'We didn't know they had a daughter': Neighbors of woman found ‘melted’ to sofa | Banfield

[@Leidyloveslibros]

Imagine being supportive of people who hid their child and let them rot away on a couch. Shame on these people.

[@judymoorehead3046]

Shame isn't strong enough of a word to describe this.

[@cocoknows]

Despicable.

[@JAM661]

Well the women was 36 years old and they do not say she had and mental or physical problem before this. So why not leave. There seem to be no proof they restricted her in the home. There are so many questions

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

​@@JAM661maybe you should do some research. She had mental problems. She was paralyzed and had locked in syndrome...she couldn't just get up and go

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

​@@JAM661of course they didn't restrict her..she was paralyzed and had locked in syndrome

[@natalie9884]

“Slaughter”…what a name for a city.

[@judymoorehead3046]

I had the same thought!

[@rozdoyle8872]

Very Fitting.

[@Justice55339h]

Ikr...

[@eustab.anas-mann9510]

Better than "Pupisofa"

[@luannestrickland4199]

We are told the smell was horrendous by the coroner that witnessed the scene and victim. I wonder how could the parents hide the death smell on themselves when going out in public??

[@H_H_____]

Exactly! Did they just close off the front room and live in the other 95 percent of the house?

[@weskelly4538]

That’s wat I wonder all the time. I can’t even cook fish in my house without opening up every single window before, during and a good eight hours after. So the fact that these ‘parents’ lived in that house for years shows how sick they were

[@happyswim1836]

They probably didn't. People don't like to "get involved." But, they don't mind gossip.😢

[@QueenAvacado]

I heard that the smell was so bad that officers at the scene were puking and gagging.

[@dreapress1227]

Oh wow, I hadn’t even thought of that! I used to have customers who reeked of cat pee so I can only imagine what this must have smelled like. How sad and horrible!

[@LCx829]

That daughter suffered and was treated so badly. Rip

[@schawnettarobinson8584]

People don’t really know what goes on behind closed doors.

[@judymoorehead3046]

So true.

[@s.p.baughman7885]

Exactly ...some people are very evil....

[@havanesemommom6912]

Thank you Alex for being so diligent and involved in this on the ground

[@MK-hz2bn]

Why are the parents not in jail?

[@jennifermcgoldrick6323]

They’ve pleaded no contest, so they will be going to prison. They’re awaiting trial.

[@yvettethomas5533]

I'm assuming they made bail, pleaded no contest (@2:39) and now are awaiting sentencing. So, they will be in PRISON soon!!

[@gendc]

Yes. I read somewhere that sentencing date is for March 20. They were released on 300.000 $ bond till february 20th.

[@yvettethomas5533]

@@jennifermcgoldrick6323 You mean they are awaiting sentencing. They plead "no contest". There won't be a trial. No contest means that they are not pleading guilty, but they understand that there is enough evidence against them that a jury would convict. Which, by them pleading "no contest" could mean a lighter sentence. And I use that term "lighter" lightly 😊

[@H_H_____]

This is when they let them go for a while and if they off themselves and save tax payers' money, the justice system will consider it a win win.

[@LovariaMerak369]

Who could do this to anyone. It is very troubling they did this to their own child. They are real monsters.

[@H_H_____]

They were fine upstanding church goers. See. I've been telling people that fine upstanding church goers can be cruel and evil and nobody has believed me. Well, here is evidence I know what I am speaking of. In Warner Robins, GA, the home developers are seemingly fine upstanding church goers and decons but they are attacking homeowners in their homes.

[@shawnettezaccaria2462]

I agree very disturbing it is PURE EVIL.

