A 21-year-old College of Kentucky athlete was arrested and accused of hiding her useless toddler, wrapped in a towel, in a trash bag in a closet to hide the latest delivery, police mentioned.
Laken Ashlee Snelling, who a univeristy spokesperson mentioned was a senior and a member of the aggressive cheer stunt staff, is predicted to be charged with concealing the delivery of an toddler, tampering with bodily proof and abuse of a corpse, in keeping with a police quotation.
She was arrested Sunday and booked into the Fayette County Detention Middle, Lexington, Kentucky, police mentioned in an announcement.
It isn’t clear if Snelling has a lawyer. The state Division of Public Advocacy, which supplies some defendants with authorized illustration, didn’t instantly reply to a request for data Monday night time.
The Lexington police arrest quotation for Snelling, obtained by NBC affiliate WLEX of Lexington, states officers had been dispatched to her residence Wednesday morning after receiving a report {that a} deceased toddler was in a closet.
“Toddler was positioned wrapped in a towel inside a black trash bag,” the quotation states.
Police mentioned Snelling agreed to be interviewed and informed officers she had given delivery and tried to hide proof of the delivery.
The Fayette County Coroner’s Workplace is investigating the toddler’s explanation for loss of life, police mentioned.
Meriam Bouarrouj contributed.
