Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls were two women who died on the same day, December 12, 2021, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with their families alleging the Bridgeport Police Department failed to properly handle their deaths, including delaying family notifications and treating the cases insensitively. While Smith-Fields' death was attributed to an accidental drug and alcohol overdose, Rawls' death was ruled as cardiovascular disease, though her family has questions about the ruling and the investigations. Both cases drew significant public attention, with social media highlighting the perceived mishandling by police and fueling calls for better treatment of Black women in missing persons and death investigations.
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