[@Uncaged_cricket]

36 year old adult with social anxiety

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

​@@Uncaged_cricket she had locked in syndrome

[@zz-jones]

@@mzbatonrougebeauty5267no she didnt, that was debunked. they found pieces of the couch in her stomach that she'd been eating. you can't eat or swallow with locked in syndrome

[@NoblePen]

Thank you for spreading awareness of the horrific injustice of Lacey's life. The neglect and abuse Lacey endured is horrifically evil. Loving parents do not behave this way. Only monsters do. These monsters deserve to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Louisiana law and to serve the rest of their evil lives in prison, no chance of parole. Without any more frivolous postponements for justice to be served. Justice for Lacey 🤍🕊

[@maryrine-marybel7118]

Melted in couch. Dear lord. How evil

[@jennifersalo8044]

36 year old with social anxiety

[@wendybenton9762]

Maybe when their neighbours see pictures of their daughter's condition they might not be soo supportive. 🤔

[@TownGirl04]

Obviously, they should have put the daughter in a home, even if she apparently didn’t want to go. They decided to neglect her, instead. To let her die in this way was so tragic for her.

[@JAM661]

Well what was wrong with her.

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

She had a stroke yrs ago. She had locked in syndrome

[@ANTAGONIST1776]

@@JAM661 this this easy stuff to look up and listen, you might need to go take still 5tg grade courses again 😂🫵🏾

[@joannawinters6592]

​@@mzbatonrougebeauty5267 no she didn't

[@shannanbegley8189]

Absolutely horrific!

[@shawnettezaccaria2462]

This is so disturbing. As a mother I cannot EVEN comprehend what these parents did do their own child! This kind of stuff should NOT be happening period. PURE EVIL. Demonic even. This world has become one disturbing place to live in ☹I feel bad for this precious soul that was just disregarded like she was nothing. WE all have meaning and WE ALL MATTER in this life. Shame on these "PARENTS" Horrible absolutely horrible! 😤

[@kimberlyjones6476]

I guess not. She was slowly dying on their couch for literally years so why would you know they had a daughter? If there is any case that deserves the death penalty for both parents it’s this one. Even the medical examiner cried talking about this case and said he couldn’t sleep for weeks after what he saw.

[@kymbab3471]

Can someone tell me How these ppl are NOT in jail?

[@dogmomofive7011]

Awaiting sentencing.

[@kathydethman7218]

This world has become so evil. How the hell are the parents not getting a "fair shake"??

[@natalie9884]

It’s so sad. Sadly people have been evil since the beginning of time.

[@TrueThingsPrevail]

We are in a mental health crisis and it’s horrifying and sad.

[@ameliadavis1979]

Morally bankrupt people, too! Our society has become very cruel!

[@susycavaleiro1265]

EVERYONE these days pleads mental health even when they don't have mental health problems to escape serious jail time. Problem is the people that DO have mental health problems aren't taken seriously.

[@judymoorehead3046]

​@@susycavaleiro1265 well said. Thank you

[@natalie9884]

It’s no secret that there have always been wolves in sheep’s clothing…even at the church.

[@travelnomad2128]

Especially at the church!

[@rfcent]

Especially… any movie u ever saw the priest or preacher was evil.😈

[@SerenaMaeTV]

The crazy thing is.... this is not that uncommon... People go missing all the time. Imagine the situations all the missing people are in? And this is someone's adult child... the abuse towards children is even more common... It really is a scary world out there. Always keep an eye open and report anything suspicious. And the "nicest" people are always the creepiest ones with the most to hide in my opinion... This story is so tragic. I feel so sorry for her and I hope these "parents" get what they deserve and more.

[@Amanda-nz5rl]

I think there’s more to this story than meets the eye.

[@Amanda-nz5rl]

I have a sneak suspicion there might have been sexual abuse for some reason.

[@kelb6073]

I think they took her money and that's why they didn't put her in a home.

[@jennifersalo8044]

She was 36 years with social anxiety

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

​@@jennifersalo8044locked in syndrome

[@superflygirl]

@@mzbatonrougebeauty5267no she didn’t have locked in syndrome. The coroner said that was impossible.

