Woman Melted Into The Couch For 12 Years - Tragic Case of Lacey Fletcher
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When your daughter goes from being active, and athletic every day, to refusing to get off the couch or move; you take her to the hospital. What is wrong with these parents? My only explanation is that they did something to her to make her that way.
Oh they definitely did something to her to make her that way.
yep my thoughts exactly. they did something to her and then just let her rot away until she died.
The parents are lying about everything They thought she was evil probably hated her, abused her, by shoving things into her mouth to punish her.
My daughter has "Locked In Syndrome" (completely paralyzed) from being hit by a drunk driver over a year ago. She has feeding tube, catheter, etc. She communicated by eye movement until a few months ago we were able to get her a special computer. She focuses her eye on each letter and when she's done the computer will speak for her. It has to be positioned right in front of her eyes. I pray science comes up with a better way of communicating & diagnosing patients who are "locked in". It was her devoted husband noticed she could roll her eyes upward for "Yes" & down for "No". Family does Physical Therapy daily besides the appointments. She's never complained, is very brave, keeps hope. We care for her now at home. People who are locked in need dedicated families to care for & love them.❤
Yeah, they probably kept blaming something or someone instead of taking action. I’m seeing it more and more, as if we’re all powerless, we certainly don’t want to be “Karen”.
They had several THOUSAND dollars to post bail, but couldn't provide their daughter with basic human care?? EVIL.
So disgusting
well first red flag is supporting the kkk. no one like that can be a good person
how could you walk past any living being in that state multiple times a day? Let alone your own daughter?
I hope there's a special place in 🔥🔥 for her sperm and egg donor. They're not parents in any way.
When I think I've heard the worst thing ever, like the Shanda Vander Ark case, there's aIways something worse. Idk if Hades is hot enough for someone who could do such a thing.
No one is "lazy" to the point that they refuse to get off the couch. There was something seriously wrong with her and her parents ignored it.
They hid it, because they knew it was wrong.
It's bizarre and there's no excuse good enough to justify watching another human, your own daughter, rot in front of your own eyes.
Just saw an update, the parents were sentenced to 20 and 40 years in jail, which in my opinion, is not nearly enough for the murder of this promising young woman.
Max sentencing in Louisiana is 40 years for manslaughter
They got it lessened at 20 years
the parents are old they’ll probably die in 20-40 years anyway
They should have a years!
they should have been sentenced in prison until they die bc that's what they did to there daughter.
sentenced to 20 years, with a consecutive 20-year suspended sentence. So they got 20 years in jail and then 20 years of probation
My mother lost 5 pounds when I was in the hospital fighting for my life. My father ditched work to fly half way across the world, bringing me clothes because he prayed I would wake up. My mother helped my nurses change my position and wash me so I wouldn’t get infections.
To those “parents.” You have no right to tell people who have almost or did lose their child that they are one and the same. How. Dare. You.
They got 40 years in prison and they did get 20 years before that but they decided to suspended it so they got 40 years in prison so they are definitely paying for what they did
The disrespect to try and "relate" but their actions and behavior was despicable and vile!
You are lucky to be blessed with such good parents. If only all parents could be like that, we'd have a lot fewer dysfunctional adults.
This is first degree murder. For TWELVE years they sat there and watched her die. That is premeditated! After she didn’t get off the sofa for a week, they should have called 911 or picked her up and put her in the car to take her to the ER. There is absolutely no excuse why they didn’t! Poor Lacy. I can’t even imagine what she went through. How dare they compare themselves to other people who lost their children. It’s their own damn fault she died a very long torturous death. I’m so angry!
fr. how did they not drag her to a doctor after some time! how can you just look at someone and let this happen. i feel so sorry for her, not feeling loved and cared by her parents and passing in such a cruel way…. i hope she’s happy now wherever her soul may be
THIS. And when she was literally rotted?!! Thats so fucked on a whole other level. This isn’t neglect this is murder. Those two are absolute psychopathic monsters.
I totally agree. If you were walking down the street and saw someone who needed help, you'd help. I can't understand how could walk past this girl every day for 12 years and just allow things to continue that way. There's just no way this could ever become normal in a decent person's world.
@NotVille_ wdym fakes her vids.. also I can't find any content on your page so idk what you're on about
I wonder when they took out a life insurance policy and for how much...
She died at 36 in 2022, on the couch since 2010 when she was 24, she was pulled from school at 16, what happened during those 8 years? Where was she, what did she do? That’s the freakiest part to me, it’s only been 12 years, what about the other 8??
Considering they actively cut off her social connections, I’d not be surprised if 1 or both parents abused her. Using homeschooling and her autism diagnosis as a way to prevent her from getting help.
Edit: ah, I replied before I reached the part where people have the same suspicion I do.
The fact that she got more and more reclusive since an early age (14 I guess) tells me she was mentally abused and sexually enslaved, and eventually her trauma led her to be catatonic, allowing her to be tied down and tortured.
I missed that. So she was abused sexually? What happened to the parents? Are they in prison?
@sandrawelch6653 Am currently at the 58:56 mark and so far its one of those things barely hinted at in the description of Lacey being "found" mostly nude, except for barely a shirt that didn't even cover her breasts. It's a small detail, easy to miss amongst all the other horrifying details, but one that suggests Lacey was probably suffering long before her couch days.
Another small detail that's easy to overlook in this regard is she was pulled out of school as a teenager. Homeschooling isn't exactly something that gets *easier* the older a student is; it was a struggle with my young daughter during all the lockdowns (getting her to do the work; not so much the work itself.) Why would they randomly pull her out for no apparent reason? Perhaps some sicko reasoning of she's appearing to be womanly and her abuser didn't want her to get a boyfriend, or perhaps her abuser impregnated her and needed to hide it/"take care of the problem"/ensure she could never tell anyone. Perhaps. We'll never know.
If there is any truth to these grim speculations, perhaps this may also explain her love for Disney movies. Happy endings where characters are saved from bad circumstances or true love conquers all. Heck, I'm 41 and still want that lie Disney promised little girls of the 80s and 90s: Finding my true love, sharing true loves kiss, and living happily ever after. I know it's a lie, but I still want it and I know I can't be the only one. Regardless, it would make sense that these movies could provide a form of escapism for someone in a situation like Lacey may have been in. Dreaming of her hero/true love/prince coming to her rescue and living happily ever after. The poor girl. She certainly needed rescued and nobody knew until it was too late 💔
Update: the theory gets mentioned around the 1hr 1minute mark. Along with some other theories. They are only theories. All any of us can do is speculate and theorize.
I feel she was being **PIMPED* by them.
Good LORDT you knew what I meant. 🙄 SOLD FOR SEX. Is that better, children?
All I want to say is if they actually cared about their daughter, she wouldn't be dead. She wouldn't have foam and feces in her stomach. She wouldn't have been eaten alive by maggots. They wouldn't have let their daughter be forgotten.
When I suffered from a severe depression episode, my mom didn't know what to do but she refused to give up on me. She spent weeks trying to find out what to do and who to ask ontop of working plus taking care a household.
But she never gave up and now I'm here, healthy and much happier. I'm forever grateful for her
Props to you AND mom in this situation. Beautiful sharre. Mental health IS health ~ I'm glad you have support. It's so scary to go through these things alone
Exactly. I can’t fathom how can a mother do this to her child. She was vacationing when Lacey was suffering . Not even a single person cared about her. I mean she was in the living room, I bet people would’ve known. 👀
Exactly, im autistic with agorophobia but if i started soiling myself, you can bet anything my mom would start putting diapers on me & changing me,.. just like i do for my autistic son & will for as long as he needs me to,.. also, they stayed active in their community, they didnt even seem overwhelmed by it…
I'm so incredibly thankful for my partner doing the same for me. My family did next to nothing for me.
Thats a good mom right there.
Almost wish she didn’t have the maggots. Maybe without the maggots eating away the dead flesh, she would have developed sepsis much earlier and it would have saved her from 12-15 years of torture. I cannot fathom how this much evil was able to occur. I am so sorry Lacey.
I know. Ugh its heartbreaking 💔 poor sweet girl.
They left her rotting in the couch for 12 YEARS, HOW COULD THE JUDGE SAY IT WAS NOT PREMEDITATED??? 2ND DEGREE MURDER??
Because certain legal factors have to be involved to qualify it as premeditated. That's how these things work. There's no such thing as perfect justice.
