Ignored by the media and pushed aside by the police, families and supporters of Black women are building their own missing persons operations online. Source: New York Times
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Two Connecticut Officers Suspended Over Handling of Women's Deaths
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2022
The mayor put the officers on leave over their handling of the cases of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, who died in Bridgeport, Conn., on the same day. Source: New York Times
Lauren Smith-Fields Was Found Dead. Her Family Had to Beg for Answers.
By Gotham Rex on January 27, 2022
Ms. Smith-Fields, 23, died in her Connecticut apartment in December after a date with a man she had met on Bumble. More than a month later, the police opened a criminal investigation. Source: New York Times