MOUNT OLIVET, Ky. (Scripps News Lexington) — The attorney for the Kentucky woman charged in connection with the murder of her mother entered a not guilty plea in court on Tuesday.
In Oct., investigators arrested Torilena Fields after they say they found the body of her dismembered mother outside the home they shared in Robertson County.
Torilena Fields appears via video in court Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Scripps News Lexington)
Fields was indicted by a grand jury on charges of murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, obstructing governmental operations and torturing a dog with physical injury or death.
The indictment alleges that Fields “shot Trudy Fields in the head and stabbed her multiple times” and mutilated her body by “decapitating, dismembering, and eviscerating” it along with “placing her head, hands, feet, and forearms in a pot in the oven and heating them until they were charred.”
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According to the indictment, Fields also “intentionally tortured and killed a domestic dog.”
Police said that they were called to the home after someone who was there to work on the property told them Trudy Fields didn’t answer the door, then saw what he thought was her dismembered body lying in the grass near a blood-stained mattress.
Fields’ next court appearance is set for March 10, 2025 in Robertson County.
This story was originally published by Scripps News Lexington, an E.W. Scripps Company.
