Laken Snelling jailed for 10 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter
Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling, 22, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and three related offences. Prosecutors said she suffocated her newborn son in August 2025 and hid his body in a closet; the sentence was recommended under her plea agreement.
Snelling gave birth alone in her off-campus apartment on 27 August and was arrested three days later. Investigators found the baby wrapped in a blood-soaked towel and a bin bag, while a medical examiner later concluded he was born alive and died from asphyxia by undetermined means. Snelling admitted depriving him of oxygen and was taken into custody after sentencing.
- Laken Snelling received a 10-year prison sentence.
- She pleaded guilty to manslaughter and three related offences.
- The baby was found hidden in her apartment closet.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Cheerleader Laken Snelling who killed her newborn then hid body in closet is sentenced to 10 years in prison”.