Daily Briefing: How a daughter's efforts led to a reexamination of her mother's death

ALSO: How did the Chinese spy balloon make it all the way to the coast of North Carolina? [Read in browser]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Tue Feb 7 2023 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing. Lauren Lee Malloy's life had changed before it had really even begun. Just a toddler when her mother died, her body found naked and bruised on the bathroom floor, Malloy went on to a life not knowing what happened to her mother. It wasn't until she was turning 30 that Facebook messages started to pull together the strings of the story about Malloy's mother and what may have happened, despite police originally calling the death of natural causes. Since then Malloy has sought to find out what happened to her mother, along the way learning of interesting characters and that some believe her mom's death was much more suspicious than originally thought. [03 Malloy] Lori Lee holds her daughter, Lauren, in the early 1990s. Lauren was only 18 months old when her mother died. Courtesy of Lauren Lee Malloy Malloy has also used the skills picked up from doing her own investigations to help out others in Rhode Island. [The Journal's Mark Reynolds has the full story about Malloy's efforts and recent decision to reexamine the case.]( WORTH A READ • How did [the Chinese spy balloon]( make it all the way to the coast of North Carolina? • What's it like when a small town is hit with a media frenzy? [This Massachusetts police chief talks about the experience.]( • ICYMI: [How much did lobbyists make in Rhode Island in 2022?]( [Today's Weather]( ☼ Some sun, then turning cloudy. Highs in the low-40s. [Read Today's eNewspaper]( [Read Today's eNewspaper]( [Pioneer tenants organized. Now they say landlord is pushing them out]( [Melissa Grussi, with sons Sergio, left, and Luciano and daughter Rosealiea, at their home in West Warwick, a Pioneer property that has numerous maintenance problems.]( Tenants of Anurag Sureka have been organizing to fight for better conditions in their units. They say they're now facing retaliation. [READ MORE]( [Adrian Hall, left, first artistic director of Trinity Rep, discusses a scene on stage with Martyn Green in 1968.]( [Adrian Hall, founding artistic director of Trinity Rep, dies in Texas]( Whether it was pushing barriers of the kinds of shows on RI's stage or giving students their first taste of theatre, Adrian Hall had a lasting impact on community theatre and RI. [READ MORE]( [The entrance sign to the URI campus in Kingston.]( [Judge dismisses students' COVID claims against URI]( A judge has struck down efforts by URI students to recoup fees they had paid for activities, transportation and other services during the pandemic. [READ MORE]( [Tiverton High School]( [Reports of racial slurs at Tiverton basketball game investigated]( One Tiverton student and one non-student have been disciplined as a result of 'abusive and profane language' used during a game against Shea High. [READ MORE]( A Better Daily Briefing We've redesigned your favorite newsletter to have a cleaner look and feel. Let us know what you think about it. [SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ➔]( [SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ➔]( Sign up for the news you want Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don’t miss out! We’re always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. [SEE ALL NEWSLETTERS ➔]( [SEE ALL NEWSLETTERS ➔]( [Newsletters]( | [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( Follow Us Problem viewing email? [View in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Manage Newsletters]( • [Terms of Service]( • [Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights]( • [Privacy Notice]( • [Do Not Sell My Info/Cookie Policy]( • [Feedback](