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I too fear a light sentence- I can just hear their defense attorney-- her parents are 66 years old now judge, they are pillars of the community; a long sentence would be a death sentence: they were good parents: they tried to do everything they could for Lacey but she was very difficult: she refused to go outside, she wouldn't eat and she would not get off the couch: they were well intentioned but they didn't know what to do- blah blah blah-- I expect maybe a 10 year sentence--- but I am not sure about that: Remember this judge let them free on bond knowing all the horror of this case.Thank you to all who are writing the cold hard truth.
I hope more and more people in their community take notice. I hope the judge truly sees this case.
I'm afraid they will receive a lenient sentence and then go on with their lives, thinking they are just fine and didn't do anything very wrong because hey, they served their lenient time.
I'm afraid they will receive a lenient sentence and then go on with their lives, thinking they are just fine and didn't do anything very wrong because hey, they served their lenient time.
I don't understand why the parents called her death in? I'm glad they did so they can face some form of justice, but did they just think no one would notice the neglect?
Appalling.
I also watched another YouTube report from NewsNation where a retired forensic pathologist talked about the so-called attempt by the father to perform cpr on Lacey as she laid sideways on the couch. Ashley B played the 911 tape and the pathologist listened to the sounds. She determined not only would it have been impossible to perform cpr in that position but also questioned the sound itself. IOW there’s a good possibility the parents were faking cpr!
Oh and the 911 dispatcher asked the mother three times how old Lacey was. She finally answered “31.” Lacey was 36.
She didn’t know how old she was?!??I also watched another YouTube report from NewsNation where a retired forensic pathologist talked about the so-called attempt by the father to perform cpr on Lacey as she laid sideways on the couch. Ashley B played the 911 tape and the pathologist listened to the sounds. She determined not only would it have been impossible to perform cpr in that position but also questioned the sound itself. IOW there’s a good possibility the parents were faking cpr!
Oh and the 911 dispatcher asked the mother three times how old Lacey was. She finally answered “31.” Lacey was 36.
Can I just send hugs to all the other many empathetic souls on this site, who are haunted by Lacey’s story and these unspeakable pictures and are determined to advocate for justice for her? This case induces nightmares and as tortured as this darling girl was in life, she has so many people who now know what happened and will always stand up for her!! This coroner is amazing. I can’t imagine the PTSD. The Fletchers’ church should be ashamed of themselves. As a Catholic I have no problem at all with ministers coming in to talk to and pray with all inmates, but a congregation coming en masse to escort *torturers* to their plea hearing is an abomination.
I don't understand why the parents called her death in? I'm glad they did so they can face some form of justice, but did they just think no one would notice the neglect?
Appalling.
We all keep coming back to that because it's one of the many things that doesn't seem to make sensePeculiar isn’t it. They did everything else secretly to Lacey so why the report. I suppose they were worried about the autopsy and wanted to get ahead of it.
No coroner was going to think that the condition of Lacey was normal. The only way to avoid that would have been to hide the body. Was that what they considered to be unforgivable?
Based on their evil actions I would expect that they would have dismembered and disposed of her somewhere. It’s odd that they didn’t go that far.
Could 30 or 31 be the last time they tried to celebrate her birthday?Oh and the 911 dispatcher asked the mother three times how old Lacey was. She finally answered “31.” Lacey was 36.
I can actually share something similar, though in no remote way as harrowing. I was abused as a child by an authority figure (thank God for healing!We all keep coming back to that because it's one of the many things that doesn't seem to make sense
I remember some have suggested here it could be they had become numbed to it and so didn't imagine how others would perceive Laceys condition
The other thing I keep thinking is maybe it's part of how they did this.
Someone speculated maybe it started as them trying to discipline her out of her anxiety and autism and because that could never work they ended up in a standoff that never ended.
Then I keep thinking maybe they feared even at a very early stage that if they did try to get help people might think they were abusive and neglectful and maybe take Lacey away and punish them. So maybe they kept trying to cope on their own and it just got worse and worse?
I don't know.
Exactly!I remember it was mentioned somewhere in the media that an outside person (neighbor?) may have seen Lacy on the couch and told the parents to call for help.
No idea if it's true, but it would explain their behavior because they couldn't have just kept ignoring her because of a possible witness.