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this University of Kentucky A former classmate said the student-athletes accused of hiding their dead newborn in the closet were described as “serial bullying.”
Laken Snelling, 21, was detained on Sunday Lexington Police Department Officials said they responded to a slow-responsive baby. The baby was “proclaimed dead”, officials said in a statement. Police said Snelling was the baby’s mother.
The Fayette County Coroner’s Office in Lexington, Kentucky said in a statement that autopsy for male babies is inconclusive and requires extensive microscopic analysis to determine how the baby dies.
Snelling was charged with tampering with physical evidence, covering up the birth of the baby and abuse of the body. She pleaded not guilty.
University of Kentucky student Laken Snelling was arrested on Sunday, August 31, 2025. (Getty Images; UK Track and Field)
Wellex Report A police document said the newborn was in a closet and was “wrapped in a towel from a black garbage bag.”
Sydney Kite (Snelling) is in high school and accuses athletes of bullying her friend and sister. Daily Mail.
“There are a lot of people who find out about their anger. My sister is one of them,” Kite said. “In high school, she tried to meet one of my closest friends with her jeep. The bullying became so bad that my friend had to be pulled out of school and moved to another because Lekan had taken it away.”
Snelling is University of Kentucky According to a university spokesperson, this is a member of the stunt team. The university described the stunt as “a head-on competition between the two teams, focusing on the technical and athletic aspects of cheering, which is “one of the fastest-growing women’s sports in the United States.”
University of Kentucky cheerleader accused of hiding his dead baby in a closet
School officials confirmed that Laken Snelling is a senior at the University of Kentucky. (Getty Image)
Snelling also “confessed to give birth,” police documents show.
She was released from prison on a deposit of $100,000 and was arrested.
Other similar cases have also attracted national attention.
In 1996, Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson gave birth to a baby in a Delaware hotel room at $52 a night, and they threw the baby into the trash. According to the two, the baby was stillborn. NBC Philadelphia.
Amy Grossberg fell ill after returning to the University of Delaware dormitory and needed to be hospitalized. After arriving at the hospital, the doctor determined that she had given birth to a baby.
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Laken Snelling is the University of Kentucky stunt team. (Getty Image)
Melissa Drexler gave birth to a baby in the bathroom at a New Jersey high school dance in 1997. New York Times. Officials said Drexler wrapped the baby in plastic bags and placed him in a trash can.
Drexler pleads guilty Aggravated manslaughterand was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Fox News Digital and Snelling’s lawyer reached out to comment.
Alexandria Koch of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
