Dating App Deaths | Lauren Smith-Fields, Sydney Loofe & Warriena Wright

<div> Lauren Smith-Fields was a vibrant and ambitious 23 year old woman who loved matcha tea, working out and was studying to be a physical therapist.  In December 2021, she met a man off the dating app, Bumble.  Lauren invited the man to her apartment in Bridgeport, CT, where they had some tequila and watched a movie.  During the evening, Lauren left the apartment for 10-15 minutes to meet someone outside.  When she came back in, they continued watching a movie and Lauren fell asleep on the couch.  Her Bumble date alleges that he carried her to bed and he then fell asleep beside her. </div> <br> <div>When he woke up at 6.30am, Lauren was not breathing and she had blood coming out of her nose.  He called 911 and was said by police to be “frantic, trembling, and visibly shaken.”  When authorities arrived, Lauren was pronounced dead at the scene.  </div> <br> <div>The investigation into Lauren’s death has been botched from the start.  Lauren’s family have said that:</div> <ul> <li>Lauren’s Bumble date was not taken into custody and questioned because he seemed like a ‘nice guy’, according to police.</li> <li>They were not informed by authorities about Lauren’s death.  They had to find out by going to her apartment when they could not get in touch with her.  There they found a note on the door from the landlord, and that is how they learned their daughter had passed away.  </li> <li>Police treatment of the family has been horrible.  Police officers who were initially working the case have been taken off it, and an investigation into their conduct is being carried out by Internal Affairs.</li> <li>No forensic examination of Lauren’s apartment was conducted until the family stepped in.  When Lauren’s family went to clear out her apartment, they found a used condom, an unidentified pill, as well as bloody sheets, that had not been taken into evidence.  </li> </ul> <br> <div>An autopsy was conducted and the Medical Examiner has determined that Lauren died from a drug overdose of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine, and