AG’s effort to launch cold case unit hits snag

Updated at 4 p.m. on Feb. 17

Christopher Allen

02/17/2023

PERSEVERING: Lauren Lee Malloy has fought for years for answers in the death of her mother, Lori Lee Malloy. Her 1993 death had been ruled natural, but the younger Malloy believes it was a murder. As part of her fight for justice, Malloy founded the group Unsolved R.I. in 2021 and supports the proposal to create a cold case unit in the attorney general’s office.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

The mystery surrounding the death of Lori Lee Malloy has haunted her daughter, Lauren Lee Malloy, for three decades. In 1993, when Malloy was just an infant, her mother was found dead in her East Providence apartment by the police. Initially investigated as a homicide, the death was later ruled natural by a medical examiner

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