[@maryrine-marybel7118]

Sick

[@venger5705]

This is the most disturbing thing I have ever heard.

[@Devonellah]

This is insane beyond belief!! They let their daughter rot away over years - she probably slowly went insane from the pain and suffering... These people are evil...

[@Empressinapastlife]

I can’t believe they eat in that house. Not to mention the stench that will always be in that house, but they starved their daughter to death. Heartless people and no conscience. They will face their real judge one day.

[@tonyamcintyre4400]

This is so hard to understand, the pictures are even more so erie. The pictures in the home, knowing that poor child was lying on the couch dying a Slow painful death. Meanwhile these disgusting parents are smiling taking pictures. wtf church going to boot!

[@graceg3250]

I’ve taken care of a couple people like this young lady. I understand far more about the emotional burden and ways you could get triggered as a caregiver with someone like that, but doing this level of neglect and abuse is beyond baffling. It’s not even spur of the moment, anger-filled violence. It’s day by day, second by second, intentional sadism, condoned by both parents. I can only hope they both have had severe Alzheimer’s, because that would be the only excuse for doing something like this.

[@ameliadavis1979]

The parents seemed to be very active and well liked by the community. It seems like they could have gotten help caring for their daughter. The daughter would have qualified for Social Security Disability to help pay someone to take care of her. I wonder if she was on S.S.D.I. and the parents spent the money on themselves. That would be fraud. If so they would have to pay the government back. It can be proven the parents did not spend much on their daughter. She wouldn't have made an impact on their electric, water, food and personal hygiene bills. SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THAT. THOSE PARENTS NEED TO BE CHARGED WITH AS MANY THINGS AS POSSIBLE. ALSO FINANCIAL AND PUBLICALLY DESIMATED!

[@MalissiaCreates]

Thank you for not letting this story fade into the background. Like Lacey apparently did to all the friends, relatives and neighbors that didn’t know she was in there or to help her. The parents don’t deserve to be left alone in peace if they committed this crime.

[@JubbyLandry]

I'm from Hammond Louisiana originally and worked in Baton Rouge. My husband at the time was from the slaughter area. Never in a million years would you ever think something like this would happen out there. Sickening sad. Evil last days !

[@A_Borden_History]

I came home to my brother dead on my couch after 4 days, The smell was horrible- it clung to EVERYTHING!! I had to get rid of all my furniture and have it replaced, Even parts of my HOUSE had to be ripped up and replaced! How did they hide the smell of decomposition on their clothing?! Did they keep clothes in their cars? Did they close that one room and live in the other rooms of the house?

[@aliviasfunnydogvideos3515]

So sad that poor girl 😢

[@chantellegattrell7073]

The smell of that house was probably insane she was dying and rotting may she rest in peace

[@rocky_robinson]

I really cannot comprehend how they lived in the house with the smell, daily. This is like Jeffrey Dahmer level. Maybe even worse because it was their own daughter rotting well before her actual death. Just how??

[@chantellegattrell7073]

@@rocky_robinson God I no right

[@KKarama1]

This absolutely required a high level of self awareness and 0 empathy to let their daughter get that way. Most people wouldnt be able to keep a person in this condition for years without mentally going insane because its something so graphic even for horror movies

[@MarthaMcCrum]

The neighbor thinks the parents are not getting a fair shake?!🤬

[@graceg3250]

If the parents didn’t want her, why didn’t they put her in a state run asylum? Does Louisiana not fund that sort of thing? Yes, it would be bad, but not this bad! Maybe they enjoyed the power and control they wielded over her?

[@amandanichole8648]

Lol Louisiana doesn't fund a lot of things that would make the state be less psychotic. It's a deeply Republican run state with no care for women especially but also mental health related endeavors.

[@superflygirl]

State run asylums have not really been a thing in the US for 50 years. But she was an adult and would have qualified for Medicaid and disability. They could have kicked her out if they didn’t wanna deal with her, and she would have had better outcomes. Anything would’ve been better than this!

