GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The man accused of kidnapping and murdering 2-year-old Wynter Smith earlier this month  has been indicted on federal charges.

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Rashad Trice faces kidnapping resulting in death and kidnapping a minor charges.

Police say the 26-year-old stabbed and sexually assaulted Wynter’s mother before kidnapping the girl and strangling her in a Detroit alley.  0

While both charges have a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison, the kidnapping resulting in the death charge is eligible for the death penalty.

Trice will be back in court on August 7.