Parents of Lacey Fletcher, Woman Who 'Melted' Into Maggot-Infested Couch, Sentenced to 40 Years

The parents of Louisiana resident Lacey Fletcher, whose body was found "melted" into a couch encrusted with maggots at her home, have been sentenced to prison. On Wednesday, Sheila and Clay Fletcher were both given sentences of forty years, with twenty of those years being suspended. After being released from jail, they were had to serve five years of supervised probation, according to WAFB 9 in Baton Rogue. The Advocate states that eleven different witnesses testified for more than six hours at the 20th District Courthouse in Clinton before the punishment was read. After finding their daughter melting into a couch, Lacey Fletcher's parents, Clay and Sheila Fletcher, entered a not guilty plea to manslaughter. The East Florida Parish Sheriff's Office.