{"id":46826,"date":"2026-04-10T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46826"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:20:24","slug":"ex-university-of-kentucky-cheerleader-laken-snelling-pleads-not-guilty-to-killing-newborn-son-found-stuffed-in-trash-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46826","title":{"rendered":"Ex-University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling pleads not guilty to killing newborn son found stuffed in trash bag"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ex-University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling<\/a> is still maintaining her innocence after allegedly killing her newborn son, stuffing his body in a trash bag and then ordering McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Snelling, 21, pleaded not guilty to first-degree manslaughter charges in court Friday after leaving the infant to die <\/a>in a closet after giving birth early Aug. 27, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Soon after the baby\u2019s body was discovered<\/a>, Snelling was charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant, to which she pleaded not guilty.\u00a0<\/p>\n