LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Laken Snelling has withdrawn from the University of Kentucky, according to UK Spokesperson Jay Blanton.

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Snelling faces charges of concealing the birth of an infant, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.

According to an arrest citation, Lexington Police were dispatched to a home on Park Avenue for an unresponsive infant on Wednesday.

Police say they found a baby’s body inside a closet. They say the infant was wrapped in a towel inside a black trash bag. Snelling is the baby’s mother.

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