The University of Kentucky cheerleader accused of hiding her dead baby inside her closet told doctors the infant was born alive and she had heard it “whimper” before ultimately stuffing it in a trash bag, according to court documents.

The new details mark an about-face for Laken Snelling, 21, who initially told cops she believed she gave birth to a dead baby.

Snelling allegedly made the stunning admission one day after she delivered the infant, following her arrest and interrogation by police for allegedly concealing evidence of the crime. 4

The baby had shown “a little bit of fetal movement” and made a “whimper,” she allegedly told staff at the University of Kentucky Labor and Delivery unit, adding she “guessed” he was alive at birth, according to court records obtained by the

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