Right!! That’s sickening! Glad they will live out their years in prison.

This was a heartbreaking case when I first heard it. Next to the parents who locked up their daughter for dating a married man, these monsters don’t deserve to be called “parents.” Neglect is about a complicit as abetting in her slow death :(… 1:28 I call bs. I have a mental needs family member and when it got too hard, services helped us to find a group home. Still hated that decision.

This is worse than child rape.

Sometimes it’s not quite that easy but I think this case case would have been given prioity for sure. Glad you had help when you needed it @@hnfiiinc5993

It's horrible. Even if she was defiant it's likely that it's because it was her only way of fighting back against the obvious abuse. They claim she was defiant a couple months before her passing but it takes a hell of a lot longer than a couple of months to end up in the condition that poor woman was in. They were the guardians and parents, if they couldn't properly handle her care they should have reached out to those that could help. I couldn't imagine the pain she was in.

And how did she say what the defense lawyers said she did when she was non-verbal??? Makes zero sense!!

probable a public defender. someone has to represent them or they cannot be tried.

That hipster lawyer needs to go back to school. Lacey controlled them, really? She made them starve to death in her own feces?

Nothing to see here!

Lawyers will say anything, at all, no matter who they smear or attack or lie about. Its about the win.

Can you imagine the smells and insects? This is why I don’t take food from strangers.

Most religious ppl creep me out. And stuff like this is why. How can you go to church, listen to the stuff, and then leave your daughter to rot to death. I’m convinced church brainwashes garbage ppl into thinking they are golden. 🚮

Hey stop

@@xx133 this girl was eaten by maggots alive. She rotted to the bone. Their house stank. The doctor almost passed out from the smell.

@@jamielee7404 yet I’m sure they cooked and brought food to pot lucks. 🤢

On a sofa, from which they can never move.

Shut up. Law will decide not you

It’s true! 40 years is bullshit.

They did get that cant you tell ? Shes Elderly that 40 years is a Death Sentence she will be lucky to survive 10 more years hopefully some caring mothers in there can teach her a lesson and make it only 1 ur sentence

​@@jgesselbertythat's exactly my thought

My reaction exactly

She was disabled, had special needs, and couldn't talk, but somehow SHE CONTROLLLED THEM!!! LOL THIS is WHY I could NEVER be a lawyer! I would always want to get the most humane result, not the result my 'client' was seeking! To stand there defending the worst of people the world has seen, I just could not do!! I would be saying..... " Your honour, my client is a a piece of S**t, and I hope You sentence them in the harshest way you possibly can"!! For those a**holes, to stand there blaming a mentally disabled girl for her own parents pure neglect is DISGUSTING! makes me sick!

Yeah that’s a load of crap. It is true that some people will refuse care before they pass away, but that’s usually elderly or terminally ill people. This is callous indifference right here… they left her on a couch for 20 years and never took her to a doctor. Being a caretaker is incredibly demanding, but they weren’t even taking care of her. They let her rot in the living room. Truly disturbing.

what that attorney said was disgusting. Yes, it's his job to represent his client, but I don't know how he sleeps at night after saying such things

She 100% controlled them

I really need to connect my brain cells on this one, but let me try it... so a non-verbal autistic young woman who fused into the couch was controlling them? huh? how did she do that? willpower?

@@asgb752-belgium7 That was my exact thought, the Victim was nonverbal and has severe autism, how can they said she refused treatment and even seeing a doctor via FaceTime and that she controlled them ???!! The biggest Bs ever!! that defence lawyer is as Evil as the parents !!

"Sounds like the daughter's death is being blamed on the deceased daughter." "Parents of woman who “melted” into couch in Louisiana sentenced to 40 years" What part of that makes it sound like the daughter herself is being blamed???? Learn to read.

@@billyfraiser6298 1:28 The lawyer flat out says, "Lacey controlled them." If that's not blaming the victim, I don't know what is.

@@billyfraiser6298Learn to listen.

It's an absolutely senseless remark if applied to the equally senseless notion that the victim is responsible for her own demise and death. It is a very poignant truth when applied to the difficulties that some families face as caregivers to disabled children. Given the nature of the victim's death, I doubt these two ever had her best interests at heart very often. I have no sympathy for them.

