Crime & Safety
Criminal Complaint Details Kidnapping, Death Of Lansing Toddler Wynter Cole-Smith
There is probable cause to believe that (Wynter) was murdered by Trice and left in the alley, where her body was discovered."
July 9, 2023
(CBS DETROIT) - 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.
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A complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan charged 26-year-old Rashad Trice with kidnapping a minor and kidnapping resulting in death. Investigators found Wynter's body on Wednesday near the Coleman A. Young International Airport on Detroit's east side.
The complaint shows the cause of death appears to be strangulation by a pink cellphone charging cord. Part of the cord was found with the child's body, while the other part was found in the vehicle Trice was in when he was arrested Monday morning.
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