Overview

• Laken Snelling’s case was advanced to a grand jury following a Friday morning court session in Fayette County.
• Snelling, a former University of Kentucky student, is charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.
• Police say a baby boy was found on Aug. 27 inside a closet at a Park Avenue residence, wrapped in a towel and placed in a trash bag.
• The Fayette County Coroner reports preliminary findings are inconclusive and the cause and manner of death remain undetermined.
• Snelling was arrested on Aug. 31, pleaded not guilty, and was released on a $100,000 bond to home incarceration at her parents’ Tennessee residence.