The 36-year-old woman suffered from locked-in syndrome. Her body was fused to the leather of the seat, full of ulcers and worms.
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they left her “rot” on a sofa for 12 years. His death was excruciating. The police found his emaciated body and “fused” to the leather of the seat by its own dregs.
This was the dramatic end of lacey fletchera young 36-year-old woman suffering from locked-in syndrome and passed away in his own family homein Slaughter, Louisiana, USA.
the house of horror
On January 3, Sheila Fletcher (64) called the Police to ask them to come to his house because her daughter had stopped breathing.
But when the agents arrived, what they saw surpassed every level of horror known and tolerable.
Investigators stated that Lacey’s body was half naked and sitting upright on a sunken crack on the sofa when it was discovered by the officer who approached the house.
He weighed only 43 kilos, tested positive for Covid-19 and his body was full of urine, liquid feces, worms, insect bites, and severe ulcersdescribes The Mirror.
According to the case reports, the young woman suffered locked-in syndromea form of severe paralysis that prevents the person from moving, but maintains their consciousness.
The death of the young woman was declared as homicide by the East Feliciana County Medical Examiner, Dr. Ewell Dewitt Bickham III. The expert also had no qualms about describe the scene as “disgusting”.
“I have seen some horrible things in my life, but nothing like this. The parents were in the kitchen. They didn’t have an explanation. I couldn’t eat for a week and I also cried for a week,” the doctor described.
And in this sense, he added that the evidence suggested that Lacey had been on the couch for at least 12 years.
The least expected murderers
The parents of the youngSheila and Clay Fletcher, were accused of second degree murder in the framework of a shocking case of “acute medical negligence”.
This occurred after District Attorney Sam D’Aquilla argued that they intended to kill herhighlighted the medium.
When declaring about the role of both, Bickham stated: “I opened the door, I entered the house, there was a stench, an odor, feces, fecal material, urine, you had to hold your breath”,
“The father was completely emotionlessthe head of the mother I was lying down, between her legs, I was crying a little”, he added.
Steven Moore, the lawyer for the couple, said in public statements that the couple does not want to “relive the pain of losing a child through the media”. And he added: “They have been through a lot of heartache over the years. Anyone who has lost a child knows what it is.”
What the couple did recount in their defense is that Lacey relieved herself on the sofa or on a towel that was placed nearby and that Sheila regularly cleaned her daughter’s sores.
Prosecutor D’Aquilla noted that the Fletchers claimed in 2011 or 2012 that Lacey was unwilling to leave the house and that she apparently never complained about it.
“We don’t even treat animals that way., we don’t even neglect them that way. if we have one pet In that state, we took her to the vet. If you are not able to provide the necessary care, seek help. If you are someone’s caretaker, he must pay attention.
In addition, he made a call to everyone in general. “It is important that the neighbors and the community take care of each other. We hope this never happens again”.
