06-05-2025
Coroner identifies boys recovered from Frankfort house fire
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — Franklin County Coroner William Harrod has identified the bodies found inside what's left of a Flat Creek Road home after a fire investigators believe was intentionally set.
According to Harrod, the remains were those of 13-year-old Bently Maxwell Fields and 15-year-old Rylan Austin Fields.
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Investigators believe that their father, Dustin Fields, set the home on fire on April 30.
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Fields pleaded not guilty on Monday, May 5, to arson. He's held on a $2 million bond at the Franklin County Regional Jail.
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