What Happened to Lauren Smith Fields? Medical Examiner Releases Cause of Death
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After claiming that Bridgeport police mishandled LAUREN Smith Fields’ death investigation, her family is seeking justice.
Having drunk heavily on December 12 and finding Smith-Fields dead in her apartment, Matthew LaFountain discovered her body. He is the man she met on Bumble.
There have been comparisons between the disappearance of this young black woman and that of Gabby Petito. The police refuse to investigate the strange death of 23-year-old Lauren Smith Fields after a Bumble date with 37-year-old Michael LaFountain. The police refuse to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.
Who was Lauren Smith-Fields?
A 23-year-old Black blogger named Lauren Smith-Fields was found dead in her Connecticut residence on December 12 after she had reportedly been struggling with depression.
The family of Smith-Fields says she was a Stamford High School graduate attending Norwalk Community College when she died. According to her obituary, she wanted to become a physical therapist and enjoyed fashion, traveling, and spending time with her family.
She was loved by her family, her friends, said Smith-Fields’ brother, Lakeem Jetter.
He said she was a beautiful person inside and out, and her family wouldn’t let her name die, and they wouldn’t stop fighting for justice once they won it. “we’re going to keep her name alive.”
How did Lauren Smith-Fields die?
According to the Daily Mail, Smith-Field’s cause of death is unknown. According to the Medical Examiner, her cause of death was acute intoxication caused by fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine, and alcohol. Death was determined to be accidental.
Matthew LaFountain, a white man Smith-Fields met on dating app Bumble, was drinking tequila at her apartment when Smith-Fields fell ill and vomited, according to a Bridgeport Police Department report.
As Smith-Fields walked outside and received a text, the two continued drinking into the night.
After returning from outside to fetch something from her brother, she took a few minutes to go to the bathroom. That is, according to Rolling Stone.
She later told an officer that LaFountain, her date, “it was strange, didn’t think it was his place to comment.”
LaFountain called 911 after seeing blood flowing out of Smith-Fields’ right nostril and realizing she wasn’t breathing.
Medical staff indicated Smith-Fields had been dead for at least an hour, according to the police report.
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Lauren Smith-Fields’ family is suing the City of Bridgeport for what?
The family of Smith Fields allegedly is dissatisfied with how police are treating the investigation of her case, claiming that the detective asked them to stop calling him and did not seem to care about investigating LaFountain.
NBC Connecticut reports that Jetter spoke with the officer about the man. He told him he was a very nice guy and they were no longer investigating him. It sounded strange to hear that from a detective, almost as if he was standing up for him.
Jetter also claimed that police did not conduct a thorough investigation of the crime scene, claiming that their seizure of her phone, passport, and $1,345 in cash failed to yield other evidence that could have potentially indicated what happened.
Ankita Khanrah
Ankita Khanrah is a second-year student of the Master of Communication and Journalism (Integrated) programme at the School of Mass Communication, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.
