KY - Laken Snelling, 21, arrested after giving birth and infant was found in closet - Sept 2025

[AcerPacer]

If she didn’t get OBGYN care, then clearly she was in denial.

But I want to hear from the people around her because surely someone said….you are pregnant!

I want to hear from her bf Connor as he is clearly cupping her swollen belly in the Jun 2025 photo shoot.

I also want to hear from her parents as she lived with them during the summer while she was chosen “fairest of the fair” in July at her Tennessee hometown and she looks big.

I also want to hear from the cheer coach as clearly she is pregnant in the April 24 2025 photos.

Was everyone in denial?

I've read that bf Connor (present in the pregnancy photo shoot, seen cupping the bump) denied knowing she was pregnant!
The bio dad (and his parents) seemingly didn't know she was pregnant, they split up soon after she conceived and were living miles apart so he never actually saw her again.

I certainly agree that there are quite a few people in denial here!

IMO JMO of course

 

[Gae]

IMO, denial would mean she didn't think she was pregnant. If so, why did her phone history include internet searches for hidden pregnancy and concealed pregnancy? IMO, she knew she was pregnant, but was trying her best to conceal it until she ran out of time.

 

[Mauig’ma]

IMO, denial would mean she didn't think she was pregnant. If so, why did her phone history include internet searches for hidden pregnancy and concealed pregnancy? IMO, she knew she was pregnant, but was trying her best to conceal it until she ran out of time.

The only denial I see here is denying her newborn of life. Moo

 

[sunspun]

IMO, denial would mean she didn't think she was pregnant. If so, why did her phone history include internet searches for hidden pregnancy and concealed pregnancy? IMO, she knew she was pregnant, but was trying her best to conceal it until she ran out of time.

true, more avoidance than denial

 

[Izzylizzy]

If she didn’t get OBGYN care, then clearly she was in denial.

But I want to hear from the people around her because surely someone said….you are pregnant!

I want to hear from her bf Connor as he is clearly cupping her swollen belly in the Jun 2025 photo shoot.

I also want to hear from her parents as she lived with them during the summer while she was chosen “fairest of the fair” in July at her Tennessee hometown and she looks big.

I also want to hear from the cheer coach as clearly she is pregnant in the April 24 2025 photos.

Was everyone in denial?

I don't consider her not going for pre-natal care equates to one being in denial that you're pregnant.

She may not have wanted any medical record trail, certain people to know she's expecting and she may have been on a parent's health insurance or insurance through KU.
Having a baby is very expensive and whatever insurance she may have had could have required some up-front payments.

I believe she knew she was pregnant and was so enmeshed in her self-celebrity and image that just the thought of something interfering with it was non-negotiable..
imo

 

[LittleSeaTree]

JMO, but just how much in denial was she that a real baby was going to be the outcome. Perhaps when she saw the actual baby there on the floor, LS was unable to face the facts. Pregnancy is one thing, a living baby is quite another. You can tik tok and Instagram and pose for pics on social media, but it can be an absolute shock when faced with an actual baby you just birthed. One minute it's not real, the next a baby is there bloody and crying and you have to face reality. Is she immature enough to have truly thought the baby wasn't 'real'?

I've read that bf Connor (present in the pregnancy photo shoot, seen cupping the bump) denied knowing she was pregnant!
The bio dad (and his parents) seemingly didn't know she was pregnant, they split up soon after she conceived and were living miles apart so he never actually saw her again.

I certainly agree that there are quite a few people in denial here!

IMO JMO of course

Oh, was paternity established? TIA

 

[Izzylizzy]

BBM:

I find it impossible to believe that "at which point getting anywhere near phone was not an option", and had she called 911 her baby may have survived like the mother's baby you described.

imo

"She allegedly took several photos while she was in labor, too, but deleted them “in an attempt to hide the birth,” police said".

Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling’s roommates heard her giving birth —then snuck into room and found dead baby in closet

The cheerleader’s roommates allegedly heard loud noises coming from her bedroom around the time she gave birth — and later found the newborn stuffed in the closet when she left for McDo…

nypost.com

 

[nhmemorymaker]

"She allegedly took several photos while she was in labor, too, but deleted them “in an attempt to hide the birth,” police said".

Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling’s roommates heard her giving birth —then snuck into room and found dead baby in closet

The cheerleader’s roommates allegedly heard loud noises coming from her bedroom around the time she gave birth — and later found the newborn stuffed in the closet when she left for McDo…

nypost.com

I sense she is still not facing any reality here... does she think everything will all just go away???
Can you imagine, also, just how her loved ones and friends are having to absorb all this too.

 

[Izzylizzy]

I sense she is still not facing any reality here... does she think everything will all just go away???
Can you imagine, also, just how her loved ones and friends are having to absorb all this too.

We'll never know but I'd love to know the fairy tales she told her parent's and friends.
Whatever they are she was still able to conjure up some supporters/fans who were with her at her last court appearance.
imo

 

[outback]

Can a verified sleuther give us ideas what might be going on with this woman?

I know people sometimes don't like to use mental illness as an excuse but this girl has issues.

Jmo

 

[Izzylizzy]

Finally someone asked the $64,000 question.
Also new info. about the roommate(s).

Julie Grant @ Court TV asks lawyers ( Michael Brown ) If LS could now be charged with homicide with the info that her newborn son was alive?
Also JG spoke about the roommates and what they heard for 1 hour which I find disturbing and shocking that none of them went to her then and insisted she open the door or need be get the door open or call 911.
The photos she deleted could be evidence used against her.
imo


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[Izzylizzy]

Finally someone asked the $64,000 question.
Also new info. about the roommate(s).

Julie Grant @ Court TV asks lawyers ( Michael Brown ) If LS could now be charged with murder/homicide with the info that her newborn son was alive?
Also JG spoke about the roommates and what they heard for 1 hour which I find disturbing and shocking that none of them went to her then and insisted she open the door or need be get the door open or call 911.
The photos she deleted could be evidence used against her.
imo


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Julie Grant errs.
She didn't mention that LS said the baby made a whimper and moved.
Also the roommates did not enter the bedroom/closet at 4 am after hearing a loud noise, they entered in the morning after LS left the house.
imo

 

[Izzylizzy]

This reporter is holding up LS's court records.
I can't find them online and if they have been posted here I missed them.
Has anyone seen them and if they're not posted up thread would you please post them.
I gather they're public info now?
ty
IMO

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[outback]

Definitely want to hear more about her sharing an icloud with her mom.

Can someone explain what access that would give her mom?

Jmo

 

[Serononin]

Definitely want to hear more about her sharing an icloud with her mom.

Can someone explain what access that would give her mom?

Jmo

Depends on whether they literally shared an account (in which case I think they'd be able to see each other's pictures, and possibly emails too?) or if they had an iCloud+ family subscription, which wouldn't give them access to anything of each other's I don't think

 

[Izzylizzy]

Excellent video by Ashley Banfield and interview.
Stay with it.
imo

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[outback]

Stiches? Blood transfusion?

How was she still walking?

Jmo

 

[Izzylizzy]

Stiches? Blood transfusion?

How was she still walking?

Jmo

Did she stay in the hospital?
I was way beyond repulsed and enraged when Ashley Banfield read from the document that LS told LE that she cleaned up the bloody mess with a towel then wrapped the baby in the same bloody towel and then put him in the black trash bag.
That innocent baby boy was treated like a disposable commodity after she gave birth along with no prenatal care for him to boot.
imo


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