FBI offers $25K reward for information leading to missing 2-year-old

LANSING, Mich. (WWMT) The search for missing toddler Wynter Cole-Smith continued into its second day Tuesday. An AMBER alert first informed the public of Cole-Smith's disappearance at 2:41 a.m. Monday.

The search for missing toddler Wynter Cole-Smith continued into its second day Tuesday.

An AMBER alert first informed the public of Cole-Smith's disappearance at 2:41 a.m. Monday.

Since then, Lansing Chief of Police Ellery Sosebee said his office and the FBI received countless tips relating to Cole-Smith's case.

"Wynter is one of our kids and we will not rest until we find her," Sosebee said. “...We will not give up on Wynter."

The FBI announced a $25,000 reward Tuesday for information that would lead authorities to Cole-Smith's whereabouts, according to FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Devin Kowalski.

"The FBI is part of the Lansing community. We don't just work here. We live here. There is no higher priority for us than to support the Lansing Police Department in locating Wynter," Kowalski said.

Police arrested 2-year-old Cole-Smith's alleged kidnapper Rashad Trice, 26, on Monday in St. Clair Shores.

At 11:20 p.m. Sunday, Trice allegedly stabbed and assaulted Cole-Smith's 22-year-old mother at her apartment on BeauJardin Drive, according to authorities.

She received multiple stab wounds, fled, and got help from a neighbor, according to Sosebee.

As of Tuesday, the mother has been released from the hospital, Sosebee said.

The suspect then sped away in her 2013 Chevrolet Impala with the toddler in tow, leaving Cole-Smith's 1-year-old brother inside the apartment unharmed, according to FBI Detroit.

The FBI released the following maps on Trice's approximate travel routes:

As of Tuesday at 2:30 p.m., Cole-Smith is still missing.

"We have searched the area of the incident. We have searched the area going door-to-door, K9 units, drones, helicopter with heat sensors and dive team, which is our scuba team, in the area with no success so far," Sosebee said.

Trice was taken to the hospital following his arrest, Kowalski said. He is awake and conscious.

Lansing police asked anyone with information to contact the Lansing Police Department at 517-483-4600 or call Crime Stoppers at 517-483-7867.

Anyone having information on Cole-Smith’s whereabouts can also submit tips to the FBI online or by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI.

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