The Slender Man stabbing victim is back at school, doing well and enjoying life despite her horrific ordeal barely one year ago. Speaking to Daily Mail Online family spokesman, Steve Lyons, has shared details of Payton Leutner’s remarkable recovery and revealed how her parents have sat through every minute of the preliminary court hearing currently under way to determine whether or not their daughter’s assailants will face trial as adults. He said: ‘Payton’s mother and father have been attending court. They’re doing so because they felt they need to to move forward. ‘As difficult as it is to hear these horrific acts, they’ve worked so closely with the District Attorney that there’s very little they weren’t aware of. To hear it and see it at the proceedings is horrific but it’s helping them with the healing process.’
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Payton Leutner came close to death when she was stabbed 19 times by her two 12-year-old friends who had invited her to a sleepover
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Her family tell Daily Mail Online her physical recovery has been remarkable and she celebrated her 13th birthday with friends
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Payton's parents have been in court for preliminary hearing which will decide whether her attackers will be tried as adults
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'They are amazing mid-Western parents with mid-Western values,' spokesman says of family, who live in Waukesha, Wisconsin
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Court due to decide next month of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, now 13 should be tried as adults for attempted murder
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Their lawyers claim they believed they had been told to kill by 'Slender Man' which grew out of an internet meme and want them tried as juveniles
June court appearance: @placeholder was led into a Wisconsin court room in shackles in June where she was arraigned for the attempted murder of her friend