Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling performed with the school’s STUNT team just months before authorities found her dead newborn stuffed in a garbage bag inside a closet.
Unearthed footage, posted in April to FloCheer’s YouTube page, shows Snelling and members of the team facing off against California Baptist University in the National Championship held in Nashville, Tenn.
Snelling, 21, is featured in snippets of the video being held up by team members while performing one of their routines.
Footage shows former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling performing with the STUNT team months before cops found her newborn baby dead. @FloCheer/YouTubeThe clip shows Snelling propped up by teammates before grabbing another girl, hoisting her into the air and flipping her over.
In another clip included in the highlight video, she appears beside a teammate as the base of a stunt, catching a fellow team member.
California Baptist University crushed Kentucky 106-75, earning its fourth straight title and third consecutive win over the Wildcats.
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- Cheerleader’s ex-boyfriend provides DNA sample to cops after her newborn is found dead in trash bag
The incoming college senior has since dropped out of school and is no longer a member of the STUNT team, the Lexington Herald Leader reported Friday.
The school, which began classes for the new semester on Aug. 25, didn’t reveal when Snelling unenrolled.
Snelling was arrested after cops in Lexington found her deceased infant “wrapped in a towel inside a black trash bag” in a closet at an off-campus residence. Fayette County Detention CenterSnelling was busted earlier this month after cops in Lexington found her deceased infant “wrapped in a towel inside a black trash bag” in a closet at an off-campus residence, according to a police report.
The newborn was pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy has since deemed the baby’s cause of death inconclusive.
Snelling reportedly admitted to police she covered up the birth by cleaning all the evidence and tossing the supplies in the same black trash bag as the newborn.
Snelling was charged with concealing the birth of an infant, tampering with physical evidence, and abuse of a corpse, to which she has pleaded not guilty.
It remains unclear who reported the alleged crime.
Police say Snelling’s former boyfriend, 21-year-old Izaiah Hall, gave a DNA sample to learn if he is the father of the baby, his father told The Post.
In one clip, Snelling is propped up by teammates before grabbing another girl, hoisting her into the air, and flipping her over. @FloCheer/YouTube“Lexington police had him come down to the station to give a sample,” said Hall’s father, Justin Smith, 45, declining to answer additional questions. “I don’t know anything on this and we don’t know if Izaiah is the father or not.”
Her most recent boyfriend, Conner Jordan, who once played basketball for King University and Tusculum University in Tennessee, was featured in a handful of posts on the 21-year-old cheerleader’s social media accounts posted in the months before her Aug. 31 arrest.
It’s unclear when they started dating, and Jordan appears to have deleted his social media accounts in the wake of his girlfriend’s headline-making bust.
The new mom was released from jail on a $100,000 bond and ordered to remain under house arrest at her parents’ home in Tennessee until her next court appearance on Sept. 26.
