Rashad Trice indicted on federal charges in kidnapping, death of Wynter Cole-Smith
Trice is charged with one count of kidnapping a minor and one count of kidnapping resulting in death.
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Trice is charged with one count of kidnapping a minor and one count of kidnapping resulting in death.
Officials say the state is charging Trice as a fourth-offense habitual offender.
Trice had two items on the docket during his court appearance on Tuesday-- a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing.
Hundreds of family, friends, and loved ones honor 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith at a vigil Friday, where her mother, for the first time, walked down the alley her daughter was found.
A federal criminal complaint details the kidnapping and death of 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, whose body was found in Detroit three days after she went missing from Lansing.
Rashad Trice, 26, is now facing federal charges in connection to the kidnapping and death of 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith.
Rashad Trice, 26, who has been charged in connection to attacking 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith's mother and for fleeing police in Macomb County, has been moved from the hospital to the Ingham County Jail.
Chants of "Whose baby? Our baby!" filled Erwin Street. Dozens of Metro Detroiters joined together to remember and honor 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith. On Wednesday police confirmed they discovered her body.
According to court records, Rashad Trice of Detroit was charged with assault and domestic violence in May 2021.
Detroit police say an article claiming the department refused a request from Lansing police to search a location related to the disappearance of 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith is not true.
In a press conference Wednesday night, Lansing police say federal investigators found the child at about 6:50 p.m. near the Coleman A. Young Airport.
Community members are holding a vigil at 7 p.m. Thursday honoring 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, whose body was found in a Detroit alley Wednesday.
The family of Wynter Cole-Smith has released a statement after the 2-year-old's body was found in a Detroit alley Wednesday.
CBS News Detroit spoke to Almount "AJ" Smith, who says he heard about his daughter's disappearance through a phone call from her mother shortly after she was taken.
The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information that will help locate the toddler, who police say was taken by 26-year-old Rashad Trice in Lansing.
Rashad Trice, the 26-year-old accused in the kidnapping of missing 2-year-old Wynter Smith, was charged Wednesday as authorities continue to search for the child.
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