[@stevedallas4942]

Didn't something exactly like this occur about 15 years ago??? I've seen something on KZbin about a young woman melted to a couch long before this. Makes you wonder if that's where this couple got the idea.

[@jendee1260]

??? 👀 omg

[@chilloften]

Making every abused child aware of the true danger they are in.

[@jennifersalo8044]

She was 36 years old

[@gendc]

Tragic....

[@maryrine-marybel7118]

The smell would be horrible. Abused the daughter church people. ? Hypocrites kill daughter ? Evil. Sick. Well people can fool people

[@angelataylor3822]

People need to get their priorities straight before having children anymore..this is just awful

[@The-NightWatchman]

Pure evil.

[@SunFlower-sf1go]

The Parents are depraved! God only knows what abuses their daughter suffered from them before she became non verbal an immobile.

[@ILGuy2012]

I'm surprised the couple didn't try to dispose of all of the evidence on their own. Sounds like nobody would have had any questions.

[@somber087]

They're that neglectful

[@SheliaRPierre]

Although not from the town this happened in, I'm from Louisiana and this is horrible and a very sad story! There are facilities that those with disabilities can stay for the long term. The young lady probably was getting disability payments and they kept her home for that reason. If she was in a facility, the monthy check would go directly to the facility. I wish the so callled mother didn't have my name.😬 Hope they will do a long stay in jail for how they mistreated the young lady. They surely didn't love her.

[@dorthymcbride3384]

Murderous zombies seem to be living with children going through pure hell on earth!🙏😭

[@AdamWest-qp3yp]

Like you don’t think a door dasher isn’t going to realize who they are and possibly do something to their food.. I hope they see this and are too paranoid to eat anymore 🤣…. That’s for your daughter

[@jendee1260]

they would all (majority) know via the local delivery groups on fb. plus word spreads within minutes in small towns like these. people share quite a bit in those fb groups, tho.

[@zeroregrets5901]

called neglect uncaring, lack duty to care. it had to smell horrific zero excuse.

[@katrinahayes3885]

All because the parents didn't want to make her get up! When you are entrusted to care for someone you have to use the authority given to you to enforce the necessary care!!

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

She had locked in syndrome...she couldn't move

[@joannawinters6592]

​@@mzbatonrougebeauty5267 she didn't

[@PhoenixRising-hf5xh]

Could you imagine walking past your grown child with bones and maggots on her legs? Could you imagine sleeping knowing she was starving to death? Could you imagine eating dinner smelling your child rotting? Could you imagine going to church, being happy and kind to "community" while your child is in excruciating pain? DEMONICALLY EVIL.

[@lauralee9694]

This happened in January of 2022

[@lauradumont1984]

I work in a healthcare facility the smell of an ulcer is the worst imaginable… I can’t imagine what the first responders had to deal with

[@charmainecarter2669]

They were most likely getting State money for her and that’s why they didn’t take the daughter to a place that would take care of her. So so sad.

[@jennifersalo8044]

She was 36 years old

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

​@@jennifersalo8044why do u keep saying that.

[@gettingbywchey]

Sadly, they couldn’t even say that… Unless given an appointed guardian, most states still allow them to be in full control of funds. They would have to opt for a guardian to take over. I am a care taker for the state of MO. They found every excuse to be horrible humans.

[@jennifersalo8044]

She was 36 years old

[@anna.luv3]

old enough to be my mom :(

[@thetndixie]

Evil people live in normal houses and normal neighborhoods. Who knows what evil lurks behind closed doors!

[@lisacoulston3015]

So so sad 😢

[@SA-Bean-Bean]

Ashley NOT your best moment. You came across as a creepy, gossipy, nosey neighbor pushing her way past boundaries. Seriously asking him if he peeped in their windows? Wow. Smh. You came off as a creepy stalker.

