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The University of Kentucky cheerleader whose dead newborn was found stuffed in a garbage bag inside a closet was released on house arrest without an ankle monitor, court documents revealed.  

Laken Snelling, 21, was ordered to live under her parents roof until her next court appearance after posting a $100,000 bond, court filings obtained by LEX 18 showed.

The heartless mother was busted Sunday 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. 


  University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling (pictured), who hid her dead newborn in a closet, was released on $100,000 bond and ordered by judge to live with parents. Fayette County Detention Center University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling (pictured), who hid her dead newborn in a closet, was released on $100,000 bond and ordered by judge to live with parents. Fayette County Detention Center

Police said the newborn was pronounced dead at the scene, with the cause of the infant’s death pending review by the Fayette County Coroner’s Office.


  Snelling was ordered to live under her parents roof after pleading not guilty and posting a $100,000 bond, court documents obtained by LEX 18 showed. Facebook / Laken Snelling Snelling was ordered to live under her parents roof after pleading not guilty and posting a $100,000 bond, court documents obtained by LEX 18 showed. Facebook / Laken Snelling

Snelling allegedly “admitted to giving birth” during questioning and said she covered it up by cleaning all the evidence and tossing the supplies in a black trash bag, with the infant, the arrest report said, the outlet reported. 

In her last TikTok post June 25, Snelling included an emoji of a mother holding a baby under her list of “goals” beside a wedding ring, house and cash.


  Snelling’s TikTok was flooded with cruel comments. TikTok / @laken_snelling Snelling’s TikTok was flooded with cruel comments. TikTok / @laken_snelling

Social media users flocked to her comments section after the mom – a senior and member of the University of Kentucky’s STUNT cheerleading team – was charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and concealing the birth of an infant.

“Goal to be a mother but [kills] her baby??” one commenter wrote.

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Another said, “You can’t tell me this girl didn’t have options…”


  Snelling allegedly “admitted to giving birth” during questioning. Facebook / Laken Snelling Snelling allegedly “admitted to giving birth” during questioning. Facebook / Laken Snelling

Nearly all abortions have been illegal in the state since 2022.

Snelling, who pleaded not guilty to her charges, was being held at the Fayette County Detention Center before being freed Tuesday.

She is due back in court on Sept. 26.

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