@@WeRNthisToGetHer and that absolutely sucks
Likely part of it is while they may have had intent to harm and neglect, the court can’t prove that they had specific intent to kill. It’s possible that her death was only the product of their actions, not the goal. Absolutely does not vindicate them, but it can’t be categorized as first-degree because their “pre-meditation” doesn’t involve intent to kill (as far as we know).
Probably. I’m not a legal professional.
@@_McCormickProductions It doesn't suck. The alternate is that people get charged wrongfully (more often than now) because nothing ever needs to be proven.
Fr wtf is wrong with that judge??
My mother is a retired RN, she used to say that you never know if a patient who is in a coma can hear you or not. So she'd always talk to them, tell them what you need to do before you touch them, get their family to bring in their favourite music, audio books, put the radio on. Encourage the family and friends to talk to them. Never, ever discuss their treatment as if they aren't there.
YOUR MOTHER IS AN AMAZING SOUL , i like to believe that people in coma's can still hear you somehow some way. 🙏
In my first clinical practice as a student nurse, there was a man who had recently gone palliative and had become unresponsive. My group was brought in to see some of the physical changes that were happening. It just felt so natural, to hold his hand while my instructor spoke. I know he was grateful for the touch and thanked him for his time. @@insertname942
I love your mother!!❤️
Mummas a Lightworker❤
Your mom.is an angel ❤
As an 11 year old autistic girl with a nonverbal autistic brother, i am over the moon in happiness that you talk about autism so nicely and don’t treat us like animals with no feelings, sometimes we feel like the patients with locked in, talked about like we aren’t there. I also loved “It is NOT a disease”😊
I am so fucking confused by this. Did NO ONE wonder where she went? Not a single person went to their house for over a decade? No immediate family members that stopped hearing from her? If they wanted to forget she existed so bad why not just have her committed to a hospital & let other people take care of her? Did their clothes or own hair & skin never smell like decomposition & urine since it permeated the house? If she was locked in she couldn’t have possibly eaten the couch stuffing herself? I know there’s really no reason to ask these questions, no one knows the answers, but I need to know! Why did they do this to their own daughter!? It’s so much more disturbing because of how confusing it is
I had many of your same questions… not a single red flag for 12 yrs ….!? No one ever saw anything off REALLY! No friend or family or neighbors or mail man …… just so strange
I read somewhere that barely anyone knew they had a child but I'm not sure
As an autistic woman, I appreciate you taking the time to seperate her autism from her situation. Autism looks different but is not a bad thing.
Absolutely much love to you💛
@NotVille_and yet here you are, being nasty begging for views and subs on her popular channel? Okay child.
I have two children with autism. They are happy living life their own way. Sure we do therapy so that it’s easier to function within society. But I hope they never lose their unique way of looking at the world.
As a fellow high functioning autistic women it causes me so many problems that neurotypical people don’t face. Also how about lower functioning autistic folks who have so many hardships caused by their autism? Autism isn’t a moral or personal failing but i don’t understand this point of view. Not trying to be rude at all just to be clear.
@NotVille_she doesn’t fake her videos
My mom worked for years as a caregiver for mentally disabled people. A lot of them would have their menstrual cycle and not want to change their pad. Some would not want to bathe. Some would defecate in their pants or diaper and not want to change. But the caregivers always found a way to get them to agree to be cleaned and for their clothes/underwear to be changed or to get in the a bath. It can be difficult but if you love someone or have any humanity you would find a way! This is heart breaking. There is no excuse for this behavior. Truly depraved
Agreed no excuse your mom and those caregivers doing their jobs wel BLESS THEM!!! and thank you to them for their service absolutely incredible.❤
Yeah, my mom used to work in a nursing home. She works at homes with disabled people now, same thing as you said. I don't know how anyone could be so negligent to people who can't even shower on their own.
Sadly, not all people care that much :/ My grandma is in a memory care facility for dementia, and my mom has told me that she's gone upwards of two weeks without a shower. The nurses simply don't try to get her to shower, and my mom can't do it on her own. My mom is constantly asking the staff to do more than just ask "do you want a shower?", and some have straight up refused.
Lacy could not even move. Her parents lied. For whatever reason, they obviously also fed her her own feces since Lacy could not have moved to transfer the feces from her buttocks area to her face and mouth. These two people who were supposed to love and care for their child, physically and mentally abused her and their abuse resulted in her long horrible torturous death. Had she received proper care, she would never have had maggots eating holes in her body, never had all the horrible things happen to her body while she lay there helpless to do anything about it. With proper care, it is possible she may have responded and come out of her locked out condition and be alive today. This is one of the worst cases of murder I have ever heard of.
Like a lot of little kids hate taking baths, but that doesn't mean you just let them rot
The smell, the maggots, the bed sores, not to mention this is their child!!!! Wtf was going on???!!?!?! My mind cannot even comprehend what happened to sweet Lacey. How do they just go on about their lives all the while their adult daughter is literally rotting away in the living room 🤯😥😵
the fact that they walked past her everyday for 12 YEARS and saw the pain and conditions she was going through but still did absolutely nothing is disgusting. also they were able to pay to post bail but couldn’t get her the help she needed? there’s definitely something their not telling us
Please forgive my blunt language. Those people choose to watch their child literally rot in front of them for 12 years. To suggest that this could, in any way be attributed to this poor victim is insane and to call her “parents” anything but criminals is an injustice.
nothing wrong with your language! it’s the unfortunate truth of what happened to her. Steph said she rotted as well.
i just can't help but assume they're a different kind of mentally insane/psychotic to watch their own child rotting away on a couch. My brain cannot comprehend the evilness without assuming they're not all there in the head
Exactly exactly 💯 no matter how much her depression or no matt3r what they thought that was but 12 years of watching their kid literally melting into the sofa with insects eating her there is no exuse for that like even 1 year is alot
@@yumeyum9927en 48 HOURS IS A LOT!!
It wouldn't even Cross My MIND to leave one of my CATS on a couch, unable to respond for an HOUR!! WTF WORLD??! 😮
THAT CAT would be in their case, on my back, me on my scooter bonzaiing through the snow naked if that"s what it took to get help for a creature in obvious distress.
Folks, I can be sentimental, but when it comes to suffering I have zero patience when it comes to others. You do what needs to be done
You MOBILIZE ALL Resources.
YOU MOVE HEAVEN AND Earth TO reduce someone's pain and suffering
I know this isn't how people tend to approach things these days. But that doesn't make it right
That just makes it more imperative that those of us who still retain a shred of human feeling DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
.. I'M just sick and angry right now. I need to go get some sunshine and fresh air.
God Have mercy on your souls if you have any you ...subhumans-
.Lacy's so-called parentsi
😢 Jesus Wept
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It is inconceivable to most of us. I mean, my skin crawls every time I hear about this case.
I hope everyone involved get some counselling. Because I can't imagine that what they saw and had to do, wouldn't be affecting them in some way, shape or form.
There's something extremely sinister about two people who can appear so genuinely kind and empathetic to the public and can simultaneously do something like this to their own, only child
Exactly. That is the most effed up thing I've ever heard. I can't even imagine. The thought just drives me up the walls. Image even the effect this had on neighbors and the community. How can you EVER trust people again?
if my parents didnt help me during my periods of immobility i fully believe i would not be here right now. i have no idea how she survived
@@mauragetskitty She didn't survive.
@@KungPuKitty maybe they meant survived for as long as she did. It's honestly a wonder how she lived as long as she did being treated the way she was. What evil people
They must have been able to completely shut out what was going on over there on the couch
I grew up in Zachary, Louisiana, a town very near to Slaughter. I actually had a close friend who lived only a few minutes from the house in which this took place. It’s always so chilling hearing about cases like this when you can perfectly picture the town in which it occurred. The fact that I have likely met some of the people that knew Lacey before all of this happened…it’s crazy. I hope she is resting easy now. ❤
Crazy to hear it even coming from in the state. It feels like nothing happens here
I'm sincerely so happy to see how you worked with your autistic friend to effectively communicate about autism and discuss it respectfully
It baffles me how a community who claims to be so close and involved in each other’s lives would not go to their house once in 12 years.
Exactly!!! Like no one visits inside each others house but you’re that social?
It's the small town thing and their place in it. It's not hard to have people feel like going to their home was inappropriate. They had no real friendships, it was all fake. Southerners are great at stopping to chit chat with people they actually hate.
I live outside a small town of 250 people. No one has been inside my house since 2016. It happens.
Yes. That's what mystifies me the most. If they'd lived in the wilderness with no one around, or, conversely, in a city where no one paid attention to anyone, ever, for any reason, I could see them getting away with it. But all those years, and no one ever visited them? It's not conceivable.
