'Unimaginable': Woman 'casting spells' accused of dismembering her mother, cooking her remains in a pot



A Kentucky woman is accused of murdering her own mother, dismembering her body, then cooking the remains in a pot until they were "charred," according to authorities.

Kentucky State Police arrested 32-year-old Torilena May Fields, of Mount Olivet, on Oct. 10.

'Whatever witchcraft is, but I heard she was into it.'

Fields initially was charged with obstructing governmental operations, tampering with physical evidence, and abuse of a corpse. However, a grand jury added charges of murder and animal torture Monday.

The suspect is being detained at the Bourbon County Detention Center. Fields' bond was set at $1.5 million.

WOLF-TV reported Fields shot her mother — Trudy Fields — in the head, then stabbed her multiple times between Oct. 8 and Oct. 9, according to the indictment.

Fields is accused of “decapitating, dismembering, eviscerating her mother’s corpse, and placing her head, feet, and forearms in a pot in the oven and heating them until they were charred,” the indictment reads, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

The victim reportedly hired men to do work on her property, but nobody answered when they knocked on the front door.

The contractors then walked around the property in an effort to find the owner, but instead they stumbled upon a gruesome crime scene, according to court documents.

The workers followed drag marks to the back of the house and found a dismembered body, the citation states.

State troopers discovered the dismembered female body near a pile of hair, a “blood-stained mattress,” “blood on the back porch,” and blood on the “threshold of the back door,” according to the citation. A second mattress was reportedly found in the back yard — it was folded in half and contained multiple severed body parts and organs.

Police said the arms, legs, and head had been removed from the body.

Authorities said the suspect refused to come out of the house, and police reportedly had a standoff with the suspect that ended around 11 p.m. after officers used tear gas and a police robot. Fields emerged from the house covered in blood, according to authorities.

The interior of the house was just as ghastly.

According to the indictment, troopers discovered a severed head as well as severed hands, feet, and a forearm that “appeared to have been cooked” in a steel pot inside the oven. The officers noted that the pot was still “warm to the touch.”

The contractors told police they had been to the property the day before, during which they encountered the suspect “casting spells on them and being confrontational,” according to the arrest citation.

Family member Todd Brock told WCPO-TV, "Witchcraft, fingernails, and just do different stuff. Whatever witchcraft is, but I heard she was into it. I think somebody lost control of their mind. Had to have something planned out or satanism or had their brain washed."

Olivia Brock, another family member, told WOLF-TV, "You can imagine, it’s one thing to find out your family member’s been murdered, but I mean, it’s a whole other thing for the details and stuff; I mean, it’s literally unimaginable, unimaginable. All of us have been experiencing shock for the first time, I guess you could say. That’s a whole different — grief and shock are two different ballgames."

Fields also is accused of torturing and murdering a dog.

Olivia Brock said the suspect had suffered a severe brain injury in a motorcycle crash a few months ago and as a result couldn't remember her name or even know where she was.

The victim's sister, Diana Brock, said the family is Christian and will "never stop loving" Torilena Fields despite the diabolical accusations.

"We don't disown people, no matter what you've done. We love, and that's what God says," Diana said. "You know you love no matter what, unconditionally, and we just support the family, and that's what we're trying to do."

The Commonwealth claimed that Fields was not acting under the influence of “extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse.” However, the arrest report did note that Fields appeared to be under the influence of drugs at the time of her arrest.

According to the Monday indictment, Fields also is accused of torturing and murdering a dog.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 23.

You can view a video report here about the case.

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Thanksgiving horror: Family members arrive at relatives' home for holiday gathering, discover husband had dismembered and disemboweled his wife, police say



Family members who arrived for a Thanksgiving gathering at the home of relatives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, discovered that a husband had dismembered and disemboweled his wife, police said, according to the Albuquerque Journal.

What are the details?

The home of Karlan and Connie Denio in the 10400 block of Vista Del Sol NW was locked and appeared empty when relatives arrived Thursday afternoon, the Journal said.

Relatives called 911 asking for police to do a welfare check when they couldn’t get inside the home, the paper said, citing a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court. But dispatch told them police couldn’t force their way in, the Journal added.

With that, family members took the hinges off a door to get inside and then found Karlan Denio lying in bed and his wife, Connie, dismembered on the bedroom floor, the paper said.

Relatives told police Karlan Denio was diagnosed two years ago with frontotemporal dementia, which can cause dramatic personality changes, emotional withdrawal, and other mental health issues, the Journal said.

Denio, 62, has been charged with an open count of murder in the death of Connie Denio, the paper said, adding that it's unclear if he has an attorney. Denio was in a hospital recovering from cuts to his arm and neck, the Journal said, citing Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Gilbert Gallegos.

The family declined to comment Friday, the Journal reported.

What else do we know?

Police said relatives told them Connie Denio arranged for everyone to gather at her home around 1 p.m., the paper said, adding that family members said they last heard from her in a group chat “discussing plans for Thanksgiving.”

