‘I miss my boys’: Father who allegedly set house on fire knowing his 2 sons were inside asks if he can go to their funeral

A Kentucky antheral pleaded not blameworthy to an arson complaint aft helium was accused of burning his ain location down portion his teenage sons were inside.

According to section CBS affiliate WKYT, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office announced during a press conference that Dustin Fields, 43, was arrested connected Thursday, the time aft a occurrence destroyed his location successful Frankfort, Kentucky, and killed his 2 sons, ages 13 and 15. Authorities stated that their probe led them to complaint Fields with arson successful the archetypal degree. As much accusation was released, including an arrest citation obtained by section ABC affiliate WTVQ, investigators said that accelerants were detected by a K-9 from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms connected Fields’ shoes and wrong the house.

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Fields allegedly “used accelerants to acceptable occurrence to his residence knowing that the location was occupied by his 2 juvenile sons,” according to an apprehension citation obtained by section NBC affiliate WLEX. The accelerants were besides allegedly detected wherever the boys’ bodies were found.

The 2 boys underwent autopsies, arsenic good arsenic a household dog, which was besides recovered dormant aft the fire. The sheriff’s bureau stated during the property league that the ongoing probe could output further charges.

In a GoFundMe campaign started by a person of Fields’ wife, who was the stepmother of the 2 boys and who shares a 3-year-old lad with Fields, an evident past of home unit betwixt the mates began successful precocious 2024. The person stated that Fields’ woman reportedly filed for an exigency extortion bid with the sheriff’s bureau against her hubby for herself, their youngest son, and the 2 teenagers successful March. Due to upwind and different issues, their tribunal dates kept getting delayed. The mates had a tribunal day scheduled for May 7.

On April 30, Fields’ location was burned to the crushed with his 2 boys inside.

During his virtual tribunal quality connected Monday, Fields pleaded not blameworthy to arson successful the archetypal grade and bail was acceptable astatine $2 million. The fishy asked the judge, “Is determination immoderate accidental of maine furloughing retired for the kids’ funeral?” He added, “I miss my boys.”

The prosecution objected, but the justice said Fields could inquire his lawyer to record a question with the Commonwealth. Fields is owed successful tribunal again connected May 13.