Because they were respected, they probably rejected people when they tried to visit and that’s it.
The most terrifying part of this story is that everything around the couch was clean, being kept up with, was being lived in. that makes me want to throw up the most.
Yeah,like just shows they purposely left her there to actually rot 😔
Yes like it’s not like it’s an incompetent pair of low iq people that truly couldnt properly care for themselves well much less her. They clearly could clean, socialize well etc. they had money at their disposal, it’s crazy. If your daughter can’t get off the couch at the very least they have depression and should be taken to a psychiatrist.
I agree. How can anyone walk past that EVERY DAY and not go get help…? Especially in the early stages, knowing the person hasn’t been moving. As time went on they KNEW she was suffering and chose to not help her.
The parents not once had any company over in 12 yrs?! How is that even possible? Someone had to know what was going on.. I wouldn't be surprised if they were soliciting their daughter for sex that entire time.
@@desladd3932I wonder though since the type of town they were in, more than likely the neighbors have the mindset of “none of my business”. So they probably saw things that seemed off or questioning why they never saw her again for 12 years, but in small towns like that I wouldn’t doubt they would just ignore the warning signs.
As an Autistic person, I appreciate you and the team accurately describing an Autistic person and using the proper terms!
It's extremely common for disabled people to be neglected, tortured, and even murdered by their caretakers and/or family.
The disgusting entitlement of abled bodied parents with disabled children, is very ingrained by the eugenics and ableism our society still has to this day.
I'm also a parent to Autistic and ADHD children and it blows my mind the way that the system and medical community still treat disabled people. They will always uplift anything caregivers and/or parents do for a disabled child and often normalized abuse because we're "so difficult to work with". This definitely happens a lot with elderly folks as well.
We need better education, support, and compassion for the elderly and disabled people of this world.
We need to listen less to "experts" on Autism, ADHD, Schizophrenia, EDS, Fibromyalgia, and many other disabilities, mental illnesses, & neurodivergence; and to actually LISTEN to the folks that have these disabilities. Work WITH us and learn from us so, we can prevent more harmful outcomes from caregivers in the future!
Both my mother's parents as well as my mother are autistic....my mother also has ADHD, my father has ADHD, my father's father has ADHD....I have ADHD, my fiancé is autistic. It can be a lot of work living with ADHD and Autistic people....but never is that an excuse to treat them this way.
The experts on the condition are the people who live with the condition itself, IMO. Nothing about us without us!
she sat down on that couch at 24 years old. and i just wonder... did she know she'd be there for twelve years? like, did she know that being eaten by maggots who kept her alive, losing her legs completely, becoming basically a living zombie, did she know that would be her fate??
such an insensitive dumbass question
One of the first signs of abuse is isolation ...
This!
True story
yes, and narcissists isolate their victims to have full control of them, i think they enjoyed it
It’s like out of sight Out of mind. There were people who asked about her. But no one asked why she wasn’t at church or at social functions?
So true
There is definitely something the parents aren’t telling us… this happened for so long, it wasn’t an accident. It was a decision made everyday for 12 years to let her rot away. Such a terrible way to die, poor girl. She didn’t deserve that treatment, no one does.
I suspect they did it on purpose, as revenge/ punishment for her needing extra support.
They said when they became parents they didn't sign on to be care takers. I think they are deplorable psychopaths or something. I wouldn't allow this to happen to my worst enemy, let alone my daughter. I keep waiting to hear if they will get prison time. 🙏🤞
@@mirzamay I completely agree with you! And what about all of the nail marks all around her area of the couch. Like she was clawing to try to stand up. Like she was clawing to try to get help and escape. Also yeah when you CHOOSE to become a parent you sign up to be a caretaker LMAO I don't know I genuinely wonder if they chained her to the couch at first. Like for the first few years and then after that her legs and arms are too atrophied she couldn't escape anymore so they didn't bother
@@WhitneyDahlin yeah, wow. Who knows what the whole story is. It seems like they were passive, she was off in college and living life and then she wasn't. To think these people or anyone could do this to their child runs counter to everything a decent person could think of, but if they could do this much they could probably do anything. This is off in the woods territory. They should investigate everything she communicated to her friends and regrets back when she could communicate and see what she told them about her parents.
Because you'd think she'd have a phone, and if she could claw you'd think she could push buttons, so there may be way more to this anyone knows. This could be like when parents lock their child in an attic, but her attic was the couch.
@@AlissaSss23yes. Totally. Like her weakness made them resent her.
Oh my god. She was probably being SA by her dad that entire time. I cant believe how terrible and disgusting this is. Beautiful young girl had her life taken from her.
I’m assuming unless she was physically tied there, she got catatonic from everything and they kept her there. All the stuff being around is pure torture any way you look at it. I have no words
Probably for the 8y before she was bound to the couch. She couldn't have been a sex worker while blending into a couch in the same position for 12y.
I believe it was mentioned that her bra was pushed up passed her chest
@@user-kg7kd7yj9xshe wasn’t wearing a bra, just a small blue t-shirt.
@@munch4lyfe I think she mentioned that Lacey's blue shirt was just draped over her chest, not properly put on
Just a quick comment from a nurse who worked with people in a vegetative state, who look like they are awake but are not (as far as we know):
Patients with Locked-in Syndrome can only move their eyes vertically, so that is one of the many things doctors nowadays check regularly when speaking to presumably unconscious patients. The awareness has risen a lot and I personally treat all unconscious people as if they were awake. Just feels right. Who knows what's happening behind that forehead. Thank you for spreading awareness and speaking about this condition, it is even now often mistaken as a vegetative state. So thank you
Not premeditated? They had 12 years to mediate on it. And they chose to let her suffer every time. These “parents” are inhuman.
I can't stand to see my daughter even be sad, let alone physically hurt. This blows my entire mind. I'm 37 my mom wouldn't do this to me the same. I just don't understand. I'm horrified
Mediate?
@@amymckay23 It's kind of planning when it comes to things like this. For example, if I wanted to commit tax fraud and I planned on how I'd do it, it would be first degree premeditated. Hope this helps ❤
@@amymckay23p sure they meant meditate
Every second they left her on that couch and told nobody, they chose this outcome. Again and again. For over a decade.
It was just reported today that both of her parents were sentenced to 40 years for manslaughter.
they only got 20 years
@louangeles3770 Yes, they'll likely only serve 20 years, but they were sentenced to 40 with 20 being suspended.
What the heck why didn’t they get sentence for life!
@@hunnybees9869 The maximum sentence for manslaughter in Louisiana is 40 years.
HALLELUJAH!
Update: The trial was in February and they only got 40 years, though 20 will be suspended. They were ordered to serve five years of supervised probation once their prison sentences are over. So basically 20 years which furiates me.
I cannot stop crying this poor girl i really hope wherever she is shes at peace. This is one of the most disturbing cases ive ever heard those people that let her rot are pure evil its enraging.
If I even saw one maggot In my house, I'd lose my mind. But if they were crawling in and out of my daughters body?? The fuck!!?!? These parents are despicable.
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True. I may not go well with children because of my anger issues that make me mad easily but, this is just sick and twisted.. how could parents do this to their children?!?
You'd lose your mind over a maggot? Weird.
@@kneegrow3906 ew how gross is YOUR house? Is it normal for you to see maggots crawling around? 🤮
@@kneegrow3906you won't? weird.
The parents are 💯 responsible for her death!! There is no justification possible for letting someone rot on a couch for 12 years and the fact that they tried to blame Lacey for it is absolutely disgusting. They are vile human beings, if you can even call them that. If they didn’t want to look after her, they could have at least have had her put in a medical facility. In my eyes this was the same as murder but worse.
Yes and they made excuses - saying she refused to go to the doctor etc... just ridiculous
THe only way I see this happening is she either had that disease where you cannot feel pain along with severe social anxiety. Or her parents kept on the couch for some odd reason. Why weren't any adult diapers put on her? This is just so effing sad and weird!
A lot worse. The worst kind of torture
@Andronicus87 they were lazy
@Andronicus87 what disease are u talking about???? Who said she couldn't feel pain????
This case just does not make sense to me. If she had “locked in syndrome” how was she able to consume feces and cushion?
If she wasn’t able to take care of herself, why would they keep her confined to their couch. I feel like they’re covering something up.
Two sane people wouldn’t let a person, let alone their own daughter, rot for 12 YRS!
