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Former University of Kentucky Student Indicted on Manslaughter Charge in Death of Newborn Son

A Fayette County grand jury has indicted former University of Kentucky student Laken Snelling, 21, on first-degree manslaughter and three additional charges in the August 2025 death of her newborn son, whose body was found in a closet at an off-campus Lexington home after the Kentucky Medical Examiner determined the infant had been born alive.

Former University of Kentucky student Laken Snelling