Laken Snelling’s roommates heard loud noises coming from the University of Kentucky cheerleader’s bedroom around the time she gave birth — then snuck into her room when she went to get McDonald’s, finding the dead newborn stuffed in her closet .

The roommates — who were suspicious that Snelling was hiding a pregnancy — heard the commotion as the 21-year-old student gave birth to a baby boy at about 4 a.m. on Aug. 27 in her off-campus house in Lexington, according to court documents obtained by Lex18 .

Hours later, the cheerleader allegedly told them that the noise was from her having fallen over, passing out from a routine illness. 4

She then left the apartment to pick up a McDonald’s, ditching her 9:30 a.m. class, the court documents stated.

While she was gone, her roommate

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