'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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Mutilated body found burning in shopping cart leads to gruesome discovery in Bronx kitchen, police say



Human remains that were set on fire and — according to sources close to the investigation — at least partially dismembered were found in a shopping cart Monday morning in Yonkers, New York.

That led investigators to a gruesome scene at a kitchen in the Bronx, according to officials.

'We want to make sure we're doing everything right.'

Yonkers Police said officers were called about a fire underneath the Oak Street Bridge over the Bronx River Parkway just before 2 a.m. When firefighters with the Mount Vernon Fire Department responded, they put out the fire and then discovered the human remains in a shopping cart.

Yonkers police determined the body “had been placed in a shopping cart and apparently set on fire at that location," News12 Westchester reported.

Sources close to the investigation told WABC-TV the body was at least partially dismembered, but the station added that a Yonkers Police spokesperson refused to confirm that information.

Police told News12 Westchester that media reports regarding the body having been dismembered were premature and that information couldn’t be determined because of the fire.

Officials also said the condition of the remains makes it extremely difficult to determine the cause of death. They also said it was unclear whether the person had been killed at the scene or killed somewhere else and brought to the scene.

Investigators said Tuesday that they found human remains in a kitchen of a residence on Rogers Place in the Bronx and indicated they believe those remains are related to those found burning in Yonkers. The two locations are about eight miles apart. Authorities also reported finding drug paraphernalia and a gun in the bedroom of the Bronx residence.

WNBC reported that a high-ranking NYPD source said investigators obtained video of a man pushing a shopping cart onto a Metro-North train in the Bronx that appeared to match the shopping cart later found burning in Yonkers.

That same official told WNBC that the body found burning had its teeth knocked out and its hands missing, implying that someone was trying to prevent identification of the victim.

Police said they had not yet ascertained the victim's identity, gender, or age. The Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the victim's cause of death.

"This is at the border of a couple of jurisdictions here, so we want to make sure we're doing everything right, collecting all the evidence possible," said Detective Sergeant Frank Didomizio.

Police said their investigation was ongoing and no one had yet been arrested. They were seeking witnesses and reviewing security video from the area.

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Gangbanger, female posed with dismembered body of landlord with hatchet in his chest in photos cops reportedly found



A New Jersey woman and an alleged Bloods gangbanger posed with the dismembered body of a landlord with a hatchet in his chest in grisly photos investigators unexpectedly uncovered following a whirlwind path of recent crimes.

The macabre saga began last month when 25-year-old Gabriella Caroleo reportedly got into an argument with her ex-boyfriend in Manchester Township, New Jersey, which is located in the central part of the state near the coast. On June 27, Caroleo reportedly called 911 to notify authorities that her ex-boyfriend — 35-year-old Maxwell Johnston — shot her. Caroleo was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune and later died.

Police brought cadaver dogs to the property and made a gruesome discovery.

Caroleo also texted her mother moments before the deadly shooting to ask her to call the police, saying she was in fear for her life, according to assistant Ocean County prosecutor Eleni Demestihas.

On July 5, detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Manchester Township Police Department, and United States Marshals Service finally located Johnston at a residence in Toms River.

Johnston — an alleged Bloods gang member who had a gun during the seven-hour standoff — allegedly was holed up in the house with four other individuals.

Marshals negotiators persuaded Danielle Bolstad, 42, Jared Krysiak, 34, and Jarred Palumbo, 36, to exit the home. Hours later, 29-year-old Elizabeth Mascarelli reportedly exited the residence and was transported to Community Medical Center to be treated for injuries sustained during the standoff.

"The residence was subsequently cleared using a drone, and Johnston was located in a bedroom, deceased, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head," according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

Prosecutors accused Mascarelli of housing Johnston — a known fugitive — for four days despite her knowing about Caroleo's fatal shooting.

Mascarelli was arrested and charged with harboring a fugitive from justice.

The Toms River home where the standoff occurred belonged to 56-year-old Kerry Rollason, but he was not in the house. He allegedly was a landlord who rented it out.

Detectives executed a court-authorized search warrant on the home and found a defaced .22 caliber handgun, according to the prosecutor's office. Evidence that a murder had been committed at the house allegedly was found as well.

On July 11, disturbing photos were discovered during a forensic examination of Mascarelli's cell phone.

"Photographs were observed which depicted Mascarelli and Johnston in close proximity to an individual being clearly deceased and amputated at the top of his legs, with a hatchet in his chest, the hatchet being held by Mascarelli," Demestihas said, according to the Asbury Park Press.

The assistant prosecutor said the photos were taken in the basement of Rollason's home.

Demestihas added, "Additional images were recovered depicting Mascarelli, Johnston and Danielle Bolstad in a wooded area, with Johnston holding a large ax, and an active burn barrel behind him. An item with red staining, possibly blood, was also seen protruding from the barrel."

Police determined the location of the wooded area was in nearby Jackson and conducted a search of the property on July 11.

Investigators found numerous gloves, some similar to the ones Mascarelli and Johnston were wearing in the photos, according to Demestihas. Tests revealed the gloves had human blood soaked into them.

Demestihas noted that a knife was found in the barrel, and there were two pick axes and a shovel nearby.

The following day, police brought cadaver dogs to the property and made a gruesome discovery.

Approximately 100 yards from the burn barrel, police reportedly found numerous body parts in black bags and blankets. The assistant prosecutor said authorities also found several live 9mm rounds of ammunition, the hatchet Mascarelli was seen holding in the pictures, a saw, clothing, and multiple latex gloves.

