The Kentucky "witch" accused of dismembering and cooking her mother pleaded not guilty to capital murder, according to reports.
Torilena Fields, 32, allegedly shot, stabbed and cut her 68-year-old mom, Trudy Fields, into pieces, according to police.
"We're looking forward to the depth and the thoroughness of this investigation," Fields' public defender, Laura Fitzer, told WXIX-TV Tuesday, following her initial court appearance.
Officers responded to Trudy's Mount Olivet, Kentucky home on Oct. 11 after a repair worker believed he stumbled upon a dismembered body.
The worker said when he arrived onsite, the younger Fields – who claimed that she was a "witch" – was "casting spells on them" and "being confrontational," police said, according to the arrest warrant, WLWT-TV reported.
Police alleged Trudy Fields' arms, legs and head were chopped off and her upper body and spine were "severed in half and the organs removed," the station reported.
Officers said some body parts were stuffed in a folded mattress while other body parts "appeared to have been cooked" in a pot inside the oven.
Family members alleged Torilena Fields suffered a traumatic brain injury in a motorcycle crash and recently moved back to Kentucky after spending some time in California as an actress, according to WXIX.
Prior to her return to Kentucky, the younger Fields had her sights set on the silver screen. She starred in 2019's A Dance Story, under the stage name Naomi Navarre, and alongside cast member and director Andoni Zorbas.
Zorbas recalled Fields was an "angel" on-set and "every director's dream."
"We bonded over our mothers," Zorbas told WLEX-TV, last month. "She really loved her mother. On one occasion when we were in the car together, she invited me to taste her mother's cookies."
A motive has not been disclosed. Fields remains held on $1.5 million bond.
