The young woman's family held a march on what would have been her 24th birthday. The family of Lauren Smith-Fields said they are fighting for justice and demanding answers after their daughter was ...

By Lola Fadulu Read the latest updates in the cases of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls. Shantell Fields had not heard from her daughter all day. “Are you OK?” Ms. Fields texted.

By Lola Fadulu On Jan. 22, the night before Lauren Smith-Fields would have turned 24, her friends gathered to celebrate the birthday of another friend. They talked, listened to music. And then ...

Smith-Fields was found dead on her apartment floor after a date. Two Bridgeport, Connecticut, detectives involved in the case of Lauren Smith-Fields, who was found dead in her apartment after a ...

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