The mayor also announced that Bridgeport will be updating its policies on family death notifications.
, a Black woman who was found dead last month, will be investigated by the Office of Internal Affairs. The announcement comes after Smith-Fields' family called a detective's handling of the case"racially insensitive" and announced plans to sue.
In December, 23-year-old Smith-Fields was found dead at her home following a date with a White man whom she met on the dating app Bumble. Smith-Fields' mother, Shantell Fields, told CBS News that she drove to her daughter's home after she was unable to get in touch with her. 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.
Ganim also announced Monday that Bridgeport will be updating its policies on family death notifications.
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