Cheerleader Laken Snelling Drops Out of School Amid Criminal Charges

2:31 PM PT — University of Kentucky’s Public Relations and Strategic Communications Director Jay Blanton tells us Snelling “has withdrawn as a student and as a result is no longer on the team.”

Laken Snelling has dropped out of the University of Kentucky after she was charged in connection with an infant’s death … according to a local newspaper.

The 21-year-old — who was a cheerleader at UK — withdrew from the school, a spokesperson for the school told the Lexington Herald Leader.

No further information was provided … though it’s not exactly surprising given the criminal charges Snelling’s facing.

The Lexington Police Department arrested Snelling Sunday after a deceased infant was allegedly found wrapped in a towel inside a black trash bag, and she’s been charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and concealing the birth of an infant … and law enforcement sources told us she’s admitted to the crime.