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A 21-year-old University of Kentucky cheerleader has been arrested after allegedly hiding her dead infant inside a closet.
The Lexington Police Department took Laken Snelling into custody Sunday after officers were “dispatched for an unresponsive infant at a residence in the 400 block of Park Avenue” earlier last week.
“When officers arrived, they located an infant that was pronounced deceased at the scene,” police said in a press release. “The Fayette County Coroner’s Office will release the infant’s cause of death.”
Snelling, whom the Lexington Police Department said was the infant’s mother, was charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant.
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A University of Kentucky spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Snelling “is a senior at UK and a member of the STUNT team.”
University of Kentucky Athletics describes STUNT as a “head-to-head competition between two teams that focuses on the technical and athletic aspects of cheer” that is “one of the fastest-growing female sports in the United States.”
Snelling is listed as a member of the STUNT team on its website.
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A police document said the “infant was located wrapped in a towel inside of a black trash bag” and was placed in a closet, according to WLEX.
The station also cited the document as saying that Snelling, during an interview with police, “admitted to giving birth.”
Snelling later posted a $100,000 bond and was placed under “home incarceration with no ankle monitor,” WLEX reported, citing a court filing.
The Lexington Police Department said its “Special Victims Section is continuing to investigate.”
The department did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request from Fox News Digital for additional comment.
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