I don't like a plea deal because most likely the details will not come to light and they won't have to explain themselves. The case will quietly go away- and who knows what the sentence will be. I really wanted a trial but just knew that was not going to happen. These so called parents are beyond disgusting-
Great detective work tracking down members from LA. What gave us away…”bayou,” perhaps? Lol
Lacey Fletcher was last seen in public 15 years before her death, neighbors reveal | Daily Mail Online
That's not the one I was thinking of, but it's still useful thank youLacey Fletcher was last seen in public 15 years before her death, neighbors reveal | Daily Mail Online
Neighbors reveal Lacey Fletcher was last seen in public 15 years ago
Neighbor Robert Blades, 59, told DailyMail.com he last saw Lacey Ellen Fletcher exercising outside her Slaughter, Louisiana house 15 years ago, when she would have been 21 years old.www.dailymail.co.uk
[above snipped by me for focus][snipped]Parents of woman who was found fused to a sofa face 40 years in prison
Lacey Fletcher, 36, died on a sofa from which she hadn't moved for 12 years. Her parents Clay and Sheila Fletcher, both 66, pleaded no contest to manslaughter on Monday for her 2022 death.
‘I urged them to consider hospitalization for Lacey, and discussed with them the process for obtaining a commitment order so that Lacey could be taken from the house… even if she refused to go on her own.’ The psychologist said 2010 was the last time he had contact with the Fletchers.
**So the Dr. failed to follow through with them nor did he order a welfare check on Lacey.
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‘She slept on the couch, with her daughter every night.’
** how is that even possible?
The couch was disgusting!
It is highly unlikely that mom also slept there.
The defense attorney is right " they loved her TO DEATH"-- poor choice of words sir-- there was crusted feces in her EARS-- Of course mom did not sleep on the couch with Lacy--- I hope they get 40 years but I doubt it--- I am pleased they pled "no contest" since they have no defense whatsoever. Reading about her condition when found on that couch, is beyond anything one could imagine- maggots, feces, her scalp was red and crusted--- why go on- it is too horrible to read and then type about. THEY CARED FOR HER DAILY- seriously???? how dare he say that--Parents of woman who was found fused to a sofa face 40 years in prison
Lacey Fletcher, 36, died on a sofa from which she hadn't moved for 12 years. Her parents Clay and Sheila Fletcher, both 66, pleaded no contest to manslaughter on Monday for her 2022 death.
At the age of 14, her mother took her to clinical psychologist Donald Hoppe saying she suffered ‘severe social anxiety’, according to a letter from the medical expert to East Feliciana Parish coroner Dr Ewell Bickham and entered into court records.
Sheila shared information from another psychologist that ‘Lacey had a below average IQ and suffered from autism,’ said Dr Hoppe.
He saw her for 12 sessions between 2000 and 2002. In 2010 both Fletchers returned ‘and told me Lacey was refusing to leave the house and in fact had begun to refuse to leave the living room of the house’.
Dr Hoppe added: ‘They were bringing meals to her, and she was urinating and defecating on a towel on the floor. She had not bathed or washed her hair for an extended period of time. They wanted to know what they could do to help her.
‘I urged them to consider hospitalization for Lacey, and discussed with them the process for obtaining a commitment order so that Lacey could be taken from the house… even if she refused to go on her own.’ The psychologist said 2010 was the last time he had contact with the Fletchers.
**So the Dr. failed to follow through with them nor did he order a welfare check on Lacey.
Steven Moore said the Fletchers never intended to harm their daughter. ‘They were negligent, yes. It is clear they were negligent. They loved her to death, that is the true statement with the Fletchers. They loved their daughter to death,’ he said.
He admitted: ‘The things that happened to Lacey are horrible. But they cared for her daily. Sheila Fletcher would come home at lunch every day to care and eat lunch with her daughter every single day.
‘She slept on the couch, with her daughter every night.’
** how is that even possible?
The couch was disgusting!
It is highly unlikely that mom also slept there.
The Dr. is a mandated reporter. Mandated reporting would also apply to a disabled adult. Does anyone know if what they shared with the Dr. would have warranted a welfare check? One check and Lacey’s life could have been so different.
while I get your thought process, I just feel like that Dr. who hadn't physically seen Lacey since 2002, didn't really have any other info in 2010 except what he was getting 3rd hand from her parents. He advised them of their options (commitment) and he never heard from them again. Prior to the 2010 conversation he hadn't seen Lacey as a patient in 8 years.
Reading further- my blood is boiling now:
