Robertson Co. judge dismisses restraining order despite objections from ‘fearful’ family
A Robertson County judge on Tuesday denied a request for a restraining order by the sister of a Robertson County woman accused of killing and dismembering their mother.
The sister, 31-year-old Telby Fields, had sought a restraining order against a third sibling — her brother, Truitt Fields — whom she blamed for the killing.
“When my body is found, Truitt Fields murdered me,” Telby Fields wrote in her original petition, filed this month.
Telby’s sister, 32-year-old Torilena Fields, was charged Oct. 8 with killing, dismembering and cooking the family matriarch, Trudy Fields.
Three days later, Telby Fields filed for a restraining order against Truitt Fields, arguing the California resident was the blame for their mother’s death and had threatened to kill other family members too.
But on Tuesday, Robertson County Judge Heather Fryman declined to extend the order, which was granted on an emergency basis by another Robertson County judge.
Fryman noted that it was “absolutely clear” the family was fearful of the brother, but she said there was “no direct proof” that the sister was in immediate danger.
Telby Fields argued at Tuesday’s hearing, according to LEX18: Well, my mother was butchered and my brother had threatened to do so for years,” reported by LEX18. “Him and my sister both, and it happened … that’s what happened judge, my mother was cut to pieces.”
Fryman wrote in her decision that while the family was clearly fearful of the brother, acts or threats of violence by him were “in the distant past.”
“Telby and family members have had no recent contact with Truitt,” Fryman wrote. “There is no direct proof that Truitt had anything to do with the death of Trudy.”
News station WLWT reported that another Fields sibling, Titus Fields, spoke at Tuesday’s hearing in favor of granting the emergency protection order. Titus Fields claimed the brother’s erratic behavior over the years included hanging dead animals on fences.
Neither Truitt nor Telby Fields have a lawyer listed in court records.
