Wynter Cole Smith was found dead after a dayslong search, and authorities in Michigan announced federal charges against her mother's ex-boyfriend.
Authorities revealed new details about the death of a 2-year-old Michigan girl as they announced federal kidnapping charges against her mother’s ex-boyfriend Friday.Wednesday after she was allegedly taken from her mother’s Lansing apartment earlier in the week, prompting an intense search. On Friday, Rashad Trice, 26, was charged with kidnapping a minor and kidnapping resulting in death, according to a federal complaint obtained by HuffPost.
Seriously injured, she fled to her mother’s apartment, which is in the same complex, leaving Wynter and her 1-year-old brother behind, authorities said.When Lansing police arrived at the scene, Wynter and Trice were gone, but the 1-year-old was still at the apartment. A 2013 Chevy Impala that belonged to Wynter’s grandmother was also missing, and authorities issued an Amber Alert for the girl, Trice and the vehicle.
The statement added that the cord found with Wynter’s body matched pink cord parts found inside the Impala. A photo attached to the document shows portions of a pink cord inside the vehicle, along with blood from wounds Trice had allegedly sustained in the stabbing of the girl’s mother. Trice told investigators that he was aware of the Amber Alert and wanted to kill himself, the FBI agent said.When he was arraigned in state court Wednesday, he wasNow, if convicted of kidnapping resulting in death, Trice would face a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison and be eligible for the death penalty.
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