"According to the family, a detective informed them Smith-Fields had been found dead about a day and half earlier, but nobody reached out to them. Lauren's brother, Tavar Gray-Smith, told "CBS Mornings" that the detective told them, "We didn't need to reach out to any family member – we had her passport and her ID, so we knew who she was, and had already performed an autopsy, and her body is at the medical examiner's office."
Gray-Smith also said that the detective hung up on his and Smith-Fields' father.
The detective has since been removed from the case, the family said.
The medical examiner's office on Monday said Smith-FIelds died of "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine, and alcohol," and ruled her death an accident."
Death notifications are (or should be) automatic. We even did them for other agencies out of state if family lived in our area. I've never heard of an agency acting like this.
And then there's this item:
"According to a police incident report, the man Smith-Fields went on the date with, who has not been charged with any crime, told police the two spent the night drinking, eating and watching a movie. He said Smith-Fields went outside to meet someone at one point. Later, she fell ill, but the two continued drinking. The date said that Smith-Fields eventually fell asleep and he carried her to bed, where he went to sleep next to her. He said when he woke up several hours later, around 6:30 a.m., Smith-Fields was not breathing and her nose was bleeding, so he called 911.
An attorney for Smith-Fields' family, Darnell Crosland, told CBS News that possible key evidence, such as bloodied sheets, wasn't processed at the scene until two and a half weeks later.
"At the scene we find a pill, we find a condom with semen in it," Crosland said."
Ummmmm, not only No, but Hell NO!!!! Pure speculation, but why I do get the feeling this guy is known to the cops?
Gray-Smith also said that the detective hung up on his and Smith-Fields' father.
The detective has since been removed from the case, the family said.
The medical examiner's office on Monday said Smith-FIelds died of "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine, and alcohol," and ruled her death an accident."
Death notifications are (or should be) automatic. We even did them for other agencies out of state if family lived in our area. I've never heard of an agency acting like this.
And then there's this item:
"According to a police incident report, the man Smith-Fields went on the date with, who has not been charged with any crime, told police the two spent the night drinking, eating and watching a movie. He said Smith-Fields went outside to meet someone at one point. Later, she fell ill, but the two continued drinking. The date said that Smith-Fields eventually fell asleep and he carried her to bed, where he went to sleep next to her. He said when he woke up several hours later, around 6:30 a.m., Smith-Fields was not breathing and her nose was bleeding, so he called 911.
An attorney for Smith-Fields' family, Darnell Crosland, told CBS News that possible key evidence, such as bloodied sheets, wasn't processed at the scene until two and a half weeks later.
"At the scene we find a pill, we find a condom with semen in it," Crosland said."
Bridgeport mayor announces internal investigation into handling of the death of Lauren Smith-Fields
The mayor also announced that Bridgeport will be updating its policies on family death notifications.
www.cbsnews.com
Ummmmm, not only No, but Hell NO!!!! Pure speculation, but why I do get the feeling this guy is known to the cops?