Overview

• Lacey Fletcher, 36, was found dead in her parents' Louisiana home in January 2022, her body 'melted' into a couch covered in ulcers and feces.
• Clay Fletcher claimed the couch was Lacey's 'sanctuary,' attributing her confinement to severe phobias and social anxieties.
• The parents were sentenced to 40 years in prison, with 20 suspended, after pleading no contest to manslaughter, and will serve 5 years probation upon release.
• Prosecutors argued Lacey's mental state prevented her from refusing medical treatment, highlighting a decade of neglect.
• Lacey weighed 96 pounds and had tested positive for COVID-19 at the time of her death, with the cause of death ruled as 'acute medical neglect.'