@@joeblog2672 I'm Autistic and I know how people behave towards those who are cared for, it's not always nice and can be down right abuse. The UK care system is a shambles if you ask me, the only thing that they "care" for, is money. I would have been better off if I was allowed to join the military, instead I got 15 years of bullying and abuse!!!! I'm had some right horrible stuff happen to me, and I've seen some awful things.

Plus the constant screaming from being filled with maggots, bones poking through the skin. No neighbours heard it...

@@carlduckett9366 honestly, there's so much screaming and fighting on my street that I ignore it. The cops do not care when I call.

I remember seeing pictures of the inside of the house and it’s completely spotless. Like, it’s eerie how clean the place is and then the area where the daughter is the only “dirty” area.

That’s what I thought - he put a lot of words in her mouth

She was completely verbal when everyone else knew her

Lazy parents

So in the case of consent, if someone doesn't say anything ie "no!", then there's consent huh.

you have never dealt with a truly oppositional patient

Even non-verbal, they had to have been ignoring her sounds of distress, smelled her, etc. The more one thinks of it, the more horrible it gets.

​@@realemonful🤡

@@realemonfulNice one, scum-stain.

You're kidding right????

@@realemonfulCease your buffoonery.

well, according to first responders, the smell of their house was pretty overwhelming. maybe that was it.

@@zubetp What?! They were referring to the parents being overwhelmed by her & her care. If they took care of her she wouldn't have died &, god forbid, the house wouldn't stink like death.

Not to excuse them or anything but for some people a side effect of being overwhelmed is doing nothing to address the issue at all. Clearly they felt burdened by her disability so instead of asking for help they just ignored her

@@zubetp WHAT?!! They were the cause of the smell leaving her to simmer in her own waste!! There is NO excuse for the parents, NONE.

“Even for an attorney” lmao low key roast.

They are a disgrace , they should be charged along with their client. If they can stand up in court and lie , and create so much pain for the victims in court, then they need to be held accountable as well. It's disgusting what happens in court. Not only the defence , but I've seen cases where the prosecution have lied about innocent people.

THIS is WHY I could NEVER be a lawyer! I would always want to get the most humane result, not the result my 'client' was seeking! To stand there defending the worst of people the world has seen, I just could not do!! I would be saying..... " Your honour, my client is a a piece of S**t, and I hope You sentence them in the harshest way you possibly can"!! For those a**holes, to stand there blaming a mentally disabled girl for her own parents pure neglect is DISGUSTING! makes me sick!

I agree, however it is a lawyers job, and the reason I could never be a defense attorney. Some people are built different, and those are the ones who can do certain jobs. If I was ever to be a lawyer, I would probably want to be a civil rights attorney, even though it is such a challenge in the US.

@@biochemica2 i know what a defence is , if you are innocent they need to put the evidence over to show innocence , however most of the time the defence are actively lying , they take a scrap of something and create a lie , and you arent supposed to lie in court , however it seem both defence and Prosecution can lie to suit the narrative . when the person is convicted the defence must face some sort of comeback for producing the lies that were disproven in court , we know full well the person defending themselves dont come up with elaborate lies , its just a game for the defence and prosecution , its all about winning and not justice to them

They are evil liars.

A good point,, they were getting money meant for her and not spending it on her - even more shameful.

i knew a woman like this who took care of her father that was pretty much gone. after he died she never reported it and got checks for 6 more months and had a bunch of dogs that only got fed once a day and used welfare to pay for it.

Think they wanted her to die to collect a life insurance check.

@@LoneVocalist yep on top of her social security checks. I'm sure they were living comfortably while she layed dying.

Facts

And her parents!

I agree. I believe in life after death and they will all have to face her and their conscience when they leave this planet. In the next life there is no way to hide the truth or your real thoughts and feelings, all is transparent.

Everyone has a right to legal representation and the best defense possible. That lawyer KNEW it wouldn't work. They were doing the job that we all have a right to. If the best and only defense was that then that is what they get. THEY are the ones that chose to plead not guilty, not their attorney. Some of these defense attorneys are saints. They defend people (again because it's our right required for a fair system) they can't stand. Someone has to. Go listen to some defense attorneys talk about having to make monsters look as good as possible because that's what their job is. You may be surprised at how hard it is for them. Something Else to consider is that it may not have been their best defense but the attorney accepted it Knowing the jury would hate it.