[@gingerkat74]

💯

[@jendee1260]

triggered much? 😂

[@maryguy-fo2qk]

crazy people can affect your psychological well-being. that is why I prefer my own company I do not need to listen to another person's problems.

[@SCSC-qz7rr]

How did the police find out about this? Maybe I missed something but I’m not sure the reporter specified…

[@keciagolden7178]

The daughter had stopped breathing, and the parents called 911.

[@kareneastman9695]

:-(RIP,Lacey,

[@kimmyk1]

Manslaughter? No first degree premeditated murder sounds like. Really judge?

[@avivacohen8785]

Most people who don't know whats going on in reality un other people's homes. Even your next door neighbour

[@ShellyBomb]

This is truly The Most Heinous & Disturbing situation of neglect beyond words --- I went to bed last night & I could hardly sleep! One can't remove those images of the inside of that well kept house! And the town is called "Slaughter" 🫡

[@dawna1710]

"Demonic " 💩🛋

[@barbaratankersley7117]

I have never heard what was wrong with the daughter?

[@kelb6073]

I believe she had low functioning autism

[@jendee1260]

i think Lacey had a developmental disorder. but from how that blossomed to all of this, i’m not sure.

[@jennifersalo8044]

36 years old with social anxiety

[@monl3807]

Why?? How?? 4:29

[@sherryllynn1809]

As a Christian, what is our duty to neighbors, as good Samaritans? Am I my brother's keeper?

[@patjohnson8450]

I am willing to bet that Sheila and Clay will flee the country prior to March 20th.

[@jendee1260]

that’s probably why they didn’t answer the door.

[@roxyneeley4698]

This is not the first time a young woman “melted in to the couch”. FFS

[@silvereagle2061]

There was an episode in the series "Nip Tuck" which covers something similar to this.

[@sherryllynn1809]

OMG! (throw up sounds, hup, huk, bleuch!)

[@Justice55339h]

The "mother" looks incredibly evil, creepy and demonic especially in the close-ups. Such moms are apt to project their own self-hatred particularly severely on a daughter. Sounds like there were no siblings to support her psychologically and to be a buffer to the obsessive target of the mom's abuse. The father was probably very passive and negligent enabler.

[@superflygirl]

That’s what I think too. The mugshots (to me) show an evil detached woman and an ashamed, man. Also, Sheila is described as gregarious, held the position of Alderman in the town and was on committees while Clay is described as quiet and less involved. Obviously just speculation, but it is a pattern that has happened in other cases as well.

[@nighthawk_predator1877]

This story isn't new. This happened a good long while back. If this is a new story then this has def happened b4.

[@jendee1260]

this one was just over 2 years ago.

[@tinagaughan6297]

Why does this clip show him approaching several different houses. One white, one grey house. One without a fence, one with a white picket fence and one with a washed-out wood fence??

[@nevisscot7697]

Is it even their daughter??dna?

[@chatita9527]

Are the parents not in custody? 🤔

[@OttoByOgraffey]

You just watched the video, right?

[@Darci3333]

Evil has a face.....and they are that evil incarnate😢😢😢😢

[@monl3807]

Did she die from hunger? She couldn't walk? How does someone melt in a couch?? I need more info. 1:47

[@jennifersalo8044]

She was 36 years old. Yes they staved her to death. She was eating the couch.

[@imcnagpc2]

Surprised they called 911. Were these parents mentally ill?

[@angelataylor3822]

If he was all of that to them then they were all blind

[@Pepa269]

Nothing first class about either Father or Mother. You KILLED your daughter!

[@TrustJesus333]

Evil is increasing.

[@Amylynnklh900]

Can someone tell me what melted means?

