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Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling was sentenced to a mere 10 years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter for killing her newborn son.
Lexington police found the infant cold to the touch and wrapped in a trash bag inside her closet after roommates reported loud noises.
The baby was born alive. The Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office determined the cause of death was asphyxiation. When Judge Diane Minnifield asked Snelling how she ended the infant's life, she replied, "I deprived him of oxygen." [Translation: she likely put her hands around his neck and choked him to death.]
Snelling, a senior at the time of the incident, told the court, "I was under a lot of emotional stress and my baby came unexpectedly. And instead of helping him, I ended his life and afterward I cleaned up and didn’t tell anyone."
The baby was born alive. The Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office determined the cause of death was asphyxiation. When Judge Diane Minnifield asked Snelling how she ended the infant's life, she replied, "I deprived him of oxygen." [Translation: she likely put her hands around his neck and choked him to death.]
Snelling, a senior at the time of the incident, told the court, "I was under a lot of emotional stress and my baby came unexpectedly. And instead of helping him, I ended his life and afterward I cleaned up and didn’t tell anyone."
It sounds as if she planned to dump him into the trash, hoping he, a human being, would be mistaken for garbage.
She also pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.
She also pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.
Investigators learned she deleted photos of her labor from her phone along with other evidence of the pregnancy. She claimed she remained awake for 30 minutes after the birth, then passed out on top of the baby. When she woke, she saw the infant "turning blue and purple."
Yeah, and if you believe that, you might believe the Brooklyn Bridge is a tunnel.
A living child outside the womb is not a medical complication or an emotional inconvenience. The infant required immediate care. Snelling provided a trash bag instead. The other charges reflect the deliberate effort to hide what happened after the fact.
A living child outside the womb is not a medical complication or an emotional inconvenience. The infant required immediate care. Snelling provided a trash bag instead. The other charges reflect the deliberate effort to hide what happened after the fact.
Ten years is the sentence that followed the guilty plea and this writer does not feel that it's long enough.
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