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Speaker 1: Crime Alart, hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.

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Speaker 1: The stench of death hung heavy in the air of

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Speaker 1: a Pennsylvania home, a grim secret that was finally exposed

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Speaker 1: after its occupant was evicted. Elizabeth Jeremy spoke to CBSKDKA.

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Speaker 2: News and it smelled very funny. It didn't have a

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Speaker 2: very potent smell when we first went in, but upstairs,

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Speaker 2: in the one specific bedroom, it did smell.

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Speaker 1: When the landlord of the Caddigan Township property went to

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Speaker 1: clean it, she was met with a smell so foul

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Speaker 1: it led her to a chilling discovery, the decomposing body

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Speaker 1: of an infant wrapped in a towel inside a closet

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Speaker 1: trash bag. That single horrifying find was just the beginning

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Speaker 1: of a sickening investigation that would uncover three more tiny bodies,

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Speaker 1: bringing the total now to four, and unravel a mother's

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Speaker 1: dark confession. On September thirteenth, the property owner called nine

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Speaker 1: to one one to report the nauseating odor after she

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Speaker 1: evicted thirty nine year old Jessica Mothey for non payment

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Speaker 1: of rent. After the initial discovery, State police secured the

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Speaker 1: scene and during a more extensive search found three additional

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Speaker 1: infant bodies in the attic. The remains were concealed in

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Speaker 1: separate tote bags, one wrapped in a towel and trash bag,

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Speaker 1: the other in a bucket. Mathy, a mom of two

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Speaker 1: living sons, was brought in for questioning, where she allegedly

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Speaker 1: confessed to the concealed deaths. She told investigators she gave

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Speaker 1: birth to all three infants at home. However, again, a

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Speaker 1: fourth body has also just since been found. Neighbor Carmen

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Speaker 1: Felix spoke to WTAE.

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Speaker 2: News, how can you PLoP babies in the toilet? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's just evil.

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Speaker 1: In a disturbing account, Mathy described giving birth to the

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Speaker 1: most recent child about a year ago in the bathroom.

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Speaker 1: The infant, she said, made noises after birth before she

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Speaker 1: wrapped it in a towel until it stopped moving. She

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Speaker 1: then placed the body in the closet, where it was

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Speaker 1: finally found. Police said. Mafi also confessed to two earlier

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Speaker 1: berths in the same residents, admitting to suffocating each of

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Speaker 1: those babies by wrapping them in towels before hiding their

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Speaker 1: remains in the attic. Totes. Neighbors told local media they

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Speaker 1: had no idea Mafi was ever even pregnant, and that

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Speaker 1: she seemed like a normal, struggling single mom. Mafi is

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Speaker 1: currently held without bail in Armstrong County Jail, facing a

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Speaker 1: homicide charge for at least one of the infants. Additional

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Speaker 1: charges may follow pending forensic reports and autopsies. Mafi has

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Speaker 1: been denied bond. Her next hearing is set for September

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Speaker 1: twenty third. No word on a motive or who the

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Speaker 1: father or fathers may be, as her current husband is

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Speaker 1: behind bars. Mathey's two other children, ages six and eight,

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Speaker 1: are now being cared for by Child Protective Services. More

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Speaker 1: crime and justice news. After this, a gut wrenching nine

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Speaker 1: one one call from an off campus apartment in Lexington, Kentucky,

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Speaker 1: tore the lid off a horrific secret, leading police to

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Speaker 1: the discovery of a dead newborn baby and the arrest

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Speaker 1: of a college cheerleader. The infant, found hidden in a

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Speaker 1: closet was described as quote cold to the touch end quote,

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Speaker 1: a detail that points to a devastating timeline of events.

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Speaker 1: The accused, twenty one year old Lake and Snelling, a

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Speaker 1: former member of the University of Kentucky's stunt team, now

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Speaker 1: faces felony charges in a case that has gripped the city.

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Speaker 1: The grim call came in at ten thirty four am

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Speaker 1: on August twenty seventh from a residence on Park Avenue.

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Speaker 1: Officer Don Evans spoke with Fox fifty six News one

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Speaker 1: thing we know that a third party called the police

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Speaker 1: or called nine to one one saying that they had

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Speaker 1: found this baby. The caller's name was redacted and the

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Speaker 1: transcript dispatchers logged the complaint. A dead body was found

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Speaker 1: in a closet. Lexington Police, responding with emergency fire and

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Speaker 1: medical crews, quickly confirmed the worst. Inside a black trash

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Speaker 1: bag in the closet, they found the infant's body wrapped

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Speaker 1: in a towel. The coldness of the body suggested the

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Speaker 1: baby had been dead for hours before the discovery was made. Snelling,

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Speaker 1: who was not at the apartment when authorities arrived, was

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Speaker 1: located nearby and transported to police headquarters for questioning. After

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Speaker 1: she received medical treatment, she was arrested that same day.

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Speaker 1: During police interviews, Snelling reportedly admitted to giving birth and

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Speaker 1: then trying to conceal the evidence. Court Docks revealed she

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Speaker 1: confessed to quote cleaning any evidence placing all cleaning items

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Speaker 1: used inside of a black trash bag, including the infant,

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Speaker 1: who was wrapped in a towel end quote. The identity

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Speaker 1: of the baby's father remains a mystery, though authorities have

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Speaker 1: reportedly obtained a DNA sample from one of Snelling's ex boyfriends,

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Hall, a quarterback from another university, to determine paternity.

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Speaker 1: Social media photos also show Snelling with another man, Connor Jordan,

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Speaker 1: a former college basketball player, in what appeared to be

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Speaker 1: a maternity shoot. A preliminary autopsy on the baby boy

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Speaker 1: was inconclusive regarding the cause and manner of death. More

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Speaker 1: tests are pending. Snelling was charged with abuse of a corpse,

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Speaker 1: tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.

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Speaker 1: She pleaded not guilty on September TEWOD and was released

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Speaker 1: on a one hundred thousand dollars bond. Snelling is currently

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Speaker 1: on house arrest at her parents' home in Jefferson City, Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: without an ankle monitor. Her preliminary hearing is set for

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Speaker 1: September twenty six. And find New Jersey is finally living

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Speaker 1: up to its name, even in death. The Garden State

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Speaker 1: just passed a law that legalizes human composting, a process

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Speaker 1: that turns deceased loved ones into rinch soil. Forget being

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Speaker 1: a total game changer. People have been begging for a

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Speaker 1: of state just to get this service. It's a growing

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Speaker 1: trend that's about to get real big in Jersey with

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Speaker 1: funeral homes getting ready to offer it to grieving families.

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Speaker 1: The process takes a solid forty five days, but hey,

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Speaker 1: think it's a little dirt cheap, it's an innovative way

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Speaker 1: for people to give back to the planet. This is

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Speaker 1: one law that's sure to have some people dig in

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