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, ...
On Wednsday, the 73-year-old Mendenhall, 73, was convicted in the murder of Carma Purpura, an Indianapolis mother of two who met Mendenhall at a truck stop in Marion County in 2007, according to ...