LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The man accused of kidnapping and killing 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith last July is pleading guilty to a federal charge of Kidnapping Resulting in Death.
Officials say Rashad Trice kidnapped Wynter from her home in Lansing after sexually assaulting and stabbing her mother, a former girlfriend. After a three-day search, police found her body in an alley on Detroit’s east side. She’d been strangled.
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Trice, who pleaded not guilty in August, is facing at least 20 charges, including 18 felonies. He faces life in prison.
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