It's certainly not locked in syndrome. She would have died of dehydration because she wouldn't have been able to drink. It means your brain is physically disconnected from the rest of your nervous system. This is clearly not the case here. The state that she was is in was likely called "stupor".
The video literally says that she didn't have locked in syndrome.
She didn't have it. That theory has been debunked. She had was Autism, severe social anxiety, and a low IQ, but not locked in syndrome.
Obviously she didn't have it. She talked about it multiple times in the video. Did you even watch it??
@@horsti123654 I know she didn’t have it, but the fact that THEY were calling it that, is completely sketchy and weird. That is why I made my comment. It doesn’t make sense.
You have to wonder what kind of abuse she dealt with as a child given that her parents were willing and able to literally let her rot in a couch for over ten years that initially led her to her immobility to begin with. Just awful to think that human beings can even watch or inflict that level of suffering....
the fact that maggots helped her more than her respected parents is ABSOLUTLEY disgusting
And the fact that they still lied about their crimes?? they probably fed her sofa foam and her own feces because of their sick and sadistic kink. Like who tf would leave their OWN daughter to rot in the sofa and sleep, eat and walk in the same house like it’s normal?
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This how this poor lady end up.
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I was crying for hour after seeing the picture. Had a night mare people take care of those in need
Omg those photos HAUNT me 😢
Could you describe the photo? Im a morbidly curious person but its nighttime and i know that image would be stuck in my head for weeks. @@lizzeyflower
@sairahilario it's her nude but don't see her face cuz she lay on belly. Her buns are not shown. I have seen plenty of graphic things from others to know what looks like. All you see how thin she looks and how her back was pale and little purple. Her hair just looked light brown. One nasty knot on her. That looks it had poop that can see om the edges.
I don't blame not wanted to see you can't unsee what these monsters did. How could anyone do this to her. I was crying badly it hard to explain why.
The fact that the parents didn't even bother to pull her top down when she was dead, is very disturbing to me. They called the doctor, he found her like that, they didn't felt shame, they didn't protect her dignity. Seems to me they had no compassion at all for her, they are so deprived of feelings towards them, so actively torturing seems very likely (it already is passive torturing).
One thing a Redditor said and stuck with me is: what if they thought she was possessed by a demon (since their religion believes in those things) and felt no compassion because they thought that’s not their daughter anymore?
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If they'd really think their child was possessed by a demon, they wouldn't go on enjoying their lives. They would'nt give the demon food or water to drink for 12 years, like it is a pet, they wouldn't ate their breakfast next to them, wouldn't take a nap next to her....Instead they would panic, they would call a bunch of priests, all kinds of help from the church, do a lot of drawn out rituals, etcetera.
The basis for all religions is to love and not harm. My guess is these people are just hiding behind religion, putting up a facade. There's probably more evil and sadism in them than normal people can imagine. Don't forget, we only know the tip of the iceberg, we don't know what these parents have done in all those other years leading up to this death, and I don't even want to imagine. So either they are incredibly nice people, that are accommodating a demon in their house, for years like, mi case es su casa......or they are the worst parents ever, that will try to look like they are the innocent victim here
@@martafiordI’m sorry but it’s her damn evil parents that were the people possessed by a demon.
They were not possessed by demons. They were humans who chose to do an abominable, evil, inexcusable thing. They are culpable. There are no demons. Only evil people who cry 'demon' as a scapegoat, or an excuse, to absolve themselves, and stupid people who let them get away with it because they believe in demons.
@@martafiordThat's actually not normal for how christians behave Or believe unless they're in extreme minister in cults. Christian
I'm autistic, and I just wanted to say:
1. Thank you so, so much for being so respectful with what terms you use (I rarely see people use the term "high or low support needs" outside of my own therapist) and how you addressed what autistic people had to deal with, as well as how it's absolute bullshit that people tried to pin so much on the fact Lacey was autistic
2. I think there were a couple reasons why the media kept bringing it up. They probably wanted to use autism as a sort of buzzword and further sensationalize the case, for one. Additionally, I think they wanted to pin a lot of it on the autism to further villanize ASD (listen, ASD sucks ass, but to treat it like it's this sort of killer disease is so fucking frustrating), or maybe even make it seem like the parents weren't necessarily to blame, because I've unfortunately seen a few true crime cases where parents will "mercy kill" or attempt to "mercy kill" their autistic kids, and part of the public sides with the parents. Either way, it's because they don't see autistic people as human
3. Obviously not every autistic person is alike, but I know that as far as myself as well as my autistic friends, we are RIDICULOUSLY fidgety and find it so hard to stay completely still for long periods of time. Even if we're having a panic attack, we'll often do self soothing behavior like rocking back and forth or rubbing our arms. I'm calling bullshit on her autism being to blame for why she stayed put.
This just makes me feel sick. Imagine just being on a couch, not being able to move, and being eaten alive by maggots. The parents of Lacey deserve life in prison. Rip Lacey. ❤❤❤
As a doctor , I applaud you for doing your research, the potassium part was impressive 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Seriously I felt Steph was channeling ChubbyEmu when she got to that point!
I know she is awesome! I love knowing a doctor agrees!
she has an entire research team so I would so hope so 😅
Lots of people have "teams" behind them@@melissamoonchild9216 Doesn't mean she doesn't have to still put in effort?
Doctor? Is living this way for so long even possible. I can't fathom that the human mind would even survive for even a few years, much less 12 years
The fact that she had maggots, had parts of the cushion in her stomach, was fused to the couch. She was literally rotting from the inside out. And yet they didn't smell her, didn't care as they took pictures of the Christmas tree as Lacey was there. The whole time. It's mind boggling.
Timestamp of the picture with the tree?
@PeashooterGuy 13:05 I think
They left her there for 12 years
your style of story telling is extremely captivating. you really know to add emotions and scenery to a story, other than just naming facts. great job! makes it easier to imagine all the things that went down and how it must have felt
I feel like Lacy also died of a broken heart. Not being loved by your parents or families left her to give up on life.
Yes this is probably true because there's actually cases of death from broken heart syndrome, usually from the loss of a loved one or something similar.
This is horrible. Melting through a couch and slowly dying is the worst way imaginable to die. I really hope she gets the justice she deserves. Whether torture or not, it is so disgusting. Thank you Stephanie for shining light on this case.
@NotVille_ she doesn’t fake her videos. You should search up this case and see if it is actually fake
@NotVille_maybe the videos made by notville are just the friends we made along the way
@NotVille_ Yeah, ok lol You don't even make videos! Jealousy is not a good look, buddy!
guys, that's a bot.
@@dethberri realllllll but it’s annoying bro is always yapping
I’m a retired Augmentative Communication Speech Language Pathologist. I met a client who had been locked in from a stroke for a year. We were able to establish a yes and no the first day I met him. I will never forget his tears. Within a couple of days we had a spelling system. It was on my career highlights.
Thank you for doing this work. It’s such a blessing for your patients and their families.
Your vocation was a true gift to so many who had lost their voice! I appreciate you for choosing to be a light in this world.
That’s amazing! I’m just an SLPA because I can’t afford the cost of the degree, but stories like this make me really wish I could afford it.
Wow. Amazing. Thank you so much!
@@caittails Retired SLP here. There is NO SUCH THING as "just a SLPA". You guys are gold to the profession. You do so much work and have so much knowledge. And aren't paid nearly enough. Appreciate your skills, and hopefully you can someday earn the degree.
This is devastating, heart breaking 🥺 i can't even imagine. How do you just go through your day while your child, your child is suffering like this.
I’ve heard of this case before, and I’ve watched different videos on it and have read about it. But I’m so glad I found you to explain in depth like you do with cases. I literally can’t even fathom the thought of what she went through it sends chills up my legs, I can’t wrap my head around it, I’m just speechless. I pray Lacy so much you’re at peace right now and see everyone who is your support. I shall pray for you tonight. ♥️
I like learning about crime cases and stuff like that but this one is one off the worst and I mean it the parents our pure Evil more than Lucy Lebbite of what ever her name was “British baby killer”
The fact that the police didn't IMMEDIATELY arrest the parents is freaking criminal.
This whole thing is gut-wrenching and horrible. These people are MONSTERS who do not deserve even the most basic human kindness or consideration
Even IF all the parents claims are true, it doesn't excuse the incredibly deplorable way she was treated
What would you want them to do? Murica!!
@@TheSasudomi uhhh... Arrest and lock them up for the rest of their miserable lives? Like I basically said?
@@dragonyamiThey get the wall. You know, the one with sand bags behind it.
