Coroner Releases Autopsy Results For Baby Found in KY Student’s Closet | Crime Alert 3PM 09.04.25

An arrest citation for 21-year-old Laken Snelling indicates that Lexington Police were called to a Park Avenue home last Wednesday for an unresponsive baby.

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Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now Iimnico parton.
The Fayette County Corner has reported that the cause of
death remains undetermined for an infant boy discovered dead in
a Lexington residence last week and a rest citation for
twenty one year old Lincoln Snelling indicates that Lexington police
were called to a Park Avenue home last Wednesday for

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an unresponsive baby. Upon arrival, officers found the infant's body
concealed in a closet, wrapped in a towel, and placed
inside a black trash bag. Snelling is identified as the
child's mother. She is facing charges including concealing the birth
of a child, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse.
Corner Gary Ginn mentioned that while the preliminary autopsy has

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been conducted, the cause of death has yet to be established.
The report did confirmed that the infant was a boy.
Responding to community concerns regarding the tragic death of a child,
the coroner stated, we are conducting a thorough and methodical
investigation to ensure all details are taken into account. Snelling

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was arrested on Sunday, but has been released on bond.
The following day. Court documents reveal that she is required
to remain under house arrest and to live with her parents. Currently,
it is unclear who made the initial call to law enforcement.
Snelling is a senior at the University of Kentucky, where
she is actively enrolled and a member of the university's

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stunt team. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for September twenty six.
The Lexington Police Department's Special Victims Section is currently continuing
the investigation. More crime and justice news after this. The

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Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay a ten million
dollars settlement in response to a lawsuit filed by the
Federal Trade Commission the FTC that claimed the company permitted
the collection of personal information from children under the age
of thirteen, which violates federal regulations. On Tuesday, the FTC
announced that Disney breached the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act,

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which mandates that apps and websites aimed at children must
obtain parental consent before gathering personal data from minors. The
lawsuit indicated that Disney incorrectly categorized some videos on YouTube
as not being quote made for kids. This misclassification allowed
Disney via YouTube to gather personal information from children under

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thirteen who were watching these child targeted videos, subsequently using
that information for targeting advertisements aimed at children. Since the
videos weren't correctly labeled for kids, they contained targeted advertising.
In a related case, Google, which owns YouTube, reached a
settlement in twenty nineteen and paid one hundred and seventy

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million dollars for similar violation. Jase and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are
asking for the public's help in locating a missing woman.
Her truck was found abandoned on Wednesday afternoon. Around noon
on Wednesday, officers were called to an area near two
hundred West seventy first Street after receiving reports of an
abandoned truck left near the railroad tracks. Police say when

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they arrived, they found a green truck blocking the roadway,
parked east of the tracks, located near the Arkansas River.
The truck's windows were down, its keys were in the
driver's seat, and a cell phone was sitting in the
passenger seat. Authorities were able to determine the green truck
belonged to a woman named Amanda Freeburg. They were able
to locate her husband via the cell phone. Officers said

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Freeburg's husband told them she had taken him to work
around five thirty am. TPD said they've searched for Freeburg
using a helicopter, drone, canine units, and other officers on foot,
riding bikes, and a search team, but have not located
the woman. If you know where Amanda is or have
any information regarding this case, please contact the Tulsa Police

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Department at nine one eight five ninety six nine two
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