cleaned up and didn't tell anyone. 

Lexington police responded to an off-campus home Aug. 27, 2025, after Snelling's horrified college roommates discovered the dead baby boy wrapped in a towel in a black plastic bag stuffed in a closet.

They told a 911 operator that they had also found a  blood-soaked towel on the floor and a plastic bag containing evidence of childbirth. 

Snelling's roommates said they had suspected she was hiding a pregnancy.

The baby was born alive and died of asphyxia by undetermined means, the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office found.

Snelling initially told police the baby had fallen on the floor after she gave birth, but she did not think he was  breathing or alive. 

She later changed her story to say that she'd passed out  on top of the baby  and woke up to find him  turning blue and purple. 

Snelling told medical staff the newborn had shown  a little bit of fetal movement  and made a  whimper  after being born, according to court documents.

She also took several photos while in labor but deleted them  in an attempt to hide the birth,  cops said.