Yes. There's no way these people didn't know what they were doing. They knew, and they had years to gather up a modicum of humanity and help her. But they didn't.
the fact that you think investigations are instantaneous is crazy. stop watching tv
another thing to think about: she was 36 when she died, meaning she was around 24 when she first sat on that couch, give or take a few years. the parents have no excuse of “she’s a lazy teenager.” it had been five whole years since she was numerically a teenager (19) and seven years since she was - in my opinion - a “true” teenager (17). they had to have known something was up.
I personally think that the parents wanted her to die. Idk why but I feel it has something to do with the parents' mental health
@@Thee_Polar_Bear what horrible people they are. I can’t imagine wishing death on your own child.
You know its worser than death when you cant even beg for death
*worse
This is the absolute worst case of neglect I've ever heard and I've heard a lot. I'm speechless, just can't process this.
What I’m thinking is that she faced abuse in the home due to her autism and suffered a trauma so severe it made her catatonic. It couldn’t be locked in syndrome since she moved herself in order to eat the couch cushioning.
It's possible they force fed her pieces of the cushion themselves, but your theory about her not having locked in syndrome sounds very likely considering there were claw marks on the sofa, which means that the poor girl probably tried to get up from the couch but was unable to for some reason.
I imagine weakness from malnutrition made it difficult to move.🙁
I'm leaning towards this theory as well. Maybe they didn't want to outright kill her so they let neglected her until she died on her own.
It’s possible that they fed her the couch cushion smh 😢
@@Noa_Lynnhow though? She wouldn’t have been able to swallow if she had LIS, so they would have had to somehow push the cushion all the way to her stomach.
They tortured her on purpose, starved her, pretended she no longer existed, clearly had no friends over and kept her secret. There is no way they can wipe her situation off on her mental health in any way. Something shifted in their relationship to her, perhaps she wanted to go away to college, or she wanted to tell the police about them, and they restrained her to the couch and abused her for years. They clearly stopped caring about her entirely and had only the intent left to hurt her. They're vicious, hateful, and couldn't have cared less whether she lived or died. I hope they go away for a long time.
@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 while they may not have intended for it to happen initially, 12 years is just too ridiculous to even be justifiable. Even 2 years is insane to think about per your example given.
The human mind can think of something as normal and adapt to a situation quickly but what kind of situation like that could even be normalised? It is completely upto the people living with them to try their best to help them not just leave them there because as a loved one how can you not?
@tasnimanimanimaa and I'm not justifying it. They got 40 years, and that's good. I'm just saying we don't have to make up crazy fanfics about it - this is perfectly in the realm of possibility as a mental health issue and cognitive dissonance.
Everyone failed this poor woman, not just her parents - they literally tried to get help from the doctor and were brushed of which would've sent them further into thinking this was normal and she'd get over it. Not to mention the "tight knit" community and noone went to check.
The human mind can normalise anything, especially if it happens gradually. Go watch something about hoarding, animal hoarding in particular - where they genuinely believe they are helping and taking proper care of the animals, and yet are living in houses full of feaces and mould. The human mind can do that.
People are not comprehending that she wasn't in that final condition for the full 12 years - that is not possible, you cannot survive that , it would've been a gradual decline in care.
Two adults could have lifted her and showered her. The could have designed special couches, massaged her and so many things. Home health and SS disability were available. So many thing s. They left so she would die. No these community leaders were not dumb just cruel.
I think when they left for vacation they premedicated her death
FYI degrees of homicide are not uniform across states. Your explanations are thus not technically correct.
The way she kept her legs crossed suggests SA.
As a parent if I realize my child can't get off the couch I'm calling an ambulance immediately, this isn't neglect, they did their day to day while Lacey rotted away over years its torture and murder. At some point they knew she couldn't help herself, feed herself or escape.
I'm the mother of an amazing 7yo boy who is on the autism spectrum. He can be stubborn in ways that would be surprising to someone with no experience with autism. All forms of personal grooming were challenging for him to learn, because they caused him sensory difficulties - so for example, I struggled with changing his diapers, potty training, teaching him to wash his hands, brush his teeth, and get his hair cut. All these things would trigger massive tantrums that could last for hours. I bring this up just to point out that I intimately understand what it means to take care of the personal needs of an autistic child. But you don't give up! You get creative, and you get professional help when you are out of ideas. My son is currently able to calmly perform all of these personal grooming tasks; and if he ever has a setback, I will be there for him. I don't see any excuse for what these people did. Parenting is hard. That's not news.
I'm not sure I expressed myself properly above. I DON'T think autism had anything to do with the outcome of this case. But giving the parents the full benefit of the doubt, and assuming that some serious behavior challenges surfaced in her late teens - my point is simply that EVEN IF that were the case, it still isn't an excuse for what happened.
In nursing school, I did a clinical rotation in a sub acute unit- people in comas, on treacheostmy, my first day a nurse dropped the patients bed with a jolt. And was pretty rough with all the treatment. She told me " it's ok, these people can't hear, feel or know what you are doing" well, when do care I talk to the patient. I introduce myself, explain what care I'm doing, tell them the time of day and weather outside. I often relate the basic news of the day. You never know what that person, hears, sees or knows.
God bless you ❤ we need more people like you to help care for others
Hopefully, you may teach others some day and show them the right way to do it instead of the way you were shown. ❤
Wtf she should be reported to the board so she can take sensitivity training because that is really fucked up.
The world needs more nurses like you ♡
@@DeaDiabola She shouldn't be a nurse anymore. That's deplorable behavior.
My husband has COPD, and 3 times he was put on a ventilator. I never left his side. I would be the one who bathed him, brushed his teeth and washed his face, shaved him, helped change his sheets. Even when he poo'ed, I was the one who cleaned him. I wanted him to have his dignity. Even though he was in a medically induced coma, I wanted him to know I was there. I would read to him and talk with him even though he couldn't talk back. Thankfully he is doing ok now and he's still with me.
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God bless you ❤
It does help us survive. I was in a coma and I know the love and care I was given are why I had the strength to survive.
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@@zxyatiywariii8 Amen. That's beautiful. I'm glad you are still here. Hope you are doing better now 🙏🏼
"He's still with me" I mean who wouldn't be yr a fucking Saint in this world 😭❤️
Poor Lacey Fetcher. Also something weird is the smell that you were saying death smell it seems very familiar to a smell I had smelled at school it smelled like a mix of fresh wood chips, burning metal, and a extremely unpleasant smell of fish.
They murdered their daughter. I can’t imagine doing this to anyone - let alone my child.
I’m absolutely disgusted and speechless. I myself am disabled and have been completely bed bound the past 11 years and my mom is my full time 24/7 caregiver. She does everything for me even when she has her own health issues and pain. Never once in the past 11 years has my mom ever ignored me or given up on me even when I’ve given up on myself. That is the love of a parent. I’m so horrified by Lacey’s situation and can’t even begin to imagine the amount of physical, mental, and emotion tortured, trauma, and pain she went through for 12+ years. They easily could’ve had a doctor or caretakers come to the house if they actually wanted to help her. This is so sickening.
Edit: I’m so extremely thankful to have such an incredible mom. I’m beyond blessed that this caring and selfless woman is my mother and I’d be completely lost without her. The level of care she gives me and how much she advocates for me is truly above and beyond and I’m just so blessed. I know it can’t be easy to watch your child suffer since a young age and feel helpless with not being able to fix things. But even during the most difficult days and horrible surgeries and awful appointments etc she’s always there with me and there for me which helps so much. She’s my angel and even if I were given 20 lives I’d never be able to repay her for everything she’s done and does for me.
prayers for you both ❤
God bless your mama and big hugs to you both
Do you have a pressure changing mattress? My partner has one now, I hope it makes a difference.
THIS!! I'm not FULLY bed bound, but for the past two years or so, I have been barely able to leave the bed, let alone the house. I had diabetes that had been developing for years and years and my doctors were completely neglectful. For 5 years I was told that I was fine and there was nothing wrong. The diabetes had probably been developing even further back, but I only started to see symptoms 5 years ago. So basically I was slowly getting sicker and sicker with no answers or help. And about 2 years ago is when it started to get bad and I couldn't function anymore. I was sleeping 15-18 hours a day, I was in excruciating pain and I couldn't even do simple things like brushing my teeth or showering. Eventually I FINALLY got diagnosed with diabetes. But by that point it was BAD. I had liver damage, kidney damage, and damage to my nervous system. My heart had become atrophied and deconditioned from years of being too tired and in too much pain to move. But throughout it all, I had my mom.
