Grand Jury Charges Daughter With Killing Kentucky Woman Whose Body Was Dismembered

Grand Jury Charges Daughter With Killing Kentucky Woman Whose Body Was Dismembered
Police tape cordons off the scene of a crime in Levittown, Pa., on March 16, 2024. Matt Rourke/AP Photo
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MOUNT OLIVET, Ky.—A Kentucky woman who was arrested after police found her mother’s dismembered body in her yard was indicted on a murder charge Monday.

Police were called to a home in Mount Olivet in northern Kentucky on Wednesday and found the body and human remains inside and outside the house. After obtaining a warrant, they arrested Torilena Fields, 32, and charged her with abuse of a corpse, evidence tampering and obstruction.