{"id":2007381,"date":"2025-09-08T21:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2007381"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:37:09","slug":"kentucky-cheerleader-laken-snelling-performed-months-before-giving-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kentucky-cheerleader-laken-snelling-performed-months-before-giving-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Cheerleader Laken Snelling Performed Months Before Giving Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former University of Kentucky competitive cheerleader Laken Snelling<\/strong><\/a> took to the mat just months before she allegedly gave birth and hid the remains in a trash bag.<\/span><\/p>\n

Snelling, 21, can be seen competing at the 2025 STUNT National Championship on April 25, in a video on the FloCheer YouTube page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The cheerleader was arrested on August 30 and charged with abuse of a corpse<\/a>, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant. She was released on $100,000 bond and is now living on \u201chome incarceration with no ankle monitor\u201d with her parents in Tennessee.<\/span><\/p>\n

During an appearance in a Lexington courtroom on Tuesday, September 2, Snelling pleaded not guilty<\/a> to all charges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Kentucky Cheerleader Laken Snelling\u2018s Ex-Boyfriend Provides DNA in Baby Case<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tAn ex-boyfriend of Laken Snelling, the former University of Kentucky competitive cheerleader accused of hiding her baby\u2019s dead body in a closet, has provided his DNA to authorities. Izaiah Hall recently gave the DNA sample to police in connection to the case, his father told the celebrity.land on Saturday, September 6.\u00a0 \u201cLexington police [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the video, Snelling can be seen helping to hoist one of her teammates into the air during a routine. Snelling also acts as an encouraging teammate elsewhere in the video, supporting a cheerleader enthusiastically from the side of the mat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The University of Kentucky STUNT team lost to California Baptist University in the national championship, held at Nashville\u2019s Lipscomb University. It was Cal Baptist\u2019s fifth straight national title in STUNT.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to USA Cheer, STUNT \u201cremoves the crowd-leading element and focuses on the technical and athletic components of cheer, including partner stunts, pyramids, basket tosses, group jumps and tumbling. These elements are put together in short routines that both teams must perform head-to-head on the floor at the same time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Snelling had been on the University of Kentucky STUNT team for three seasons before her arrest last month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A university spokesperson told Us Weekly on Friday, September 5, that Snelling is no longer a student at the school<\/a> or on the STUNT team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Snelling was arrested at her home in Lexington, Kentucky on August 30, after authorities had previously responded to a call about an unresponsive infant at the residence on August 27.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cinfant was located wrapped in a towel inside of a black trash bag,\u201d according to an arrest citation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAn expert pathologist helped explain the inconclusive autopsy results surrounding the death of former University of Kentucky competitive cheerleader Laken Snelling\u2019s baby. The death of Snelling\u2019s infant, who was found stuffed into a trash bag in Snelling\u2019s closet last week, was ruled inconclusive and \u201cextensive microscopic analyses are essential to determine the cause and manner [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

During her interview with authorities on the scene, Snelling \u201cadmitted to giving birth.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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