MOUNT OLIVET, Kentucky — A woman has been arrested after police found her mother’s dismembered body cooking inside a kitchen pot.
Kentucky State Police (KSP) said a man called police on Wednesday after discovering a gruesome scene at a home on Brierly Ridge Road in Robertson County, near Mount Olivet.
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The man said he and another person were hired by the homeowner, Trudy Fields, to do work on a building on the property.
When no one answered the door, he began looking around and found a pile of hair near the house and a blood-stained mattress on the back porch.
There were also drag marks leading out behind the house where he found what he believed to be Trudy’s dismembered body.
When KSP arrived, they noted her arms, legs and head had been removed. There was another blood-soaked mattress folded in half next to the body, which contained multiple severed body parts and organs.
According to police, the man said he hadn’t heard from Trudy since Tuesday night when she walked with them to the property’s gate and appeared to lock it.
He said Trudy's daughter, Torilena May Fields, 32, was also “casting spells on them and was being confrontational” that day.
KSP obtained a search warrant to get inside the home where they found Torilena alone, not responding to police orders. Police deployed multiple canisters of tears gas and talked with her using a robot before being able to arrest her without incident.
Troopers noted that she appeared to have blood on her face, hands and clothing.
Inside the kitchen, a pot with cooked human body parts was found inside the oven. KSP said it was “still warm to the touch.”
Torilena May Fields has been charged with obstructing governmental operations, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse. More charges may be filed however as the death investigation remains ongoing, KSP said.
She is currently being held at the Bourbon County Detention Center.
Mount Olivet, Kentucky is about two hours northeast of Louisville.
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