India, Sept. 4 -- Laken Ashley Snelling, a 21-year-old University of Kentucky student accused hiding her dead infant, was released from jail on Tuesday on a $100,000 bond. She was arrested on Sunday and was booked in Fayette County. On Wednesday, in a major update on the case, authorities revealed the baby's preliminary autopsy report.

Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn said Wednesday in the report that the preliminary autopsy of the dead infant showed it was a male baby. Its cause of death came up inconclusive, but a detailed autopsy is on.

The dead infant was found in the closet of Snelling's home near the University of Kentucky by officers with the Lexington Police Department. The corpse was wrapped in a towel and placed inside a black...