She helps me do everything now, even though shes approaching 70 herself. She helps me shower, makes me meals every day, helps move my wheelchair in and out of the car, brings me to my appointments, everything. Parents are supposed to be there for you. To love you and protect you. Like you said, even if they felt unfit to care for all of her needs, I'm sure they could have hired a caretaker for her. I'm fairly certain insurance would have covered that for her. And if they didn't have insurance, there are definitely ways to get government help for that. This whole situation is completely fucking disgusting and there are zero excuses for it.
On another note, I'm so sorry you've had to go through what you've gone through. Being bed bound is really really rough. So many people act like we're so lucky that we get to sit in bed all day, but it's horrible. I'm only 21. I'm stuck in bed watching all my friends grow up and start their lives. I hope things get better for your physically or at the very least that you're able to find ways to adapt and still live a fulfilling life.
It is possible to live a happy and fulfilling life, no matter how disabled you are. I can only wonder what kind of life Lacey could have lived if only she'd had different parents.
So you lay in bed 247 geez
They should be charged with torture as well, in my opinion. She was alive, having rotted away into that couch; alive enough to have had recently eaten something. Maggots kept her clean for 12 years, and she was alive enough to feel it. This girl was absolutely tortured, and I am so outraged that they aren't getting charged with more than 2nd degree murder.
Me too @liziuhh!!! Me too!!! I hate them and hope they suffer a million times worse than what they do to her!!!! RIP Lacey.... I'm so sorry baby girl!!!! I pray you're at peace now. ❤ ✝️ 🙏
@@Irish_Georgia_GirlFr I hope shes safe with god now 🙏
In my country they’d be strung up the following day ….why is the west so lenient
@@laylachisom8996they shouldn’t be. death penalty is only option in my opinion, these “parents” were pure evil and made her suffer for YEARS😭
She recently eaten couch foam and feces which makes me realise something is very wrong here. She clearly could move somewhat.
I live in Slaughter LA I did not know this case was here omg
What about her hair and nails? Did they trim her hair or brush it? Was it extremely matted and long? Did it all fall out? Were her nails average length or super long? Does anyone know the answers to these questions?
Her hair was very long and extremely matted :( I didn’t see her nails as they looked to be curled up almost in a fist
@@Abi_Darko69 WTF!
@@QunilliousBrown yes her hands were fisted. When I saw her image i felt disgusted about how cruel can her parents be.😭
where did you see the photo? i’ve been looking but i can’t find it. Please let me know.
@euphoric4215 it is in one of the comment replies
So you're telling me no one literally NO ONE visited their house in those 12 years??? And that's a town where everyone's so close and shit?? Lacey wasn't even 'stuck' in her bedroom, it was literally THE LIVING ROOM!!! Nothing makes sense!!
Right
Who paid the bills?
exactly that's what i've been thinking too there aint no way no one visited the house for a damn moment in the 12 years and no even smelled anything wrong? and suddenly there was just one neighbour who saw lacey in the couch through the window after literally like her death?? and nothing happened for 12 years to even know the existence of poor lacey?
I recommend watching the video Dreading made about her. I believe he said that the parents claimed that she moved out or went (back?) to collage
Agreed!!
My mom worked in a nursing home in Germany where they specialized in “locked in” and comatosed patients.
One lady was my mother’s hero.
She could only blink but that didn’t slow her down from continuing to run her business. She had a computer hooked up to her eyelids that was created specifically for the patient. It would run the alphabet and numbers and this lady wrote entire business letters while being trapped in her body. Sadly she declined over about 2 years. The last letter my mom’s patient wrote was addressed to my mom, thanking her for her help and compassion.
When she passed, it hit my mom hard and most had a big impact on my mom life. My mom still talk an about her patient to this day.
What was the name of the nursing home?, or the name of your mom, I'm trying to find that "nursing home" your talking about
What an amazing women both the patient and your mother. I can't imagine the patience it would take to even blink a sentence letter by letter but to run a business, how impressive. For her last letter to be to your mom speaks volumes to the type of woman she is. Thanks for sharing!
your mother sounds like an angel. tell her random people on the internet think she's a superhero. if she's no longer with you, know that she was an absolute hero. I always thank nurses and doctors as well as ppl in the military etc. they do a job I never could and not bc I'm not intelligent enough - it's about strength. what a wonderful woman your mother is.
I dont know how it feels to be in that situation but It sounds good to have something to do and think about
When it came to the part where you started describing what autism is I mentally went 'oh here we go' expecting to hear loads of misinformation and bullsh*t, but was really pleasantly surprised with how educated you are and your willingness to educate your audience about autism! Awesome job thank you
My invalid grandmother only had two bed sores in the 4 years that my mother single handedly took care of her. The worse one was as big as a man's fist and took months to heal. Thankfully my grandmother had no feeling from the neck down. I nearly developed one on my tailbone while bedridden after giving birth and for months afterward that spot was tender and numb. I can't begin to imagine the painful hell this poor woman went through. RIP Lacey.
As a parent, I could never let my child get anywhere near what happened to Lacey. I feel like a bad mom if my kid has a completely normal diaper rash, I can't bear to see her hurting. She doesn't have to tell me she's hurting, I see it when I look at her if she is. No excuses for these sad excuses of humans
I lived in the surrounding area of Slaughter for 30+ years and honestly I believe that they were ashamed of her disability and took her out of society because they were so popular in their community and tortured her for being different and I don’t take SA out of the equation 😢
I once cry because my baby had a very bad diaper rash due to acidic diarrhea due to antibiotics 😭 I had no choice because he had an infection and I regularly change his nappies but it still happen. I totally get you Mama. And I feel horrified hearing this case I was about to vomit when she was telling it 😱
@@kellymcclendon2162 as someone who spent their early childhood in the south, it’s very sad to me that I see this as the most likely explanation. So many of these towns where reputation is everything completely disregard the safety and needs of the vulnerable for the sake of what their neighbors think of them.
@@knnorman3855 My mom had a similar problem, but we later discovered that it is actually due to acidic foods. The simple explanation is that my body is naturally acidic, so eating acidic foods pushed my body over that limit and essentially gives me UTI symptoms. I thought I would mention it just in case it could be something you would want to observe or look into for you child.
I agree 1,000,000%! A diaper rash, stubbed, toe, splinter, whatever, you’re just there for your baby no matter how old your baby is. What monsters. What absolutely horrifically sick monsters.
My algebra tutor was in her 50-s when her elderly mom became unable to move. This tiny-framed, thin woman was able to take care of her mom by herself for years. If the love of a child is strong, the love of the parents should be unimaginable. I will never believe that these two even TRIED to do something for poor Lacey. RIP
This happened a few.miles from me. Parents won't go to trial till late supper. Out on bond. How did they not see or smell. Please keep up to date. Thank you
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I'm sorry, i can't even finish the video, this broke my heart. I'm so sorry Lacey!
I am a sepsis survivor. It is excruciating. I can’t imagine the pain the girl endured.
I refuse to believe no one else in the town or the world knew this was going on. She was in their LIVING ROOM, not some hidden dungeon. How did the parents not smell?? This whole thing is so nefarious.
The living room thing is almost the wildest part, if she was in a bedroom that they just didnt go into I guess it would make a little bit more sense but its the living room... like did they just stop having guests over for 12 years? Did no one think that was odd? No house repairs, friends for dinner, nothing? And how could they have genuinely walked past her shitting and pissing and rotting into a melting couch every day.
@@missamylee12 exactly!! Especially because they were so social and highly regarded in a VERY small town where everyone knows everybody’s business. They weren’t some shut-ins in a huge city where no one would notice that they smelled or behaved so oddly.
@@DiMagnolia "small" is a relative term. I have 5 different neighbors a couple meters away from my house in all sides and I couldn't tell them apart to save my life. And this crime happened in the US, and in a rural area to boot so we're talking about several tens if not hundreds of meters apart houses. It's natural that detection is impossible
@@yggreuyri5822 You know when an animal has been hit and is rotting by the side of the road and you drive by and the smell of death fills your car, even though you're like fifty feet away? That death smell is strong. It permeates everything. It HAD to have been in her parents' clothing, hair, everything.
@quietone748 That's the first thing I thought too, her parent's clothes had to have that smell in them.
