Naomi Navarre; Torilena-Fields.Photo:Naomi Navarre/Instagram;Bourbon County Detention Center
Naomi Navarre/Instagram;Bourbon County Detention Center
A Kentucky woman who was arrested on a murder charge after police allege they found her mother’s dismembered body in their home was once an aspiring actress.
Trudy Fieldswas found dead in her Robertson County, Ky., home on Oct. 9, the Kentucky State Police said in astatementat the time.
The victim’s daughter, 32-year-old Torilena May Fields, was initially arrested and charged with obstructing governmental operations, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, per police.
On Oct. 14, KSP upgraded the charges to include murder as well as torture of a dog or cat, per their statement.
FOX 56reports that Torilena was an aspiring actress who appeared in the moviesThe Desert ProjectandA Dance Storyunder the stage name Naomi Navarre.
TheIMDB pageandAmazon Prime Videofor her stage name shows she was the lead actress inThe Desert Project, a 2019 film.
Andoni Zorbas, who was the director, producer and actor ofA Dance Story, told FOX 56 that Torilena was “every director’s dream to have to work with on set.”
“Whenever I think of her I think of happiness. I think of laughter; I think of positivity; I think of strength,” Zorbas said. “Because she was very tough.”
Zorbas said he was unaware of the actress' real name.
He also told the outlet that he was under the impression she had a great relationship with her mother.
Naomi Navarre.Naomi Navarre/Instagram
Naomi Navarre/Instagram
The man notified authorities and later told them that the day prior, he was at the residence when the suspect was allegedly “casting spells on them and being confrontational,” an arrest citation stated, according to theCourier Journal, LEX 18 andFOX 19.
Inside the residence, officers found body parts that appeared to have been “cooked” in an oven, inside a pot that was still warm, WKYT, theCourier Journaland FOX 19 reported, citing an arrest citation and unspecified court records.
Torilena Fields.Bourbon County Detention Center
Bourbon County Detention Center
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Torilena’s family toldFOX 56in a separate interview that she suffered a brain injury after a motorcycle accident in California and may have returned to Kentucky to be with her mother.
They expressed sorrow over Trudy’s death as well as Torilena’s situation.
“How do you say, ‘I’m so sad, and I want justice for my family member? But I’m so sad because is my other family member not OK?'” her cousin Olivia Brock said, per FOX 56.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Torilena has entered a plea or retained an attorney to speak on her behalf.
source: people.com