One of the hardest true crime cases I've ever covered.

On January 3, 2022, a 911 call was made from Slaughter, Louisiana. The caller, Sheila Fletcher, told the dispatcher that her daughter, 36-⁠year-⁠old Lacey Fletcher, had passed away while she and her husband, 65-⁠year-⁠old Clay Fletcher, were out of town over the weekend.

Police and ambulance shortly arrived at their house and were faced with a horrific scene.

Image: The couch where she was stuck for 12 years

The coroner described the state of Lacey's body as one of the worst he had ever seen. Lacey was autistic and also suffered from Locked-in syndrome. Her body was entirely paralyzed except for her eye muscle.

She was severely neglected, emaciated, and covered in feces and urine. Her parents, Sheila and Clay, let her sit, urinate, and eventually starve on that couch for years.

Lacey was starved to the extent that she tried to eat the couch cushion. Her body was found practically melted into the couch, covered in maggots.

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