A SHOCKING investigation has led police to a gruesome discovery.
A case that has rocked two states after police found two newborn babies dead, one in Louisiana, the other in Kentucky.
On November 21, police were called to a hospital in Livingston Parish after a 14-year-old girl sought treatment following a secret home birth.
Investigators rushed to her residence in Denham Springs, Louisiana, where they made the shocking find.
The teen’s newborn had been stuffed inside a tote bag, with extensive neck injuries, authorities said, according to local ABC affiliate WAFB.
Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard described the case as “difficult for all first responders involved,” urging the public to keep both the family and officers in their thoughts as the investigation unfolds.
“Please keep them — and, the family — in your thoughts as this very sensitive investigation continues,” Ard said, according to local news outlet WKRC.
“Due to the nature of this case, no further details can be released at this time.”
The teen, whose identity has not been released, was initially charged with failure to seek assistance and obstruction of justice. But after an autopsy confirmed homicide, charges were upgraded to first-degree murder.
She is currently being held at the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center.
Just months earlier, on August 27, police in Lexington, Kentucky, responded to a similarly disturbing call.
Inside an off-campus apartment, officers discovered the lifeless body of cheerleader Laken Snelling’s newborn baby, wrapped in a trash bag and hidden in a bedroom closet.
Court documents reveal Snelling, 21, gave birth around 4:00 a.m. but told her roommates she was simply feeling sick.
Investigators later uncovered deleted phone searches related to pregnancy and photos taken during labor.
When questioned, Snelling gave conflicting accounts, first claiming the baby wasn’t breathing, then later admitting the infant had shown fetal movement and even made a faint whimper after birth.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/15549619/teen-killed-newborn-baby-louisiana-laken-snelling/
