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Bethany MaGee, the victim of the horrific attack, is an avid reader who took honors classes at her high school in Indiana, a former classmate who goes by Ethan told the New York Post.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
The Wisconsin woman who stabbed a classmate nearly to death 11 years ago to please the fictional horror character Slender Man waived extradition from Illinois at a brief court appearance on Tuesday, after escaping from a group home over the weekend.
—Lauren Victory, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Newcomer Jake Connelly appears in Stranger Things season 5 as Derek Turnbow, a classmate of Holly's with a chip on his shoulder.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Nov. 2025
Morgan Geyser, who admitted to nearly killing a classmate at the behest of the fictional character Slender Man, is back in custody after escaping from a group home in Wisconsin.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
The Wisconsin woman who stabbed a classmate nearly to death 11 years ago to please the fictional horror character Slender Man waived extradition from Illinois at a brief court appearance on Tuesday, after escaping from a group home over the weekend.
—Lauren Victory, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Newcomer Jake Connelly appears in Stranger Things season 5 as Derek Turnbow, a classmate of Holly's with a chip on his shoulder.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Nov. 2025
Morgan Geyser, who admitted to nearly killing a classmate at the behest of the fictional character Slender Man, is back in custody after escaping from a group home in Wisconsin.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classmate. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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classmate
noun
class·mate
ˈklas-ˌmāt 
: a member of the same class in a school or college
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