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 latest beginning, police stated.
Laken Ashlee Snelling, who a univeristy spokesperson stated was a senior and a member of the aggressive cheer stunt workforce, 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 stated in an announcement.
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 data Monday evening.
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 situated wrapped in a towel within a black trash bag,” the quotation states.
Police stated Snelling agreed to be interviewed and instructed 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 dying, police stated.
Meriam Bouarrouj contributed.