@@CynHicks but what if one of these lawyers manage to get a murderer free, on technicality, and this accused murderer then hurts-in some way-someone close to you? It is then found that he was indeed guilty of the crime he was previously accused of... what would one feel then?

@SuperHawk0413 the point of the law system is not to let emotions run through. If he frees him, that’s not the fault of the lawyer who is doing his job, that’s a problem with the system. He may feel personal guilt, but he is doing what everybody has a right to. What if that “murdurer” was falsely accused and the lawyer deliberately put up a bad case, causing him to go to jail?

Yeah, when the coroner suffers PTSD and will possibly be needing therapy, then it’s BAD!

Yes it does. You can tell how affected he is by it.

Horrible monster parents

That says a lot !

The look on his face and his tone of voice said it all. I have a nephew with autism whom I helped raise and he was nonverbal till the age of 7. I know quite a few disabled people and have known them since they were seven or eight and they're now young adults. The most difficult thing so far their parents had to endure was puberty. The disabled community in my sister's Town banded together to help each other. While quite a few people were poor in my sister's town there were a lot of people with money and they donated generously to the disabled park programs. Socialization and getting children out into the community is an integral way of helping them become verbal or at least used to being around different people. And getting them out and moving is very important. The parents are directly responsible for her death. In my opinion it was murder, but maybe they just didn't know how or where to ask for help. And Louisiana is not very helpful to the poor people in their state. Whatever the issue was there is no excuse to let someone die that way, especially someone you profess to love

In a Louisiana prison?

Anyone abusing kids or special needs people won’t get a good rep

Yes they’ll get 3 meals a day and exercise and a bathroom. All of that was more than their daughter got.

no, i dont think you know what its like in there. which is a good thing, but you're not accurately representing that hell hole. its worse than you and a lot of people think actually

@@aliceslab Inmates don’t care anymore, they let predators live these days it seems.

Excuse? How about stupid is as stupid does.

At their age it is a life sentence in my humble opinion.

You know that a life sentence is 25 years and up?

There's life which in some states is 40 years then there's natural life....these people will check out well before the sentence is up

At their ages they wont live out the sentences.

Absolutely sickens me

You are a human being those parents weren't. Being a caregiver is taxing but what they CHOSE to do selfish and evil

She was verbal and active in high school

​​@@graceg3250yes she was. She was even a popular athlete in highschool. Medical experts say that the first 2 years out of the 22 years that her health deteriorated, were the years when she was still reactive and can communicate. However, in the next 2 decades, she was non-verbal and non-mobile. The parents could have very well taken her to the doctor or let one go to their house. If there's a will, there's a way. It seems like they were not concerned at all just because she can no longer verbally complain. Of course they can see (and smell!) her physical condition. Literally rotting in her own feces with maggots eating her alive. She had been eating the couch foam because there's nothing else for her to eat. In the meantime, they are busy keeping an active schedule at their local church and community. So terrible.

If you're a behaviourist you should no that speech isn't the only form of communication & people cam absolutely say no, be oppositional, be aggressive & violent etc. There are a lot of good points to make against the parents but this repeated point in the comments is a dumb one.

@@graceg3250again, 20 YEARS AGO

@@aussiejubes how can she say no when she can’t even talk? And she’s autistic which makes it that much harder to communicate. There is literally no way for her to communicate. It seems like you are being the dumb one.

Right they contradict themselves. They state she was non verbal …exactly how much control could she have ?

Yes

They probably didn't wanna pay the ambulance and hospital bills. Probably didn't have her on health insurance, but they could have. If things get that bad, you seek help. I'm amazed they called 911 when she died

They were too busy with their social life

That's some sick shit.......the jail is pretty much a retreat for them, at this point! As that's no *real punishment. You know that someone is foul (beyond disbelief) if the coroner (or doctor......whichever he was) was negatively affected by what he saw. Alot of folk like to play with Life, as if it's really a stage for them to show out on. These 2 had an array of years to do right by that young woman (cause it's obvious that they did not consider her their child).......but instead they did them and probably benefitted financially from having her around. Now, they can dance around and pussyfoot with the outcome that they created for themselves. To even be privy to knowing such quality minds exist is disturbing and hurts ones brain to consciously be privy to.

They were not sentenced to jail.

