A cheerleader allegedly took selfies while giving birth, then left her newborn to die in a closet and went to get food at a McDonald’s.
Laken Ashlee Snelling, 21, was taken into custody on August 31 after police found her baby boy’s body wrapped in a towel and a garbage bag in the closet of her bedroom in Lexington, Kentucky.
Newly released court documents reveal the appalling actions Snelling is accused of taking, from hiding her pregnancy to covering up the crime.
Snelling gave birth on August 27 around 4am in her off-campus house and told her roommates that the noises were from her passing out after not eating or feeling well, states her arrest affidavit obtained by LEX18. She ditched her 9.30am class at the University of Kentucky and instead ordered on the McDonald’s app and picked