Criminal Law
The Accidental Overdose Death of a Connecticut Woman Will Be Investigated as a Crime
The death of Lauren Smith-Fields, a 23-year-old Connecticut woman who died of an overdose, is now being investigated as a crime, Bridgeport police said Tuesday.
Officials said the department’s narcotics and vice division has opened an investigation and will be assisted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
A day earlier, a medical examiner ruled Smith-Fields death was accidental and caused by “acute intoxication due to the combined effects of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine and alcohol.”
Police are focusing their attention on “the factors that led to her untimely death,” acting police Chief Rebeca Garcia said in a statement.
