Missing 2-Year-Old Girl Is Found Dead in Detroit, After Her Disappearance Sparked Massive Search

Lansing Police Detective Pete Scheccia (R) and another LPD member search an area along eastbound Interstate 96 near the Williamston Road exit between Lansing, Mich., and Detroit on July 5, 2023. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP

LANSING, Mich.—A missing 2-year-old girl was found dead in Detroit on Wednesday, authorities announced, three days after her disappearance sparked a massive search.

Wynter Cole Smith’s body was discovered in the evening near a municipal airport that is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) northeast of downtown Detroit, Chief Ellery Sosebee of the Lansing Police Department reported.