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I'm going to ask you a question that will probably make you think, what were you doing 12 years ago?

I want you to try and think back to that time, and then think how much time has passed since then.

Think of all the things that you've done, the things that you've achieved, the things you've gone through and the things you've lost.

Now imagine this. For the last 12 years, you've been neglected.

You've sat in the same position.

You haven't stood up.

You haven't been able to use a bathroom.

You haven't washed.

And you've barely eaten.

But you're still alive and the whole time your

parents were living right alongside you. I'm Naomi Channel and this is real. You know, Lacey Ellen Fletcher was born on the 25th of November, 1985, to her parents, Sheila and Clay.

She was their first, an only child.

They lived in a town called Slaughter in Louisiana. It's a small town

with a population of around 1,000 people. In her early years, Lacey had enjoyed going to school.

She had attended Brownfield Baptist Academy and she had played on the local volleyball team.

During her time at school, she also received an autism diagnosis, specifically Asperger

Syndrome. In the 1990s, there was not a lot of support for autistic people and their families, especially in small towns like slaughter.

When Lacey was 14, her parents withdrew her from school, choosing to homeschool her instead.

People who knew her parents reported that they had complained about having to give so much of

their time to their daughter. Lacey had very little contact with other people after she left school.

She would see her neighbours every now and again, and she would love to watch Disney movies,

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