‘If He Was Black and She Was White…’: Attorney for Family of Connecticut Woman Who Died of Apparent Overdose After Bumble Date Accuses Police of Cover-Up, Says Detective Has Connection with Victim’s Date
Nearly two months after Lauren Smith-Fields, 23, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was found dead in her apartment after meeting a Bumble date, police launched a criminal investigation into how she died. Bridgeport police announced a criminal investigation the morning of Jan. 25, hours after the chief state medical examiner ruled Smith-Fields’ death an accidental overdose caused…