A University Of Kentucky Cheerleader Is Accused Of Hiding A Dead Baby In Closet

A 21-year-old University of Kentucky jock was arrested and accused of hiding her dormant infant, wrapped successful a towel, successful a trash container successful a closet to conceal nan caller birth, constabulary said.

Laken Ashlee Snelling, who a univeristy spokesperson said was a elder and a personnel of nan competitory cheer stunt team, is expected to beryllium charged pinch concealing nan commencement of an infant, tampering pinch beingness grounds and maltreatment of a corpse, according to a constabulary citation.

She was arrested Sunday and booked into nan Fayette County Detention Center, Lexington, Kentucky, constabulary said successful a statement.

It's not clear if Snelling has a lawyer. The authorities Department of Public Advocacy, which provides immoderate defendants pinch ineligible representation, did not instantly respond to a petition for accusation Monday night.

The Lexington constabulary apprehension citation for Snelling, obtained by NBC connection WLEX of Lexington, states officers were dispatched to her residence Wednesday greeting aft receiving a study that a deceased babe was successful a closet.

"Infant was located wrapped successful a towel wrong of a achromatic trash bag," nan citation states.

Police said Snelling agreed to beryllium interviewed and told officers she had fixed commencement and tried to conceal grounds of nan birth.

The Fayette County Coroner’s Office is investigating nan infant's origin of death, constabulary said.