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Parents of Lacey Fletcher, woman found ‘melted’ to couch, plead no contest to manslaughter
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February 6, 2024
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1:12Now PlayingThe Louisiana parents whose daughter’s body was found “melted” into a maggot-ridden couch have pleaded no contest to manslaughter — with prosecutors seeking 40 years behind bars for the horrific neglect.
Sheila and Clay Fletcher, of East Feliciana, were initially arrested in January 2022 after their 36-year-old daughter, Lacey Ellen Fletcher, 36, was discovered dead in a waste-filled crater in the family’s couch covered in urine and feces.
She had sat there for 12 years, and weighed less than 100 pounds.
The parents, who faced second-degree murder charges, pleaded no contest Monday to reduced charges of manslaughter, WBRZ reported.
Prosecutors will request the maximum sentence of 40 years behind bars, East Feliciana Parish District Attorney Sam D’Aquilla said, according to the Advocate. Their sentencing hearing has been set for March 20.
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