A competitive cheerleader at the University of Kentucky was arrested after a dead infant was found in a closet inside her home.

Laken Snelling, 21, was taken into custody on Saturday, August 30, and charged with “Abuse of a Corpse, Tampering with Physical Evidence, and Concealing the Birth of an Infant,” according to a Lexington Police Department report obtained by LEX 18 News.

Officers were dispatched to the home on Wednesday, August 27, responding to a call about an unresponsive infant.

According to an arrest citation obtained by the same outlet, the “infant was located wrapped in a towel inside of a black trash bag.”

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Snelling was interviewed by officers on the scene and “admitted to giving birth.”

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