Ex-Kentucky Cheerleader Pleads Guilty to Killing Baby, Provides Grim Details

Former University of Kentucky competitive cheerleader Laken Snelling has pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of her newborn baby last year.  Snelling, 22, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant during a court appearance on Friday, August 21. She had previously entered a not guilty plea in April.  “I was under a lot of emotional stresses, and my baby came unexpected,” Snelling said in the courtroom Friday, according to the Lexington Herald Leader.  Local news outlet WKY...

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