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SLAUGHTER, La. - A Louisiana couple has been re-indicted ... second-degree murder was filed on June 19 against Sheila and Clay Fletcher for the death of their daughter, Lacey, in January 2022.

The 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 ...

the Louisiana woman whose body was found “melted” into a maggot-infested sofa in her family’s home, have been sentenced to prison. On Wednesday, Sheila and Clay Fletcher were each sentenced ...

The parents of a special needs Louisiana woman who was found dead on the family couch have pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Shelia and Clay Fletcher plead no contest to manslaughter on Monday ...

and social anxieties,” Clay Fletcher said, according to the outlet. “The couch was her sanctuary. It was her comfort zone.” Lacey was found dead in her parents’ Louisiana home in January 2022.

Clay and Sheila Fletcher had already pleaded guilty, but prosecutors wanted something like a trial anyway. Over the course of six hours during the Fletchers' sentencing Wednesday, District ...

A Slaughter, Louisiana, couple was re-indicted on ... according to reports. Clay and Sheila Fletcher were originally indicted on second-degree murder in May 2022 in the death of their daughter ...

Sheila and Clay Fletcher were arrested and indicted on murder charges after the gruesome discovery in their home in Slaughter, Louisiana, in January 2022. The 36-year-old weighed just 96 pounds ...

On Wednesday, an East Feliciana Parish judge sentenced Fletcher's parents to 20 years in prison, saying they allowed their daughter to die of neglect. Clay and Sheila Fletcher both sobbed over ...

A Louisiana couple pleaded no contest Monday ... East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office Clay and Sheila Fletcher The coroner added that Lacey’s bones had been exposed and she weighed about ...