The Woman Who Died After A Bumble Date (Case of Lauren Smith Fields)

 Unknown to the young woman's family, who had been trying to get ahold of her for a while, the young 23 year old woman had died In her apartment in Connecticut. 

Shantell Fields had not heard from her daughter all day. "Are you OK?" She texted. "Please let me know."

Worried, Mrs. Fields and her son went to Lauren's apartment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and were met by a note on the door, that read, "If you're looking for Lauren, call this number". 

Mrs. Fields began panicking as she called the number. Soon, the landlord of Lauren's apartment came downstairs.

"I started panicking," she said, while holding her tears back. "All I could do was just stand there, like if I was frozen. I could not believe what he was telling me, that my baby was gone."

Lauren Smith Fields, had been found dead in her apartment complex, the day before by the Bridgeport police. The police department had not informed her family, about Lauren's death, at any time. 

The landlord of the apartment gave Mrs. Fields and her son a phone number for a detective, who told her son during a phone call,  that Ms. Smith-Fields, 23, had went on a Bumble date with an older white man, before she died. However, the detective gave them very little information which caused, Mrs Fields to hang up the phone. 

The family had to beg the detective to collect evidence that was found in the apartment, a representative for the family said. The detective also told the family to not worry about the man who had been there, the night Lauren died, because he was "a really nice guy," Mrs. Fields had stated. 

The man, who we have decided NOT TO NAME because he has not been charged with a crime, spoke to the police when they arrived on the scene on December 12th, the day Ms. Smith-Fields was officially, pronounced dead. 

The mans lawyer said that he has cooperated with the police that day and declined to comment further.

Lauren Smith-Fields graduated from Stamford High School, and was a current student at Norwalk Community College, studying physical therapy. She was also very active on social media, posting about lifestyle. 

Weeks had passed without any updates about the case from authorities. 

On Sunday, which would have been her 24th birthday, the family were joined by members of the community, as they all marched to the mayor's office, demanding something be done. Everyone in the march had a cake and released balloons into the air. 

Following the march, the mayor made his first remarks about the ongoing case. He said, “Death notifications should be done in a manner that illustrates dignity for the deceased and respect and compassion for the family.”

The family did say that they plan to sue him and the Bridgeport police department.

The Bumble Date That Ended In Death 

Though the family has recieved little information about what happend, heres what they do know, her date, who is 37 and white, told investigators that he had first connected with Ms. Smith-Fields on Bumble, a popular dating app.

She invited him over to her apartment after three days of chatting. On the evening of Dec. 11, they ate food, drank tequila with mixers, played games and began to watch a movie.

At one point, he told investigators, she went outside to meet with her brother, and when she returned, she went to the bathroom for 10 to 15 minutes.

Her date told investigators that they continued to watch the movie and Ms. Smith-Fields then fell asleep on the couch, and he carried her to her bedroom. He fell asleep beside her, he said, adding that when he woke up at 3 a.m. to use the bathroom, she was asleep and snoring.

But when he woke up again at 6:30 a.m., “she was lying on her right side, blood was coming out of her right nostril onto the bed, and she was not breathing,” he told investigators. He called 911.

“He was trembling and visibly shaken,” the responding officer, Carla Remele, said in the report.

She found Ms. Smith-Fields lying on her back on the bedroom floor. Ms. Smith-Fields wasn’t breathing and she had dried blood in and around her right nostril, according to the police report, which also noted that $1,345 in cash was found in the apartment. 

Currently, this is pretty much all we know so far. 

The family has thanked the general public and rapper, Cardi B who tweeted about the case bringing much more attention, then before. The social media app, TikTok has also brought much attention to the case, with the hashtag #laurensmithfields  garnishing over 27 million views. 

Lauren’s family hopes that the investigation will provide some truth about what happened to her. In the meantime, they’re replaying their memories with Lauren shining bright in them. 

Lauren Smith-Field's GoFund Me - https://www.gofundme.com/f/xf665j-justice-for-lauren