A 21-year-old College of Kentucky athlete was arrested and accused of hiding her useless toddler, wrapped in a towel, in a trash bag in a closet to hide the current beginning, police stated.
Laken Ashlee Snelling, who a univeristy spokesperson stated was a senior and a member of the aggressive cheer stunt workforce, is anticipated to be charged with concealing the beginning of an toddler, tampering with bodily proof and abuse of a corpse, in keeping with a police quotation.
She was arrested Sunday and booked into the Fayette County Detention Middle, Lexington, Kentucky, police stated in an announcement.
It isn’t clear if Snelling has a lawyer. The state Division of Public Advocacy, which supplies 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 situated wrapped in a towel within a black trash bag,” the quotation states.
Police stated Snelling agreed to be interviewed and informed officers she had given beginning and tried to hide proof of the beginning.
The Fayette County Coroner’s Workplace is investigating the toddler’s explanation for demise, police stated.
Meriam Bouarrouj contributed.
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