Lacey Ellen Fletcher: A Family's Plea for Answers

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Sheila and Clay Fletcher , of East Feliciana, were arrested in January 2022 after their 36-year-old daughter, Lacey Fletcher , was discovered dead in a fetid crater in the. A Louisiana mother and father who neglected their disabled adult daughter to the point that she “melted” into the family ’ s couch were sentenced to spend the next 20 years. Her parents, Sheila and Clay Fletcher , from East Feliciana, Louisiana, were accused of neglecting their daughter, who suffered from locked-in-syndrome and was reportedly. Clay and Sheila Fletcher both sobbed over the death of their daughter, Lacey Ellen Fletcher , 36, when they appeared Wednesday before state District Judge Kathy Jones. Lacey , who had disappeared from public view at the age of 16, had reportedly not moved from the spot on the couch for 12 years, according to prosecutors. CLINTON — Clay and Sheila Fletcher , whose daughter Lacey tragically passed away under horrifying conditions while living on their couch, testified in an East Feliciana. On Wednesday, a mother and father from Louisiana were sentenced to 20 years in prison for abandoning their crippled adult daughter to the point where she “melted” into. A couple pleaded no contest after their disabled daughter, Lacey Fletcher , melted into a couch after being grievously neglected under thier care. Sheila and Clay Fletcher. The small town of Slaughter, Louisiana, has been thrust into the national spotlight following the harrowing case of Lacey Ellen Fletcher , a 36-year-old autistic woman. Sheila and Clay Fletcher have received a 40-year sentence after pleading pleading no contest to manslaughter charges for the death of their 36-year-old daughter Lacey.