FBI in Desperate Search for Abducted Michigan 2-Year-Old.<br />In a desperate plea for help Wednesday, the mother and father of toddler Wynter Cole Smith, whose Amber Alert this week triggered a groundswell of support and concern, said they were hopeful searches would turn up clues — or better yet, their daughter.<br /><br />"We just want to find her," Wynter's dad, Almount Smith, told the Free Press. Her mom, Symari Cole, was nearby.<br />The parents invited the public to join a sweep for the child by volunteers in Lathrup Village — an Oakland County suburb where law enforcement suspect the 26-year-old man, Rashad Trice, may have once lived and took the toddler, before he was arrested Monday in St. Clair Shores.<br /><br />Now, Wynter's loved ones, investigators and others are racing against the clock to find the missing 2-year-old who police said was wearing a T-shirt with a rainbow when she appeared to have been abducted from her Lansing home. There's also some concern the little girl may no longer be in Michigan.<br /><br />"Wynter could be anywhere," said Derrica Wilson, co-founder of Black and Missing Foundation, a national nonprofit organization which aims to is to bring awareness to missing persons of color. "Just because she's missing from Michigan doesn't mean she's still in Michigan."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Trice — who police said had attacked Cole, 22, before he might have left with the child — was charged with assault with intent to murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, first-degree home invasion, unlawful imprisonment, second offense aggravated domestic violence, unlawful driving away and felonious assault.<br /><br />Police, groups search various areas<br />Police searched roadway shoulders and wooded areas Wednesday in Lansing, as volunteer groups tried to organize searches in metro Detroit — Lathrup Village, Southfield, Detroit, and St. Clair Shores — where authorities believe Wynter may have been taken.<br /><br />By about 2 p.m., TV trucks were parked in front of Wynter's home, in the 3000 block of BeauJardin Drive, hoping to interview Cole, who police said Trice, her ex-boyfriend, had stabbed several times. She had been taken to the hospital, treated and released.<br /><br />Outside her apartment, there were lawn chairs and toys.<br /><br />Police said, Trice likely left with the toddler in a stolen car, a white, 2013 Chevrolet Impala.<br /><br />"We just want Wynter home safe," Lansing Police Chief Ellery Sosebee and FBI Acting Special Agent Devin Kowalski said Tuesday, during the holiday, in a joint news conference at Lansing City Hall as they sought information and updated the public about what they were doing.<br /><br />Law enforcement upped the reward Tuesday to $25,000 for information leading to Wynter's whereabouts — and looked for Wynter's tiny body using specially trained dogs, police helicopters and aerial drones. The community searches, they hoped, might uncover more clues — or anything that could help.<br /><br />How the investigation unfolded<br />Swift action, experts have said, is essential.<br /><br />More than 50 people We
