea a Morgan me te toto i runga i tana koti i te wa e uiuihia ana (i runga ake nei) I tenei wa ko te riipene ataata o Anissa, 12 tau, me Morgan 12, i tukuna i te marama kua hipa, i whakaatu i te tokorua me te kohikohi i a ratau e korero ana ki nga mana. Ka whakaahuatia e Morgan te kitenga o te ahua o te moemoea i roto i ana moemoea, i te mea e kii ana a Anissa i kite ia ia i roto i te ao tuuturu i muri i te wero i a raatau hoa akomanga, a Peyton 19 nga wa i mua i te waiho i a ia i te ngahere i te Mei 31, 2014. I ora a Peyton i te wā i taea ai e ia te kōkiri ki waho, ā, i āwhina i tētahi kaieke pahikara e haere ana. I roto i tētahi ataata, i whiwhihia e WISN, e kī ana ngā kōtiro e rua i kī atu rātau ki a Peyton e hiahia ana rātau ki te haere ki te mātakitaki manu, i muri i te whakamahere i tō rātau whakaeke ki te pahi kura. 'Ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe ka tino tinihanga,' i mea a Morgan ki nga pirihimana. A he mea pouri noa iho. He nui ake te māharahara o Anissa i a ia e uiui ana, e horoi ana i ngā roimata i tētahi wā. 'Kua kī atu mātou ki a ia ka haere mātou ki te tiki āwhina,' ko tāna kōrero ki te pirihimana mō ngā wā i muri i te wero a te tokorua i a Peyton". Engari kāore i pēnei. I whakaaro mātou ki te rere, ki te tuku i a ia kia mate. Na rere ana matou.' I rere atu ngā kōtiro ki te rapu i a Slender Man, ā, ka hopukina i muri mai i a rātou e haere ana i te rori nui, ā, he maripi a Morgan i roto i tana peke. I roto i te ataata uiui, ka kitea hoki a Morgan me te toto i runga i tana koti, i whakaahuahia e ia i tetahi wa. Ka tīmata hoki ia ki te waiata ki a ia anō i tētahi wā...
Ka whakawakia a Anissa Weier me tana hoa a Morgan Geyser hei pakeke mō te wero i tētahi hoa akomanga, ā, e 65 tau te roa o te whare herehere. Ko tēnei ataata uiui a te pirihimana i tukuna tata nei e whakaatu ana i a Anissa, 12, me Morgan, 12, e whakamārama ana i te take i werohia ai e rātau tētahi hoa i ngā wā 19. Ko ngā kōtiro, nō Waukesha, Wisconsin, i whakaeke i a Peyton Lautner hei whakamarietanga i a Slender Man, e whakamahere ana i ā rātou mahi i runga i te pahi kura. I ora a Peyton i te whakaekenga, ā, i hopukina ngā kōtiro i ētahi haora i muri mai i a rātou e haere ana i te rori nui. I roto i te riipene ataata, i kii a Morgan i kite ia i a Slender Man i roto i ana moemoea, i kii a Anissa i kite ia i a ia i te wa i werohia ai a Morgan e Anissa. Ka whakawakia ngā kōtiro e rua mō te whai wāhi ki te whakamomori i te taumata tuatahi.