January 21, 2025

Truck driver on trial again in 2007 murder case

Steve Smith

Bruce Mendenhall, a truck driver previously convicted of two murders, is on trial again for a 2007 murder case in Indianapolis.

What happened: Mendenhall, 73, was charged with the murder of Carma Purpura, whose body was found in Kentucky after she disappeared from an Indianapolis truck stop in July 2007.

Her remains were discovered in 2011 along a Kentucky interstate.
The blood inside Mendenhall's truck matched Purpura's DNA, according to Fox 59.
He was arrested shortly after Purpura's murder when a police officer noticed his truck, already linked to other crimes.

The background: Mendenhall has been convicted and given life sentences for two murders in Tennessee. He claimed responsibility for several others across different states.

The current trial in Indiana is the third of ten alleged murder cases connected to him.

What's next: Following the Indiana proceedings, Mendenhall is set to stand trial in Alabama for another suspected crime.

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