LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — The case of Laken Snelling, the 21-year-old University of Kentucky student charged with concealing the death of an infant, is raising a difficult question for many: Why?
Just this year, Lexington unveiled its first Safe Haven Baby Box, just 10 minutes away from Snelling’s Park Avenue home.
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Monica Kelsey, the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, said she wonders if Snelling even knew that resource was available to her.
These baby boxes offer secure options for patients in crisis who can’t safely care for their newborns…