@@Ausgar-yc1yl bwa haaaaaaahaaaa a difference only some will cling to

@@robertafrender3935 They are different things and not interchangeable.

Hopefully. That way the countless sheeple out there saying that "ALL" parents are "loving" and "caring" will learn. And when a child (yes, that means also that girl's age) is going through something and desperately asks for help, those same people always respond "Get over yourself. Stop the judgmental behavior. Your parents do care about you." Go figure.

Sit down, Karen. This ain't no spamming. This is for those (you included) yssuP enough to be afraid of the truth. Having fun in your little beautiful garden of ignorance?@@BatarianBob

Lawyers are paid to be scumbags

Exactly. There is NO excuse for what they did. None.

not to defend the parents at all since they're literally evil, but it is so incredibly difficult to get a disabled child into a care home. My brother is severely autistic and we needed to get him into a care home for people with severe special needs, but it costed $130,000 and insurance wasnt gonna cover most of it. They totally could've taken better care of her, but unfortunately I dont think they were ever going to be able to get her in a home. :(

It's difficult to "place" an autistic adult in a group home in the deep south. The system fails these kids Edit: I typed this before reading the comment above saying the same thing

The only thing they wanted was her paychecks. Disgusting!

@@omni8568They could have done something, ANYTHING though. Most states have Disabled Dependent Adults Services (ages 18-59). They literally could have dropped her off at their office, an ER, police station, or a fire station & she'd have been better off - obviously. In those locations, someone would have called local resources at the very least. She'd be alive if they had.

He didn't say homicide. He said unnatural. If you are going to quote makers accurate.

It bothered me also Dr. But not like you suffered I'm so happy those monsters are locked up. May they rot in prison. Ty Dr.❤

@@tchlinIt really doesn’t matter! Her lack of care says it all!

What makes me much angry is that they blame her now.

there is no death penalty

Right? Intrusive thoughts unchecked

But that's how humanity functions these days. Those who need the most support, care, attention, and recognition will NEVER see any of it. Instead, it's all about wealth, power, popularity, classism, and corruption. It's unfortunate... but that's just the reality of mankind.

@@Novastar.SaberCombat And every day I have to tell myself not to become jaded by all of it. I might as well give up all together if I did that.

Lawyers are taking the same path of least resistance. Blaming someone that can't defend herself. Just so they can move on to the next victim.

People are disgusting! Animals take care of their young better than humans do

Welcome to the American South. Let’s stop sending food there.

Agree- this is no way to treat anyone you love. So sad 😞

Totally agree!

Agree pitiful excuse for alawyer🎉

Basketball people never do this type of stuff to their kids as much as you all love to talk about them, always them tennis people doing the most unforgivable things 🤷🏽‍♂️

​@jayshizzle35 wrong. Black woman decapitated her 3 month baby and left the body on the kitchen counter. There's many more like that. Stop it with that racist shit. Evil exists across all races.

@@jayshizzle35 you got to be better at pretending to be black -_-

The first responders who took the call and went to the house said the same thing. They couldn't eat for weeks.

"corner"? Do you mean "CORONER"?

@@BunnySpaceMachine I'm sure that's because of auto-complete typing

​@@mariaelda6271people just don't proofread anymore.

No kidding. When the veteran coroner is horrified, you know it was bad.

Exactly. Putting her in a home would have directed those checks to the home instead of them.

40 years pretty much is.

They were sentenced to 40 years, they arent gonna outlive those sentences.

What?! That lawyer said that Lacey refused treatment and care?! She was too weak to have refused or ask for anything! I hope those parents serve every year they were given. No early release or parole!

That's the lawyer doing his job. Defending his clients, whatever he has to say. But don't worry. The parents are already old, and likely won't live out their sentence. Especially now that they will be separated from each other.@@ninastout3522

That cold 🥶

No kidding . And typical sheeple out there saying that "ALL" parents are "loving" and "caring". And when a child (yes, that means also that girl's age) is going through something and desperately asks for help, those same people always respond "Get over yourself. Stop the judgmental behavior. Your parents do care about you." Go figure.

Yes I have also supported people with varied disabilities some minor and some very complex. I feel these parents just had given up caring for their daughter cause she took up their time. It's disgusting that there are so many special needs children being subjected to abuse and neglect by parents/caregivers. Several of these cases have gone to trial and parents have been been found guilty. Thank you to the media for covering these cases and bringing these people into the spotlight. Care for your children 🤗

...and if you can't, you surrender the child to the state. You don't leave them sitting in their own filth for months/years.

