A Detroit man will serve two life sentences for kidnapping and murdering a Lansing toddler in July 2023.
Pictured is Rashad Maleek Trice in his booking photo, July 2023 . Trice was sentenced Aug. 23, 2024 to a second life sentence in the death of Wynter Cole-Smith , 2, of Lansing. This comes about a week after Trice was sentenced Aug. 16 to life in prison without the possibility of parole on stateU.S. Attorney Mark Totten said.
Totten commended the work of Judge Robert J. Jonker in making the decision, as well as law enforcement and the government's legal team for their work in the case. “This shows you cannot commit these horrendous crimes and walk away from it," Totten told News Channel 3. "I think there’s also a message about the efforts of law enforcement here. Watching a bit from the inside, it was just really stunning.”The 27-year-old tried to flee from police who spotted his car in St. Clair Shores on July 3, 2023, but crashed into a police car.
He also sent a text to his uncle that read "I have to end this" while an Amber Alert was active for the 2-year-old. “Nothing can bring Wynter back, but I hope knowing that Mr. Trice will spend the rest of his life behind bars, without the need for a lengthy trial, offers some solace to her loved ones,” Attorney General Dana Nessel said. “Thanks to the tireless work of law enforcement and prosecutors in my office, the man responsible for these horrific acts will never again endanger our communities.”
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