New information in the investigation of the University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling’s case, whose infant was discovered in a rubbish bag in her bedroom closet, suggests the baby may have been born alive.
Snelling pleaded not guilty to mishandling “a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant,” despite earlier admitting to giving birth and hiding the evidence.
She has since dropped out of school and been placed under house arrest at her parents’ home in Tennessee.
Laken Snelling’s roommates heard noises like something falling
According to a local outlet, Snelling is now contradicting herself.
In an earlier statement (on August 27), she told police that her baby boy had fallen on the floor when she gave birth at 4 am the same morning.
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