By Brooklyn White ·Updated January 27, 2022
On Sunday, January 23, the Bridgeport, Connecticut community marched for Lauren Smith-Fields, the 23-year-old woman who was found dead in her apartment by her Bumble date. The day would have marked her 24th birthday.
“I knew Lauren was looking down smiling,” Smith-Fields’ brother, Lakeem Jetter, said to ESSENCE Girls United. “We shouted, ‘Justice for Lauren,’ ‘Happy birthday for Lauren.’ At the end we cut