Karlan Denio’s brother, who came in from out of town, was the first to arrive at the home and called his sister when he couldn’t get in, the Journal said, citing the criminal complaint. The siblings knocked on all doors and windows and then took the hinges off a door to get in, the paper added.

Karlan Denio’s sister told police the home was dark, and she walked to the bedroom where she found her brother “lying on the bed” and Connie Denio on the floor, the Journal said.

“Karlan looked at her, at which point [she] backed out of the residence and called police again,” the paper reported, citing the criminal complaint.

Police said they found Denio's wife “dismembered and disemboweled” in the bedroom, the Journal said, adding that they detained Denio at the scene.

'I'm stunned'

“I’m stunned,” neighbor Rich Cordova told the paper Friday. “That is unbelievable.”

Cordova added to the Journal that he had lived next to the Denio family for two decades, and the pleasant couple often walked together and always waved hello. Cordova also told the paper the couple kept to themselves but were “nice folks” who had two grown children.

4 missing Oklahoma cyclists discovered shot and dismembered. Person of interest identified by police.

4 missing Oklahoma cyclists discovered shot and dismembered. Person of interest identified by police.



There has been a gruesome update to the story of the four Oklahoma cyclists who were reported missing a week ago. The dismembered bodies of all four men have been discovered in the Deep Fork River. All four had been shot.

On the evening of October 9, Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, allegedly went out for a bike ride in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and never returned. Their families reported them missing the following day. On Friday, reports indicated that "multiple human remains" had been discovered in the Deep Fork River. Now, police have confirmed that the human remains belong to the missing men.

Police said that the bodies of the four men had not been weighted down and that the victims were likely killed and dumped in the river the night they went missing. Police have not yet recovered a murder weapon or any of the bicycles.

The details about the violent death suffered by the four men have devastated their family and friends.

"They were upset," Okmulgee police Chief Joe Prentice told the press. "I think they had already resolved themselves that this was their loved ones, but the additional information about dismemberment was obviously a shock. They were very distraught."

Police also added that the men likely intended to commit a crime the night they went missing, though the details regarding the supposed crime are unclear.

"We believe the men planned to commit some kind of criminal act when they left the [Okmulgee] residence," Prentice said.

4 missing Oklahoma cyclists found shot, dismembered had been planning crime: police nypost.com

A witness apparently informed police that the four planned to "hit a lick," which police claimed is slang for "commit a crime." The witness likewise explained that the crime would have been "big enough for all of them," an indication that money may have been a motive for the crime.

The investigation into the missing men brought police to a scrap yard on 20th Street, about five minutes from the residence where the men met on Sunday night. Police reported that they discovered evidence of a "violent event" on a property adjoining the scrap yard. The owner of that property, Joe Kennedy, is now considered a person of interest in the case.

Investigators spoke with Kennedy on Friday and said that he cooperated at the time. However, Kennedy went missing on Saturday. His blue PT Cruiser was discovered abandoned in Morris, Oklahoma, about six miles east of Okmulgee. Police believe he may be suicidal.


New Zealand family discovers human remains in storage unit bought at auction

New Zealand family discovers human remains in storage unit bought at auction



Buying any kind of property, sight unseen, always carries a high risk, and one New Zealand family has learned that lesson the hard way.

The unnamed family bought a trailer-sized storage unit at an auction last week and began sorting through the new belongings they acquired with the purchase when they made a gruesome discovery: dismembered human remains.

Police are currently in the process of determining the identity of the remains, and indeed, even the number of remains. Police are investing the situation as a possible homicide.

On Friday, Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua said he expected the post-mortems to be completed "over the coming days."

"The priority for police is to confirm the identification of the deceased so that we can establish the full circumstances behind the discovery," Vaaelua continued.

"This will also lead to the advising of next of kin," he added. "Given the nature of the discovery, this might take some time."

The remains themselves were discovered in suitcases located within the storage unit. However, even neighbors were alerted to the presence of decomposed remains by the "wicked" smell emanating from the storage unit, which had been brought to the South Auckland home owned by the buyers.

One neighbor, a former crematorium employee, recognized the smell immediately.

"I knew straight away, and I thought, 'Where is that coming from?'" the unidentified man said.

"I could smell it here," another neighbor remarked. "I thought it was a dead cat or something."

Bidders throughout the world often buy storage units and foreclosed homes at auction without the chance to survey the contents. The hope is that one such purchase will yield a treasure trove of hidden valuables.

However, in this instance, the hidden contents brought undue national and international attention on the South Auckland family, who are not believed to have been involved in the possible crime. In order to avoid the spotlight, the family has relocated temporarily and left their home in the care of a relative.

The male relative told reporters that the family is "doing all right" but would like some privacy at this time.

For video footage of the scene outside the residence, see this news report from the New Zealand Herald: