Laken Snelling Pleads Guilty in Newborn Son's Death, Facing Up to 10 Years

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 21

Laken Snelling, 22, changed her plea to guilty Friday in the death of her newborn son, whose body was found in a trash bag in a closet in Lexington.
In court, Snelling said she was under emotional stress after an unexpected birth and admitted, "instead of helping him, I ended his life" by depriving him of oxygen.
Prosecutors said a Fayette County grand jury had indicted her on first-degree manslaughter and other charges, including abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant.
Police were called on Aug. 27, 2024, after reports of an unresponsive infant; court records say Snelling later deleted labor photos and other evidence of the pregnancy from her phone.
The former University of Kentucky student-athlete now faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

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