sds71
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I’m not seeing anything that suggests the date harmed her.
- The condom & lube makes sense for a date (if it was even from their date).
- The date is the one who phoned 911 and saw blood on her nostrils. Blood could be from overdose or from a minor (possibly drunken) injury, like a bloody nose.
- Brother mentioned “flipped plates” - link at end. Plates could be upset from drunken stupor, amorous activity, or from someone clearing the space.
- Brother also mentioned “big stain of blood” in the bed. That could be someone with a bloody nose stumbling into bed or menses - or it could just be an old stain.
- I'm leaving out the source of the opioid because I haven't read that far yet. There are so many threads here about someone unknowingly ingesting something far stronger than intended.
This sounds like excess drinking, unfortunately. Tequila does have a reputation for sneaking up on you - a 23yr old might not know that. Alcohol + opioids is a very dangerous combination. Sounds like the date woke up, started compressions, and called for help.
Am I missing something about the date? I do have sympathy for the family - their loss and how they were notified/treated by LE.
“The first night we saw cups there, flipped plates and the lube. The cops didn’t take any of the cups to test the liquor,” Jetter told the publication. “There was a big stain of blood in the middle of her bed, with streaks going to the right side.”
Lauren Smith-Fields' Family Sues Connecticut Police Over Investigation Into Her Death
For some reason, I'm not feeling the idea that her brother gave/sold her drugs. I just can't see him being so vocal and public if he did, and I can't believe her parents would suspect that was what happened and push for such a public investigation.
I'm glad this is being investigated, as it should've from the very beginning. It makes zero sense for the last person who saw her alive and called LE to not even be looked at because he's a "nice guy". No evidence collected, nothing. That's the bare minimum, even it was an accidental overdose, they should've done their job.
Me too. I'm surprised by how many people are willing to believe the date's entire story but discount everything the brother has to say. The brother said she didn't even seem drunk or off in the slightest when he saw her, and the date said she was already sick before the brother showed up. Even if the date had nothing to do with her death, he needs to be looked at, and unfortunately LE's callousness and failures from the very beginning only add to this speculation.
I'm sure glad I'm not friends with your friends. If i was on a date and they became too intoxicated to care for themselves I for sure wouldn't leave them alone.Very odd case—one thing stands out. If I was on a date and my date became sick to the point of vomiting, I would not hang around! I’d be concerned they had a GI bug and I wouldn’t want to take a chance on catching it. I’m a germaphobe though so maybe that’s not the norm?
I'm sure glad I'm not friends with your friends. If i was on a date and they became too intoxicated to care for themselves I for sure wouldn't leave them alone.
I can't find employment for her, I ran a search and nothing came up. She seems to have traveled a lot, and had to have funded that somehow. I am fairly sure it will come up her brother gave her the drugs for a number of reasons. The late visit at midnight, the vomiting after she met him (vomiting, besides from too much alcohol can also occur with very recent opioid ingestion) all point towards the brother MOO.
Her date works at a place which does business with the military, so it is fairly likely he underwent random drug tests, making him way less likely to have given her anything. In addition, if this was a mutual benefit type of encounter, he may be fairly used to this behavior, hence the vomiting not bothering him too much. Also, the condom may have been from a previous encounter, and really not his at all. Time will tell. Again MOO.
Yes, it also seems to me that even if a family were trying to lay the groundwork for a lawsuit they would not say "Lauren didn't do drugs" if they knew she did. An entire family couldn't be stupid enough to not know that historical drug use can be determined from medical examination right?For some reason, I'm not feeling the idea that her brother gave/sold her drugs. I just can't see him being so vocal and public if he did, and I can't believe her parents would suspect that was what happened and push for such a public investigation.
I'm glad this is being investigated, as it should've from the very beginning. It makes zero sense for the last person who saw her alive and called LE to not even be looked at because he's a "nice guy". No evidence collected, nothing. That's the bare minimum, even it was an accidental overdose, they should've done their job.
And also no excuse for not properly investigating and certainly no excuse for not notifying her family properly. I don’t know what happened here, but the police have an awful lot to answer for imo.I understand they are still waiting for the toxicology reports and the results can take months? Please correct me if I’m wrong.
That being said, there’s no excuse for insensitive behavior towards her family.