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Crime, Criminal Justice, Small Town Horror

These 26 Small Town Horror Stories Will Leave You Shook

When Bahsid McLean showed the world what he did to his mother, we were never the same.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

February 2, 2024
News, Race Matters

Small Town Horror Story: The Mysterious Death of Lauren Smith-Fields

A Bumble date took an inexplicable fatal turn between Lauren Smith-Fields and a 37-year-old white man.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

July 3, 2023
Law Enforcement, News

Families of 2 Black Women Who Died on the Same Day Demand Policy Change on Notice of Deaths

The families of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls say police did a poor investigation into their deaths and didn’t notify them of their deaths initially.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

March 11, 2022
Crime, Criminal Justice

Bridgeport Cops Suspended for Handling of Black Women’s Mysterious Deaths

The families of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls still want answers

By

Keith Reed

Published

January 31, 2022
Crime, Criminal Justice

Lauren Smith-Fields Wasn’t the Only Bridgeport Black Woman to Mysteriously Die Last Month

Brenda Rawls’ family wants to know why police didn’t notify them she was dead

By

Keith Reed

Published

January 28, 2022
Crime, Criminal Justice

Family Accuses Police of being ‘Racially Insensitive’ in Lauren Smith-Fields Investigation

The family of 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields plans to sue a Connecticut police department for being ‘racially insensitive’ in the investigation of her death.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

January 24, 2022