Friends and neighbours who remember Lacey Ellen Fletcher describe her as ‘just a fun, normal kid’.
‘One of the sweetest people you could ever meet’, one old school pal said.
A quiet girl, yet vocal about her opinions.
Lacey went to a small private school, called Brownsville Baptist Academy.
At 12, she played for the volleyball team.
Photos of Lacey as a teenager show her fresh-faced and smiling with her teammates.
Only, around the age of 14, something changed.
She’d been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and it accelerated in her teens.
Lacey became more isolated