Oct 24, 2016 · Kentucky State Police identified the body as that of Carma J. Purpura, who was reported missing in Indianapolis in 2007, according to a news release. Her body was found along Louie B. Nunn...

Jan 22, 2025 · Following a two-day trial, a jury convicted 73-year-old Bruce Mendenhall of murder in the killing of Carma Purpura, whose body was found on the side of a Kentucky highway more than four years ...

GLASGOW, KY (WTHR) - Kentucky State Police say a body found off of a Kentucky highway in 2011 has been identified as a missing Indianapolis woman, who was likely the victim of a serial killer. The Louisville Medical Examiner, through DNA evidence, identified the …

Oct 27, 2016 · INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - The family of an Indianapolis mother tied to an accused serial killer finally got some closure this week. On Monday, police in Kentucky identified a body found five years ago as the remains of Carma Purpura. She disappeared in 2007 from a south Indianapolis truck stop.

Jan 22, 2025 · Mendenhall was brought to Marion County from Tennessee to stand trial for the 2007 murder of 31-year-old Carma Purpura of Indianapolis, a mother of two children. Purpura was last seen July 11, 2007, near Mendenhall's truck at the Flying J truck stop at the Harding Street exit off Interstate 465 on the south side of Indianapolis.

Jan 21, 2025 · INDIANAPOLIS — On Tuesday, 73-year-old serial killer Bruce Mendenhall will go on trial for the 2007 slaying of Carma Purpura, just one of as many as 10 women Mendenhall is suspected...

Jan 23, 2025 · Bruce Mendenhall, already serving two life sentences for killing two women in Tennessee, was found guilty of murder by an Indianapolis jury for the slaying of Carma Purpura in 2007, the Marion...

Jan 22, 2025 · Mendenhall was charged with the July 2007 murder of Carma Purpura, an Indianapolis mother of two, whom he met at the Flying J truck stop on the southwest side of Marion County.

Jan 24, 2025 · On Wednesday, after a two-day trial, Mr. Mendenhall, 73, was convicted of murdering Carma Purpura, 31, a mother of two whom a witness last saw speaking with Mr. Mendenhall at a Flying J Travel ...

Purpura was last seen in 2007 near Mendenhall’s truck a Flying J truck stop on the south side of Indianapolis. ... he found a bag filled with blood soaked clothing belonging to 31-year-old Carma ...