Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling was not home when police visited her residence and found her deceased baby in her closet, according to a new Lexington Police Department incident report.
On the morning of August 27, a Lexington Police Department dispatcher received a 911 call about the baby. “Complainant just found a dead baby in a closet,” the incident report stated, according to Fox56. “It is cold to the touch.”
The caller’s name and phone number were not included on the report. However, the report did note that Snelling, 21, was not home when police, EMTs and fire department personnel arrived at her residence.
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The report stated that officers found her about five minutes away from the house and she was taken to police headquarters, where she was asked to be “checked out” medically.
It was previously reported that Snelling allegedly admitted to police that she had given birth to a baby. Meanwhile, the arrest citation stated that the “infant was located wrapped in a towel inside of a black trash bag.”
Snelling was eventually arrested on August 30 and was booked into Fayette County Detention Center on August 31. She was charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant
The former college athlete pleaded not guilty to all charges during a September 2 court hearing. She was released on a $100,000 bond and is now living on “home incarceration with no ankle monitor” at her parents’ home in Tennessee, according to a previous report by local outlet Lex 18.
Snelling will next appear in court for a preliminary hearing on September 26.
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As Snelling’s case has continued to make headlines, several people have spoken out to share their feelings on the matter. On September 9, Kentucky prosecutor Ronnie Bowling said Snelling was being judged by the public in an unfair way.
“The first human reaction is that people are mad and angry and they want someone to blame,” Bowling, who is Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 34th Judicial Circuit of Kentucky, told WKYT.
Bowling, who is not connected in the investigation into Snelling, said she had been vilified on social media before she has been able to share her side of the story in court. “So much opinion-forming gets had before anyone hears the first real, legitimate fact, and that’s not fair to the defendants, just as much as it’s not fair to our victims,” Bowling said.
