LEXINGTON, Ky. —

A Lexington, Kentucky, woman has been arrested after an infant was found dead inside a closet, according to a citation from the Lexington Police Department.

Police said officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Park Avenue last Wednesday for a report of an unresponsive infant. Advertisement

The citation states that officers found the infant “wrapped in a towel inside of a black trash bag.”

Police said Laken Snelling, 21, has been charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and concealing the birth of an infant.

Police said Snelling is the infant’s mother.

Lexington police said the Fayette County Coroner’s Office will be releasing the infant’s cause of death as the investigation continues.

The University of Kentucky confirmed to NBC affiliate WLEX t

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