A Michigan man has been charged with federal counts in the kidnapping and death of 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, prosecutors say.
Wynter’s death “appeared to be strangulation with a pink cell phone charging cord, that was recovered with the body,” an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint. A medical examiner’s report on the cause is pending.
Wynter went missing Sunday after a violent encounter in her mother’s home in Lansing around 11:20 p.m., according to officials.
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