Lauren Smith-Fields' Family To Sue City Over Her Death Investigation

Smith-Fields was found unresponsive in her apartment on December 12 by a man she met through the dating app Bumble.

The family of Lauren Smith-Fields, a 23-year-old Black woman, tells Newsy that they want nothing more than justice right now for her daughter's death. The whole family is devastated, and say they believe race played a role on how the Bridgeport Police Department has been handling Lauren's death investigation. Now they plan to sue the city for justice. 

Dozens of people, relatives, friends, and members of the community marched, chanting and pressuring the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. They insist on a proper death investigation of Smith-Fields. The woman was found unresponsive in her apartment on December 12 by a man she met through the dating app Bumble, the family says because that man is white, police have not named him a person of interest on her death. 

"I want them to give us answers and don't, and don't discard us like real rubbish, and moving forward, I want Detective Cronin to be fired, I mean this whole police force, from the top to the bottom, needs to be revamped," Smith-Fields' mother tells Newsy.