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An officer responds to a 911 call for an unresponsive woman. A man answers the door and tells the officer that he awoke to find his Bumble date not breathing with blood coming from her nose. When asked for the woman’s name, the date simply says “Lauren,” clarifying that he’s uncertain of her last name except that her Instagram profile lists it as “Smith.” A problematic investigation followed...
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SOURCES:
Lauren’s personal instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soooolalaa/?hl=en
Police Report - https://content.news12.com/FieldsSmithReport.pdf
Article - https://people.com/crime/family-of-connecticut-woman-who-died-after-bumble-date-challenges-accidental-death-ruling/
Article – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10439671/Woman-23-Bumble-date-died-accidental-acute-intoxication-fentanyl.html
Article - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/nyregion/lauren-smith-fields-bumble-date-investigation.html
Article - https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1076148088/lauren-smith-fields-death-criminal-investigation
Article - https://abcnews.go.com/US/detectives-involved-death-case-lauren-smith-fields-suspended/story?id=82577889
Article - https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Lauren-Smith-Fields-investigation-What-do-we-16814824.php
Article - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/us/connecticut-police-black-family-allegations-daughter-death/index.html
Article - https://www.insider.com/2-detectives-suspended-cases-lauren-smith-fields-brenda-rawls-deaths-2022-1
Article - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-accuses-police-racially-insensitive-investigating-womans-death-rcna13125
Article - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/lauren-smithfields-death-police-death-investigation-1283552/
Article - https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/things-that-matter/cardi-b-lauren-smith-fields-racism/
Article - https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/01/10841849/lauren-smith-fields-death-justice
Article - https://connecticut.news12.com/police-report-details-moments-leading-up-to-death-of-lauren-smith-fields
Obituary - https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/lauren-smith-fields-obituary?id=31982077
GOFUNDME for Lauren Smith-Fields - https://www.gofundme.com/f/xf665j-justice-for-lauren?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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