Rashad Trice, 26, kidnapped Wynter Cole-Smith, 2, from her mother’s home in Lansing, Michigan, killed her, and abandoned her body in an alley. (Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office/Lansing Police Department)
A man pleaded guilty to kidnapping his ex-girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter and murdering her by strangling her with a pink cellphone charger, according to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.
Rashad Maleek Trice, 27, pleaded guilty Monday in the 30th Judicial Circuit Court in Ingham County to one count each of first-degree murder and first-degree criminal sexual conduct for the 2023 slaying of 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith and the assault of her mother.
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Trice faces a mandatory life sentence in prison. A judge will formally sentence him on Aug. 16.
“The scars left by Mr. Trice’s horrific and brutal crime spree will forever etch themselves on the lives he shattered,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement . “While nothing can ever fully heal the grief of Wynter’s family and loved ones, I hope today’s plea can be a step toward healing.”