[@Harlow_Khmer]

Her body rotted away into the couch

[@Harlow_Khmer]

Her skin and flesh got infected and they never treated it so it kept getting worse and she basically melted into the couch. The rotting flesh and bodily fluids and blood, bugs and maggots eating away at her body etc

[@gendc]

Basically cuz she wasnt able to move by herself she was suffering from locked-in syndrome, she develop kind of bed sores that went infected over her body... her parents never moved her nor care for her health and left her rot to the couch... she must have suffered so much... May she rest in god arms ❤

[@ShellyBomb]

An absolute horror!!! 🤯

[@OttoByOgraffey]

​@@gendcwait, gods arms? I guess God was busy when she was rotting away in that couch?

[@leah6820-y9v]

They did this on purpose. Completely on purpose. She relied on her parents for basic needs and they failed her. Hope they’re having fun in prison.

[@JAM661]

The cars out back are probably the parents and they probably no one right now to deal with them. They do not need them in jail. But that house may now become a eye sore. Not sure how easy it is to get real estate agent to sell it and then deal with it when your wife is in one jail and you're in another so that house is going probably sit for years now and not be taken care of. For the neighbors you hope there is a a mortgage that way when the bill is not paid the home goes to the bank and they sell it. But I would like to know why this girl just never got up and left the home if her family was not feeding her. I know I would not have stayed there. The daughter picture looks like just a normal young women so I do not understand how someone stay in a home. There was nothing that stated the daughter was not capable of leaving or calling for help before she literally got stuck to the couch.

[@shannonfergusson978]

Sounds like they just kept her at home on the couch while they went about living their lives. They lived like they didn't have a daughter. Let alone a special needs daughter living with them.

[@maddmavic]

First if the closest neigvors are supportin them. That means rhey know them well and probably invoved and do some sick shyte also. Maybe a pedo ring and they used to go there for sick stuff who knows.

[@lydialutz]

These events happened in 2022, so why all over the news right now? Did they have a court date? Entered a plea maybe.

[@Jaywaters5]

To be real... My next-door neighbor they were taking care of her mom. The mom died in the house from natural causes. I found out by talking to my neighbor, her mom was living with them for 10 years.👈 I said, "What, really 10 years your mom lived with yall." She replied, "You really didn't know?" (I said, no 🫣), because I never saw her outside in the front yard or backyard, I never saw your mom walk your dogs. Nothing. So I can understand how people don't know who lived in their house. I live in a really private subdivision where I only know my neighbors, not anyone across the street, down the street, or by my mailbox. To me, it's not that Far-fetch'd that no one knew their daughter was in the house. I wish the daughter would have gone to a mental hospital, but those could be expensive for a family. I just think the parents called the police very late, and I think they should do time in a mental health hospital, not prison. The story is a little over the top fir me, and the parents are not mentally well. 😮

[@susansnyder9271]

There is no Americana in Louisiana. We call it Southern Gothic.

[@psyche7049]

Soup anyone?

[@aramis9692]

The lord will help them 👹 When we talk about god in any religion, we talk about something we be loyal even in the bad moment when you are gulty. And in thst times yoh tell the true! You feel bad l, you felll a piecd of s@@@ and you are ... but after that you have the opportunity to save your cosncience ! Its not a delete on what you made of bad, but is a beginning to live (not to survive) with !

[@Uncaged_cricket]

Im sorry but this was a 36 year old woman with extreme social anxiety. She did not leave that house on her own accord. Why is it her parents fault!? At what point are parents NOT to blame!? You cant make someone get off the couch or clean themselves, especially a full grown adult.

[@jendee1260]

someone search this person’s home…

[@superflygirl]

Most people would do Anything before they would allow a fellow human to be eaten alive by maggots and lay around in their own shit on their sofa. What happened to this girl that saw her go from a high school student on the volleyball team to someone who refused to move even enough to avoid bedsores? People who get bedsores are not merely anxious or lazy. Something is seriously medically wrong before someone gets to that point.

[@rogcat7181]

🤍🕯️ Lacey 🕯️🤍