After my Grandaddy had a stroke, he'd often sit there just staring off into the distance. One trip I made back home I was sitting there with him at the dinner table and my stepmom and another of her nurse friends was just talking about him right there while he was spacing out. He looked me dead in the eyes and said, "You know, they talk about me like I'm not here." After the initial shock, I asked him what he wanted to talk about, he said "Hell, I dunno anymore." I'll never get over that thought as long as I live.
I’m so glad you were in the moment with him❤
I’m so sad to hear that. I can not imagine doing that. He’s still a man. A man that raised a family, he’s a dad, a husband and a human being. Sometimes people are just very unaware, unfortunately.
My mother in law had Alzheimer’s. It was very early onset. Our youngest son would always want to help her walk, eat, everything. He was very young, but he was so attentive and kind. My mom helped care for her on and off for a few years. She would have a wonderful time taking her places and making everything special for her. Her husband was so heartbroken. It was so sad, but she had the best care possible. Her husband took her on many trips all over before she became unable. He wanted to do everything she had ever wanted to do knowing that they didn’t have very much time for it.
My aunt recently passed and she had Alzheimer’s as well. I still traveled out of state and spent a lot of time with her. I was blessed to be able to make her laugh and we spent hours just sitting together on the front porch chatting (as much as she could ) and we were like two high school girl friends joking and talking. It was wonderful. I’m so grateful for the time I had with her.
Thank you for your comment because we need to remember that we must treat others with kindness and be aware. Thank you. 💗
That’s so sad :(
FYI since it rubbed me the wrong way, the suggestion that putting someone else's oxygen mask on first in the event of a flight emergency as a kindness is VERY misguided and NOT safe to encourage. *ALWAYS put your OWN mask on first.* You can safely help others after. If you succumb to hypoxia because you failed to secure yourself first, then you won't be useful to anyone!
Thank you so much for your eloquent, informed and compassionate presentation of this horrifying story of the torture this woman suffered for over a decade.
The Fletchers pled guilty to manslaughter! Prosecutors want the maximum that can give. My dad called me at work to tell me yesterday! We were sure they would get off! We are glad they aren’t getting off completely! Most of us in Slaughter figured with their connections they would walk away from this!
Did they explain why they done such a disgusting thing not that there can ever be a reason but I’m just so confused
It's despicable. That's all they got. Thank you for updating.
@@peppariddle6897 Not that I know of.
@@michellejarvis2127 It should have been more, but with their connections, we were sure they would walk.
@@justbreathefool There is always the chance of getting out on parole. I’m not sure how they determine when they are eligible for parole. I would hope they serve the whole thing.
Once had a patient who apparently because of anger with his wife, refused to get off the couch. Was there for several years before he was eventually removed and brought to the hospital. The fabric was a plaid synthetic material and had fused to parts of his skin. His back was also covered with a nasty mold. With extensive wound care and skin care he did actually recover. He was severely obese when admitted. About 18 months later he walked out the door.. no longer even overweight and healthy skin. The smell was absolutely horrendous. We'd have to put globs of Vick's salve inside our masks to keep from vomiting from the smell he had when attempting to treat the mold and bed sores.
That’s crazy!! All because he was mad at his wife?!
Thatll show her!
@@bradherman9707show her what?
@@Mina-nv9xc it's a figure of speech. He taught his wife a "lesson" by hurting himself. Sarcasm ya know?
@@bradherman9707 Ohh
Thank you for going into so much detail about pressure sores. This is something we are trying to fight in hospitals and it’s important society understands causes and risks!
They didn't get her help because they were afraid of the shame that would come with her neglect being public
Yep.
Both of Lacey’s parents had jobs responsible jobs that made them well-known in the community. They didn’t take Lacey in for medical assistance because they’d hoped she’d die quickly, but when she held on and started withering away, they knew they’d be held criminally responsible for letting her get to this state.
I suspect you're right
Exactly what I think....😢
She was a fighter. And the fact she lasted as long as she did shows just how strong her spirit is. If she suffered from agoraphobia or any mental disorder that caused this situation to occur, she would've died a long time ago. This is someone who is fighting for her life and consciously deciding everyday to not give up. And it angers me that people see her as the perp and not the victim. We have lost our humanity to see this as anything but murder.
That makes sense.
I totally agree that’s what I was thinking
Once Lacey started showing signs of not wanting to get up or not being able to, her parents should have picked her up, put her in the car, and taken her to the ER. Even if she didnt have insurance, they would have given her care. And if she needed to be in a facility, all they had to do was apply for government insurance to cover it. I used to work in group homes with people who had disabilities. Their insurance was paying for it. These monsters neglected their child. I dont care if she had a mental issue causing her to stay in one spot, her parents have eyes. They can see something isnt right and she needs help. No excuses for this. They failed her. They need to be locked away until they have to leave in pine boxes. Sickening. If either of my kids are acting off and I feel its a medical issue, I take them to the doctor, urgent care, or the ER. Its not difficult to do, especially for parents who have the means to provide care. I assume they had at least one car. And if there is an issue with that, you can call for an ambulance. And if they didnt want to do that, then ask someone in the community. Small town equals small town mentality. Neighbors help neighbors. These are a disgusting excuse for parents and a horrible excuse for humans.
Fully agree!!!!
Not to mention, the parents had NOSES!
They did this to her on purpose. I don't think she had locked in syndrome either.She wouldn't of been able to eat couch foam. I think she was too weak,scared,in pain,& fused to the couch and couldn't move because of it. They did this to her by choice:(
Right. The hospital would’ve still seen her and just billed her later if she didn’t have insurance. But she def could’ve gotten free government insurance based on the fact she had a disability. It’s so sad 😢
The thing that absolutely gets me fucked up is that they would have smelled her rotting in her feces all those years in their living room. No one mentions this and it drives me nuts, but they were ABSOLUTELY intentionally punishing her for her "laziness." They endured the smell of feces and rotting flesh so that she would have to as well. You can tell by what they said about her, too.
I really appreciate your scientific explanations and compassion - you are more informed than the average media! Also, as a fast talker, I can’t tell you how nice it is to listen to a person who’s thoughts move like mine - few people process language at that speed & it makes me feel less weird lol
Extremely well reaearched. Thank you.
When I was 16 I developed agoraphobia, and I was really lucky because my parents forced me out of the house kicking and screaming thinking I was going to die. They rushed me to the local behavioral hospital where we found out that it developed because I was having extreme anxiety and panic disorder. at the time this was considered a “new concept” that teenagers could have anxiety disorder not just adults. It breaks my heart that Lacey’s parents didn’t do more for her.
They killed her, it's not a matter of doing more lmao, there isn't even any picture of her besides the school one !
They left her there even when she was rotting but still alive. Not to mention going on vacations. Those people are demons and left her there on purpose
i had severe agoraphobia too and i was unable to go out, i was put on serotonin which helped me a lot and i’m completely cured today (and now i looove social interaction!!)
I have extreme social phobia , I am afraid of people but also open spaces , its very hard but you have to force yourself to go out at least once a day , I have very good psychatrist and therapeut who help me with that , i spend at least 3 hours a day outside no matter how hard it is , I dont go to places where there are a lot of people but i at least walk in forrest and in the beach
I suffer with agoraphobia and I've not left the house since I had my last child in 2021
A client of mine had an brain aneurysm after giving birth. She could hear everything and the doctor said “she’d be a vegetable” she thought she’d prove him wrong. She’s living well as a successful children’s author.
Wow what is her name??
What's her name
what’s her name ?
Love this! What’s the name of her book?
Lmao bullshitter
I truly think these parents were incredibly abusive and neglectful and forced her in that spot. Even if she made a decision out of fear due to mental illness to stay in the spot what parent allows their child to rot away? They intentionally watched her die and kept her alive to prevent being caught in some sadistic form of pleasure. There was no denial or ignorance on their part, when you see maggots eating at your daughter’s flesh while she’s alive there’s no room for reason or excuse. It’s just pure evil.
Wow, this one sad, very sad situation. I am blown away by everything you said. Nice job on narrating this segment.
The fact that she was deliberately undressed cause there’s no way she just sat down naked…
So disgusting what those people did to her
Stripping her was probably their extra way to humiliate her ever further for some sick reason
the SA theory makes sense to me cause no parent would strip their child and leave them in the living room for no reason...
This. There is no way she was not abused SA and with other abuse. and I believe they did something to her that made her shut down.
What dose SA mean?
