A member of the University of Kentucky’s STUNT cheer team has been arrested in connection with the death of her newborn baby, according to Lexington police.
Police announced on Sunday that Laken Snelling, 21, had been arrested.
She faces charges of abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.
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21-year-old Laken Snelling has been charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.
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Officers were dispatched around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday to a home in the 400
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