Normally we try to give every story their individual spotlight on this show, but in this case it was necessary to mention these two women together.  The cases are not legally connected. The women did not know each other. Though they both were reported dead on the same day, in the same city, in eerily similar fashions. But the main thread that connects them is in the gross mishandling of their cases by the Bridgeport, Connecticut Police department. I believe sharing these stories side by side is important in reflecting that. These women and their families deserved better.

Here are the stories of Lauren Smith Fields and Brenda Rawls.

 

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Sources:

 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/xf665j-justice-for-lauren GoFundMe for the family: Smith-Fields

https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-brenda-lee-rawls GoFundMe for family: Rawls

https://youtu.be/xqpaX67stpU

https://bronx.news12.com/families-of-lauren-smith-fields-brenda-lee-rawls-to-testify-before-bridgeport-police-commission

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lauren-smith-fields-death-police-investigation/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/who-is-brenda-lee-rawls-woman-found-dead-same-day-as-lauren-smith-fields-prompts-questions/ar-AATkyuw

https://www.blackenterprise.com/another-black-womans-family-questions-bridgeport-polices-handling-of-her-murder/

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1076148088/lauren-smith-fields-death-criminal-investigation

https://youtu.be/XGPNLy2djcY

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93bdw5/lauren-smith-fields-death-family-to-sue-police

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https://youtu.be/2NHjdLOBsYs

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