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Kentucky woman is arrested after police find human remains and a body

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MOUNT OLIVET, Ky. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Kentucky woman after a dismembered body was found in her mother’s backyard.. The Kentucky State Police say in a news release that a man hired to work on the property in Mount Olivet called authorities Wednesday after finding the body. Police obtained a search warrant for the home and called in a special response team, but a woman inside, 32-year-old Torilena May Fields, initially refused to come out. Authorities say when she finally did, she had blood on her face, hands and clothing. Fields is charged with abusing a corpse and other counts, and authorities say she could face further charges.

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