Nearly five months after pleading guilty to killing 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, Rashad Trice was formally sentenced the life in prison without parole. Trice entered guilty pleas for first degree murder and criminal sexual conduct relating to an assault on the little girl’s mother on July 1, the Lansing State Journal reported. In addition to life …
A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping his former girlfriend’s child and murdering her with a cellphone charger. According to the Michigan Department of Attorney General, Rashad Maleek Trice, 27, of Lansing, pleaded guilty Monday at the Ingham County 30th Judicial Circuit Court to murdering 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, and criminal sexual conduct for assaulting …
Federal prosecutors say they will not pursue the death penalty for a Michigan man charged with kidnapping and strangling his former girlfriend’s daughter. Although he was eligible for federal death consideration, U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced Thursday that prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty for Rashad Maleek Trice, according to ClickonDetroit. He’s accused of …
Rashad Maleek Trice now faces 20 state charges. Two federal charges also remain in effect.
A 2-year-old Michigan girl, reportedly abducted by her mother’s ex-boyfriend over the weekend, has been found dead. Lansing Police announced Wednesday night that a search team had found the body of Wynter Cole Smith near Detroit’s Coleman A. Young International Airport. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Rashad Maleek Trice was believed to have kidnapped the toddler …
