Stacey Lightner (Peyton's mother)

Oh my gosh, she was so, so excited.

Oh my gosh, she was so, so excited.

She had absolutely no idea.

She had absolutely no idea.

Around the side of the house, up over the deck, came a uniformed officer. The first thing that goes through my mind is something has happened to somebody that I love. And they asked me, where's Morgan?

Around the side of the house, up over the deck, came a uniformed officer. The first thing that goes through my mind is something has happened to somebody that I love. And they asked me, where's Morgan?

She was terrified. She was crying. She couldn't breathe. But she saw you there. She saw me, and she put her hand out, and I rushed over to her, and I put my arms around her, and I laid next to her, and I hugged her, and I said, you're going to be okay. It's going to be fine. but I could see that she was covered. Her arms and her legs and her abdomen, they were covered in stab wounds.

She was terrified. She was crying. She couldn't breathe. But she saw you there. She saw me, and she put her hand out, and I rushed over to her, and I put my arms around her, and I laid next to her, and I hugged her, and I said, you're going to be okay. It's going to be fine. but I could see that she was covered. Her arms and her legs and her abdomen, they were covered in stab wounds.

That I loved her and that she would be okay.

That I loved her and that she would be okay.

Morgan didn't do this, is what's going through my head. There's no way. There's no way that's what happened. Morgan is 12.

Morgan didn't do this, is what's going through my head. There's no way. There's no way that's what happened. Morgan is 12.

They had run away, and the police hadn't found them yet.

They had run away, and the police hadn't found them yet.

Oh, the mansion, yeah, the mansion in the woods. They were going to the Nicolet Forest because they believed that there was a mansion there that Slenderman lived in.

Oh, the mansion, yeah, the mansion in the woods. They were going to the Nicolet Forest because they believed that there was a mansion there that Slenderman lived in.

They would have little arguments, but every 12-year-old girl has little arguments.

They would have little arguments, but every 12-year-old girl has little arguments.

They got to the park and they told her they wanted to play hide and seek in the woods. And she told me she didn't want to go.

They got to the park and they told her they wanted to play hide and seek in the woods. And she told me she didn't want to go.