Coroner reveals she spent at least TWELVE years on a couch The parents of severely autistic Lacey Ellen Fletcher who died 'fused' to a sofa by were indicted on second-degree murder charges on Monday Lacey Ellen Fletcher's emaciated body was discovered partially naked, sitting upright and partly submerged in a hole in a couch in her parents' home Sheila, 64, and Clay Fletcher, 65, did not attend the courthouse in Clinton, Louisiana, where District Attorney Sam D'Aquilla demanded the charge DailyMail.com understands she had not seen a physician for 20 years Some close neighbors of Lacey's parents in the small community of Slaughter, Louisiana, didn't even know the couple had a daughter Arrest warrants for the Fletchers were prepared immediately after the grand jury decision and they will be arrested this afternoon Dr. Ewell Bickham revealed Lacey had been on the couch for at least 12 years This is a really sick and heartbreaking case.