On January 3, 2022, 911 reported that 66-year-old Sheila Fletcher and her husband, Clay Fletcher, had found their 36-year-old daughter Lacey Ellen Fletcher dead on their couch.
On January 3, 2022, 911 reported that 66-year-old Sheila Fletcher and her husband, Clay Fletcher, had found their 36-year-old daughter Lacey Ellen Fletcher dead on their couch. It was revealed that for at least 12 years, Lacey Fletcher had been neglected by her parents after becoming unable to leave her house due to a cognitive health decline. It was discovered that after this decline, Sheila and Clay had left their daughter on their couch to suffer in her excrement and allowed insects to eat at her body, failing to attempt to get her medical care. Sheila and Clay Fletcher were charged both sentenced to 20 years in prison Authorities later described the condition of the home as one of the most disturbing scenes they had encountered. Investigators said Lacey had effectively become fused to the couch after years of immobility. The room carried a strong odor, and layers of waste had accumulated around her body. Officials concluded that her death was n...