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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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

Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne

Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017

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