Lily Marie Hartwell has been taken to police custody after she set her family house on fire with people inside.
Police claim the that the 14 year old Lily Marie Hartwell Slender Man Obsession led her to commit arson.
This is a senseless obsession and it was stupid of the kid to commit such a crime, police sources report.
Marie Hartwell was obsessed with the fictional horror figure Slender Man.
Police report that the girl Marie Hartwell, sent her mother a text asking whether anyone got hurt besides apologizing for the senseless crime.
In her text Lily Marie Hartwell told her mother she had no idea why she did it.
Lily Marie Hartwell obsession came from reading an online book called “Soul Eater”which is about killing people.
Lily Marie Hartwell also readabout Slender Man and wrote in her journal about two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls who were inspired by the creepy character to stab a classmate 19 times in May.
