Overview

• Snelling waived her right to a preliminary hearing in Fayette County District Court on Friday, sending the case directly to a grand jury.
• She remains charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.
• Authorities say the newborn was found wrapped in a towel inside a trash bag in a closet at Snelling’s off-campus residence on Aug. 27.
• The coroner lists the cause and manner of death as inconclusive pending microscopic analyses, and the death investigation remains open.
• Police records and search warrants cite Snelling’s statements about signs of life at birth, note the infant appeared full term, and describe deleted social-media content investigators say concealed the pregnancy and birth; the grand jury could hear the case as early as October.