Obituary photo of Lacey Fletcher
The parents of Lacey Fletcher, the 36-year-old who was found melted into the couch due to severe neglect in Slaughter, were sentenced to 40 years with 20 years suspended yesterday. East Feliciana District Attorney Sam D’Aquilla says he wanted Clay and Shelia Fletcher to receive the maximum of 40 years due to the horrific way their special needs daughter died.
“She had some ulcers that went all the way to the bone. Her buttocks you could actually see her bones. She was adhered to the couch,” said D’Aquilla.
Lacey was found on January 3, 2022, covered in maggots and sores in a couch rotting in her own waste.
During the trial, D’Aquilla says the Fletchers showed no remorse for the haunting death of their daughter.
“They got on the witness stand and Shelia Fletcher says ‘I don’t think I need to go to jail at all. Our child controlled us, and she didn’t want any medical attention, and we let her make her own medical decisions’ and she was a special needs child,” said D’Aquilla.
Clay and Shelia Fletcher
D’Aquilla says he’d like to bring charges against the friends and fellow church members who testified on behalf of the Fletchers because they never intervened.
“And my dang question is where were all these hypocrites during the time when Lacey was locked in her house for ten years?” D’Aquilla asked.
The coroner ruled that Lacey died from “acute medical neglect” inflicted over a period dating back to at least 2010.
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