Content warning: The following article contains disturbing details of violence.
UPDATE: Oct. 10 at 1:30 p.m.
After police found a dismembered body and arrested Torilena May Fields on Thursday in Robertson County, a uniform citation provided disturbing details regarding the investigation.
According to the citation, on Wednesday afternoon, police were called to Brierly Ridge Road after the caller reportedly went to the residence to "work on a building" for the owner and found a dismembered body laying behind the residence.
Upon arrival, police found a dismembered body lying in the grass, along with blood on the back porch and near the back door. Further, drag marks were found in the grass from the residence to the body, the citation read.
Police conducted a search warrant and proceeded to enter the residence and found only Fields in the home. The citation detailed that after several attempts to get Fields out of the home, CS gas was used and Fields was then removed from the home.
Upon further investigation, police found that the arms, legs and head had been removed from the body, while the torso and head were reportedly severed in half with the organs removed, the citation noted. A bloodied mattress was found folded next to the body and when police unfolded it, "multiple body parts and organs were found," according to the citation.
Human remains were also located inside the kitchen, with the citation reading that a pot was found in the oven. When police removed the pot, human remains were found inside "that appeared to have been cooked inside the oven," according to the citation.
Fields was charged with the following:
- Obstruction governmental operations
- Tampering with physical evidence
- Abuse of corpse
UPDATE: Oct. 10 at 12:37 p.m.
According to Kentucky State Police, a passerby noticed the body lying the backyard of the Brierly Ridge Road home.
Torilena May Fields, who is facing multiple charges including abuse of a corpse, is scheduled for arraignment on October 14.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Kentucky State Police report that a woman was arrested on Wednesday night and is facing several charges after a body was found at a home in Robertson County.
According to KSP, they received a call around 12:26 p.m. on Wednesday about a dead woman at a home on Brierly Ridge Road in Mount Olivet.
When arriving on the scene, troopers say they attempted to make contact with a woman inside but received no response.
KSP says that a search warrant was obtained and served by the Special Response Team. As a result, the woman, identified by officials as 32-year-old Torilena May Fields, was located in the home and taken into custody without incident around 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Fields is charged with obstructing governmental operations, tampering with physical evidence, and abuse of a corpse. KSP says that pending further investigation, more charges may be filed.
KSP says this incident remains under investigation.
Fields is lodged in the Bourbon County Detention Center.
