Sister of woman accused of killing and dismembering mother files restraining order against brother

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the sister of a Northern Kentucky woman accused of murdering and dismembering her mother’s body filed for a restraining order against her brother, alleging that he forced her sister to commit the acts, according to court records.

Telby Fields filed a petition for an emergency protective order in the Robertson County District Court on Oct. 11 asking for court action to keep her brother, Truitt Fields, away from her because of threats of violence he has made to her throughout her life. The court granted the order, court records show.

The handwritten petition claims that his sister, Torilena Fields, “massacred” their mother, Trudy Fields, “on his advice.” Telby accuses her brother in the petition of threatening to kill several people in her family, including herself, her sister and her mother. Truitt has told him that he would be claiming his “birthright as a firstborn” by carrying out the threats, according to the court filing.

At the bottom of one of the archived pages, Telby wrote: “When they find my body… Truitt Fields murdered me.”

According to court records, a domestic and interpersonal violence hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. Meanwhile, Truitt is prohibited from approaching Telby and will not be allowed to attend his mother’s “future funeral.”

torileña was indicted Oct. 14 on charges including murder and abuse of a corpse after Kentucky State Police Officers arrested her the previous week at her mother Trudy’s home. Officers found body parts scattered around the property, including some cooked in a steel pot in the kitchen oven, according to an arrest citation.

Although Torilena is accused in court of killing her mother, officials are still awaiting identification results from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort to determine if the body belonged to her mother, KSP spokesman David Jones said.

Torilena is being held at the Bourbon County Detention Center. He is scheduled to appear in Robertson County Circuit Court for his arraignment on Nov. 12, according to court records.

This article originally appeared in the Louisville Courier Journal: Restraining order filed by sister related to NKY dismemberment case