Snelling, 22, pleaded guilty Friday, Aug. 21 to first-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant

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Laken Snelling, a 22-year-old former University of Kentucky cheerleader, admitted Friday, Aug. 21 to committing manslaughter against her newborn after giving birth at her off-campus home

Police discovered the baby inside a trash bag after her roommates found blood and heard strange noises in her room last August

“I was under a lot of emotional stress and my baby came unexpectedly. And instead of helping him….afterwards I cleaned up and didn’t tell anyone,” Snelling…

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