The former University of Kentucky cheerleader who killed her newborn baby and hid his body in a closet has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Laken Snelling, 22, gave birth to a baby boy in her of campus apartment on August 27, 2025 and suffocated the infant in a panic, prosecutors said.
Although she first denied the charges, Snelling pled guilty to manslaughter this past August, telling the hushed courtroom: ‘I deprived him of oxygen.’
Snelling appeared before Fayette County Circuit Court Judge Diane Minnifield this morning and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors had recommended the 10-year term as part of the plea
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