Cheerleader Laken Snelling Indicted for Manslaughter After Death of Her Newborn Baby

A Kentucky grand jury has indicted former University of Kentucky competitive cheerleader Laken Snelling on four charges, most seriously first-degree manslaughter, in the death of her newborn baby in 2025.

The grand jury added the manslaughter charge this week to abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant “after testing revealed her baby was alive when she allegedly concealed the newborn’s body in a trash bag in the closet of her Lexington...