@@galaxythierholm8506 sexual assault
@@galaxythierholm8506sexual assault
@@galaxythierholm8506sexual assault
Lacey living like that for 12 years is unimaginable. My soul is screaming hearing this story. The smell of rotting flesh.... unless you've smelt it, you don't understand. There's no way this was manslaughter. Manslaughter is pushing someone into a pool and they die from like hitting their head or drowning. You had no intention of killing them, but you were aware what you were doing was potentially dangerous. I can't imagine, as a human being, how you walk past someone covered in feces and maggots, and just ignore it. Let alone that it's my child and she's sitting there practically naked. I can't wrap my head around this. I have dealt with plenty of difficult patients. Ones so bad, you had to layer up because they would throw poop at you. We still got them cleaned up. There's absolutely no excuse for this. My blood is boiling.....
I can't even.
My skin crawls every time I hear about this horrible case.
And wouldn't everything in that house be tainted with the smell? I can't imagine the parents leaving the house and their clothes not having a stench on them. How people didn't notice is just sad.
My sister was a nurse when I was around 12 years old, I used to go hang out with her on a weekend or for a week or 2 when school was out for summer. She worked in a nursing home and had a crazy schedule when it came to her shifts, so sometimes she take me along, if she was on nights...I liked visiting with some of those nice old people, some had no families or anything so I'd do that while she did her nursing thing. I'd help her turn people in their beds, so she could clean them up and I couldn't imagine letting anyone sit in that mess for an hour, never mind years.
And yes, there were difficult patients there, too. But those are everywhere.
I agree my friend. This is heartbreaking. Those parents are nothing short of evil. I couldn't imagine in my wildest nightmare watching my baby girl in such a horrible condition. Bullshit they were feeding her. Absolutely abhorrent
This was from years ago you’re just hearing it now?
@6Haunted-Days There were no commentaries addressing time period hearing about this case. Who cares when? Is there some award I'm not aware of deeming people the first to sit on yt all day to initially hear a case? How sophomoric.
Agree! This is first degree murder!!! They weren't even talking about her... Nobody will just sit in an uncomfortable position like that because they choose too and if a person is bedridden it is a parents or a caretakers job to move their body every 2 hours, it is a lot of work but when you truely love someone you won't be able to watch them decay... This is so extremely sad, they could've put her in the system, asked any of the relatives or even the neighbours to take care of her, my parents would've taken care of her FOR FREE! Her parents aren't human, they are just monsters 😢
It’s been 20 minutes in and this is the best horror podcast I’ve ever watched. Absolutely incredible. I’m already an empathetic person so I could imagine exactly what you were thinking of but when you voice my thoughts aloud… it’s terrifying, like I actually wanna throw up
its so sad that i was born in 2010 and i keep thinking that through my whole life this poor girl was going through one of the worst situations imaginable she couldnt even move.
On the feces part of it, there is an extreme case called rectal vomiting, where, essentially your intestines get so backed up with feces that you throw it up or your intestines are so inflamed that you throw up feces, and if it was in her ears, and not her nose that means that it was either so bad that it shot straight past her sinuses, or it was so hard from the lack of water that it was just pushing into her ears.
All of this is so horrific to even imagine.
It's called fecal vomiting, but the feces does not make it to your ears and this condition is fatal if left untreated.
@manedlioness7016 How would you explain the sofa foam in her stomach then?
@@pepojordan73that’s not something the human body can actually digest. So it just stayed in her stomach, stuck.
@@pepojordan73 she was either eating it or it fused with her organs as her back flesh started to melt. Im not saying she didnt eat her own feces im just saying if she did she prolly also had rectal vomiting explaining it being in her ears. Bc eating shit would prolly give u rectal vomiting
I remember falling into depression. Not wanting to shower nor getting out of my bed unless it was to use toilet or eat. And it was my mom who knew it was wrong and trying to find an answer to what is happening to me and getting an appointment for me for with psychiatrist. She was the one who tried to get me out of the bed and talk me out of what I was doing and convince me to get help.
My mom would never let that happen to me.
I've been in this rut of depression for a few weeks now. Your comment and this video are helping me get out of this asap, and I'm calling my therapist and psychiatrist today!!
I haven't been wanting to get ready when I wake up.
Let us know how you’re doing after you go to your appointment! I’m a stranger but I’ve been there and I care about you! It does get better!!! @@RoLLUpAFat1
PRAISE GOD FOR YOUR MOM🙏🙏🙏
@@RoLLUpAFat1that’s amazing!!! I’m finally getting back into hygiene habits and I have hygiene ocd (meaning I have ocd but some of the worst of my ocd is directed towards extreme hygiene habits), so imagine how “disgusting” I feel when in depressive episodes when I can’t take care of myself. I’ve just gotta humanize it and celebrate every little victory, I’m so proud of you and I’m so proud of myself for being able to brush my teeth today.
I live in Louisiana and now I totally remember this story…prayers out to the survivors rip Lacey 😭
"Sheila and Clay Fletcher were each sentenced to 40 years, though 20 will be suspended. They were ordered to serve five years of supervised probation once their prison stints are over.
"Of all the things I can say about this case, the one thing that keeps coming to mind is that Clay and Sheila Fletcher continually chose the path of least resistance when it came to the care of their daughter. The truth is that Lacey laid on a couch and slowly died because she got no medical or mental health care," District Judge Kathryn Jones said in the courtroom."
how do you see literal BONES coming out of someone and NOT think to take them to a doctor/call a doctor over? Her parents are absolutely responsible and I hope Lacey gets to play sports and move in peace
What? She didn’t die?
@@clevelandplonsey7480she did die
@@clevelandplonsey7480 in the after life
@@clevelandplonsey7480 Maybe in heaven? Idk why they said sports either.
I'm assuming bc she walked and exercised is why they said that
I have a comment here. I have a muscle autoimmune disease. Most people aren't diagnosed until they end up in a wheel chair. I was called lazy so many times. I actually collapsed one day on a couch and I couldn't get up. When I finally screamed that I needed to go to the ER (I was being called lazy and stupid before I started screaming) my muscles were being damaged so badly I ended up with rhabdomyolysis (body was killing muscles instead of healing them as simple as I can put it). I was tested for drugs, stds, and heavy metal poisoning before being tested for an autoimmune. At 39 I still have problems getting off the floor. The entire time leading up to this episode I kept getting more and more weak. I was still in contact with my friends, I was still going out, until one day I just physically couldn't.
Please take care of yourself
I'm so sorry no one believed you. I've been there. I have fibromyalsa but no where near what you went through. I pray you have ppl loving and helping you. 😊
Yikes! Do you have help now?
I'm so sorry, I was accused of the worst things too because of musculoskeletal conditions and you never forget people who treated you as if you were just lazy or wanted drugs so you could have some relief from the nonstop pain.
I still don't talk to my sister, instead of trying to help or believing me, she tried to have my sons taken from me.
And when I was totally vindicated, I now have 16 screws in my back, and am disabled, she acted like she didn't try to ruin my life or kick me when I was down. She acts like I'm the unreasonable one for not talking to her now.
I believe in Karma, as soon as her daughters were able, they moved out, one went thousands of miles away. She was made to get rid of her baby at 16 that she wanted so my sister wouldn't look like a bad mother. That's after my sister left her 15 yr old daughters bf sleep over. 🙄
I cannot stand a hypocrite.
But worse, forcing your child to get rid of her own child, my sister's grandchild, to save face, when her daughter very much wanted the child and so did the bf.
I want grandkids so bad, I would have taken care of it or left my niece move in with me and keep it. No one in the family would have given her grief. We would have loved that baby like any baby. So the only reason was because in her mind, people would think she was a bad mother for allowing the bf to sleep over. And I guess the girls dad wouldn't have been happy at all but she pushed him out, lied and said he was abusive.
I will stop but yeah, she's always been the kind to never take responsibility when she can blame someone else. She's 55 and still blames others for her own actions.
I hope you have all the help and support you need. ❤
I have a reoccurring nightmare where my legs suddenly stop working and I can’t walk anymore and the people around me think I’m just being dramatic. My muscles continue to get weaker to where I can’t even hold a pencil. Your real life affliction is my literal nightmare. I am so incredibly sorry. My heart goes out to you. I am sending as much hope and positivity your way as I can.
Did anyone find out WHY the couple did this???? I know they've been sentenced but I've looked for two hours and haven't found anything regarding a statement from them or any explanation on their part, other than "not wanting to be caaretakers". There is no way these two walked past, what is almost a rotting corpse that is their only daughter, every single day, and slept, ate, lounged about, with no given reason. I refuse to accept that.
I thoroughly enjoy the way you explain everything. You break it down "Barney Style" (As simple as possible). This is such a tragic story.