The property owner told investigators he saw Johnston and Mascarelli there July 3 after Bolstad dropped them off in the area of the burn barrel, Demestihas said during Wednesday detention hearings for Mascarelli and Bolstad.

Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels ordered Mascarelli and Bolstad be held without bail at the Ocean County Jail.

Investigators determined Rollason was murdered July 3.

Surveillance footage from nearby homes showed Bolstad's car leaving July 3 around 12:38 a.m. and not returning until 4:31 a.m., Demestihas stated.

Palumbo reportedly told investigators he was in Rollason's basement with Krysiak during the early morning hours of July 3 when he suddenly heard three gunshots. He claimed that moments later, Johnston instructed them to leave the house immediately.

"Upon returning a short time later, Johnston began cutting the limbs off the decedent with the help of Mascarelli and Krysiak," Palumbo told the detectives, according to Demestihas.

Palumbo admitted to helping move Rollason's body parts, the assistant prosecutor stated.

Roughly three hours later, Palumbo allegedly was asked to bring up several bags from the basement and load them in Bolstad's car.

Palumbo was charged with hindering Johnston's apprehension and failing to dispose of human remains in a lawful manner.

Rollason's cause of death was determined to be from multiple gunshot wounds in addition to blunt force trauma, and the manner of death was a homicide.

Krysiak faces a detention hearing Friday.

Citing an autopsy conducted by the Ocean County Medical Examiner, the Toms River Patch reported that Rollason had been shot three times and bullets pierced his heart and liver. The landlord also suffered a significant skull fracture caused by blunt-force trauma. He was dismembered into eight pieces, according to authorities.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer declared, "The crimes committed against Mr. Rollason are unsettling and disturbing. I am thankful for the law enforcement professionals that worked diligently to uncover these depraved and soulless crimes."

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Las Vegas man found with severed head in his truck pleads guilty to murder



The Las Vegas man caught with a human head in the back of his truck late last year has now pled guilty to murder.

Last December, Las Vegas Metro Police attempted to pull over Eric Holland, then 57, driving what appeared to be a stolen Toyota Tundra. When Holland realized police were after him, he swerved into the garage at the Rio hotel and casino and hopped into a Chevy Avalanche, which also happened to have been reported stolen.

After a brief chase, police ultimately apprehended Holland and impounded the Avalanche. They then made a grisly discovery: the severed head and other body parts of a dismembered person stored in various containers in the bed of the truck.

"Eric Holland has been taken into custody after human remains were located inside the vehicle he was driving," LVMP tweeted at the time.

A medical examiner determined that the remains belonged to Richard Miller, a 65-year-old acquaintance of Holland's who lived on a houseboat on Lake Mead. The ME also found several gunshot wounds, including one to the skull. Police then charged Holland with murder.

Initially, Holland pled not guilty, claiming through his attorney that he wasn't responsible for killing Miller. He'd just accidentally stolen the wrong vehicle.

“In order to believe he had knowledge of what was in the vehicle, you would have to believe he intentionally led police to the body,” attorney David Westbrook said. “Why would he do that?”

The dismembered body was not the only evidence against Holland, however. A Home Depot receipt for a reciprocating saw and trash bags, tools likely used in the crime, was found in the Avalanche, as were the tools themselves with Holland's fingerprints on them. Surveillance footage from a Las Vegas Home Depot captured Holland purchasing those items on November 23, 2021.

Police believe that Miller and Holland, who used the alias Bryan Long, had gotten into some kind of altercation in November, which resulted in Miller's death.

Faced with the overwhelming evidence against him, Holland pled guilty to second-degree murder on Tuesday, a crime which under Nevada law, carries a possible life sentence. He will be sentenced in September.

Holland also has other charges issued against him which are unrelated to the Miller murder. In 2019, he was charged with theft and embezzlement of a motor vehicle. Holland is a career criminal with a rap sheet that extends all the way back to the 1970s.

Illinois family grew suspicious of a relative visiting with strange duffel bags. When they looked inside they made a gruesome discovery.



An Illinois family made a gruesome discovery when they grew suspicious of what a visiting relative had in his duffel bags. Police said charges are pending against the man.

The disturbing incident unfolded in Markham, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago.

The family welcomed their son visiting from Kentucky a few days before Tuesday when they called the police, according to a report from WLT-TV.

The man had arrived with several duffel bags, but the family thought it was strange that he kept asking for clothing, but never unpacked his bags.

They also noticed a foul odor coming from the bags.

When the son left the home to visit the local Markham Public Library on Tuesday, a family members saw their opportunity to look into the bags and to their horror, they discovered severed human body parts.

Police arrested the man at the library after they were contacted by the family. They identified him as Melvin Martin Jr., who is 30 years old.

The family said that the man had ridden the Greyhound Bus from Kentucky to Chicago with the severed body parts allegedly in his duffel bags for the five hour trip.

The bags were in the home for several days after he arrived.

Investigators said that the woman died as a result of a domestic dispute with the man in Kentucky. He then allegedly dismembered her body and held on to her remains for about 30 days before visiting his family near Chicago.

They said he had been carrying some of her internal organs, other body parts, and her head when he took the trip.

Police said that Martin was cooperating with their investigation, and that he gave them the location of the rest of the remains of the woman. They did not release the identity of the victim, but said that she had been living in the same residence as Martin.

Here's a local news report about the disturbing incident:

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