What Happened To Lauren Smith-Fields? Black Woman Found Dead Next To White Man After Bumble Date

A family desperately seeks answers after a relative is found dead in her Connecticut apartment after meeting someone on a dating app.

23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields was found inside her Bridgeport apartment last month.

Officials say Matthew LaFountain met Lauren on the dating app, Bumble, and it was the person who alerted the police to her death. He was not detained.

It was bad enough they did not consider LaFounatin a suspect. The family says the police did not inform them that Lauren was dead. They found out when they traveled to Bridgeport after not hearing from Lauren, and Lauren’s landlord told the family she was dead.

On Friday, the family filed a notice of intent to sue the Bridgeport Police Department over the handling of this case.

Roland Martin spoke with the Field’s family attorney, Darnell Crossland about this truly disturbing case.

Bridgeport Police released this statement regarding Smith-Fields death;
“On December 12, 2021, the Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center received a call for service regarding an untimely death. Upon police arrival, it was found that Ms. Laruen-Smith-Fields passed away unexpectedly. This incident is currently being investigated by the Bridgeport Police Department’s Detective Bureau. This investigation remains open and active. The Detective Bureau is awaiting the final report from the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office for cause and manner of death of Ms. Smith-Fields. The Bridgeport Police Department offers it’s sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Ms. Lauren Smith-Fields. We encourage anyone with information regarding this incident to contact either Detective-Sergeant Joseph Morales at 203-581-5219 or the Bridgeport Police TIPS line at 203-576-8477.”

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