UPDATE: Lauren Smith-Fields’ Death Ruled An ‘Accident’, Family Challenges Coroner As Police Finally Open Criminal Investigation
The family of Lauren Smith-Fields—the Black woman who died mysteriously after a date with an older white man, 37-year-old Matthew LaFountain—has finally gotten answers as to the cause of Smith-Field’s death, but it doesn’t change the way they were allegedly treated by the Bridgeport Police Department while they were mourning the loss of their immediate family member and desperately … Read moreUPDATE: Lauren Smith-Fields’ Death Ruled An ‘Accident’, Family Challenges Coroner As Police Finally Open Criminal Investigation