A 21-year-old College of Kentucky athlete was arrested and accused of hiding her lifeless toddler, wrapped in a towel, in a trash bag in a closet to hide the current beginning, police mentioned.
Laken Ashlee Snelling, who a univeristy spokesperson mentioned was a senior and a member of the aggressive cheer stunt crew, is predicted to be charged with concealing the beginning of an toddler, tampering with bodily proof and abuse of a corpse, in response to a police quotation.
She was arrested Sunday and booked into the Fayette County Detention Middle, Lexington, Kentucky, police mentioned in a press release.
It is not clear if Snelling has a lawyer. The state Division of Public Advocacy, which offers some defendants with authorized illustration, didn’t instantly reply to a request for info Monday night time.
The Lexington police arrest quotation for Snelling, obtained by NBC affiliate WLEX of Lexington, states officers have 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 advised officers she had given beginning and tried to hide proof of the beginning.
The Fayette County Coroner’s Workplace is investigating the toddler’s reason behind loss of life, police mentioned.
Meriam Bouarrouj contributed.
