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 her mother.
The woman managed to escape the apartment, leaving behind her children, Wynter and a 1-year-old boy. When police arrived, they found the boy, but Wynter was missing.
An AMBER Alert was issued, including a photo of Wynter and a description of an Impala that Trice stole. Around 4:50 a.m. on July 3, a police officer in St. Clair Shores spotted the Impala and attempted a traffic stop. Trice fled, leading to a brief chase that ended when he crashed into another police car.