Ahh...once again the churches are involved in sinister goings on. Who woulda thunk it?

As long as they were giving a church donation every Sunday. Does the church really care about anyone?

@@karencarpenter5845 they care about making more contributors. Clearly someone who would never be a contributor was less valuable to them.

That’s what churches do ! It’s all about the money ! I’ve seen it first hand will never go to church again.

@@karencarpenter5845 They care about getting more donors in their doors, that's it.

Thats not parents thats Monsters.

It’s their job. That’s why “What do you call 10k lawyers at the bottom of the sea?…. A good start,” is such a popular joke.

Bottom feeders

Just look at him. He’s an acid casualty who looks like he has been living in the town dump for 30 years. Last time he washed his hair was during the Nixon administration. He probably smells odious.

Where did you hear that?

@@BunnySpaceMachine it was on a news report shortly after his exam was finished

​@@toryberchyeah I'm gonna go with no. Bro didn't say anything about not being able to eat. You 100% made that up.

@@BunnySpaceMachine that's your opinion hon not mine and your free to it

​@@toryberchyou're*🙄 JFC.....

The kid would not get in the car to see a doctor so what were the parents supposed to do? Anyone who has stubborn relatives knows what I am talking about.

@@savvytravelhub Call 9-1-1. Seriously, how dumb are you? Even if they had to call the cops, this person was by age an adult and hadn't been declared incompetent legally so even if the cops refused to do something for any other reason they could get her removed for trespassing.

That also sounded so crazy to me. In her last month she refused care. You don't wait till your child is dying

@savvytravelhub um you call 911 and get an ambulance to take them to the hospital? She was 80lbs when she died I seriously doubt she'd put up much of a fight

You’re the kind of parent she needed and deserved. Thank God for you ❤🙏🏼

I'd like to think that that were plenty of institutions that would have taken her, but this is Louisiana. They spend their taxes on something, but it's not on roads, education, or the disabled.

Amen. There were options besides this awful outcome. Period.

Please name the agencies for those who might be unaware.

Exactly. Lacey had taken to the couch at 14 and her parents told doctors she refuses to move, but did not get more help. A mentally ill person cannot set the terms. The parents were overwhelmed and it crossed the line into criminal behavior.

@@kerrynight3271 I agree. For one of my college classes I took last year, I wrote an essay on Improving Healthcare for Elders. In one part of the essay, I compare Mississippi and Louisiana, and apparently, Louisiana has better access to healthcare than Mississippi does.

Facts

This is a life sentence at their age…

Look at how old they are, they wont outlive the sentences

They pleaded no contest, so they only get 10-20years

They need solitary confinement for life and not be allowed to go outside

Under US law, cruel and unusual punishment@@jaredporter2228

Thankfully the judge agreed. They got jail time

How?

@@savvytravelhub start by calling 911, or health and human services in any state.

Yes, I really wish we knew more about that too. The entire thing is suspicious when it comes to the parents, because apparently she went to regular school until 10th grade and even played team sports at school. Her former classmates were interviewed and noted that she was more child-like in her interests and was occasionally bullied, but overall she seemed nice and normal-ish. I don't doubt that she would have had a rough time in school (I'm the same age as her and I did, and I'm not even on the spectrum) but after her parents took her out in 10th grade to be homeschooled, it seems that she was just gradually seen less and less until she went missing in her early 20s but no one noticed because her classmates hadn't seen her in years and the neighbors simply assumed she'd moved away to start her own life like most people do at that age.

I’m grateful you didn’t let her diminish in there alone and got her care. We’ll all be old one day and hope for kindly, family, friends, and neighbors and caretakers.

Good point!

First of all, non verbal people can often communicate nonverbally (writing, switch buttons, hand signals, head nods, etc.) Second, she wasn’t non verbal when she was in school

@@graceg3250 Go troll somewhere else you evil person!

She couldn’t have stopped a house call had they called a doctor to the house, if she wasn’t going to or able to get off the couch, no matter how much refusing, parents could’ve stepped in and had a doctor come and evaluate her and commit her to a home if needed, or sedate her for a check up. They were her caregivers. They didn’t give care.