MYSTERIOUS DEATH: Lauren Smith-Fields

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... Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gmail.com Help support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod SOURCES: Lauren’s personal instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soooolalaa/?hl=en 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 Music Used: Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices