‘Truck Stop Serial Killer’ Convicted in 2007 Murder of Indiana Woman

Bruce Mendenhall, already serving two life sentences, was found guilty of killing Carma Purpura and remains a suspect in multiple other homicides across the U.S.

• Bruce Mendenhall, 73, was convicted of the 2007 murder of Carma Purpura, whose body was discovered in 2011 along a Kentucky highway.
• Mendenhall, a former truck driver, targeted victims at long-haul truck stops in Indiana and Tennessee during what prosecutors called a 'chilling murder spree.'
• He is already serving two life sentences for the murders of Sara Nicole Hulbert and Symantha Winters, both killed in Tennessee in 2007.
• Evidence linking Mendenhall to Purpura included bloodstains, her personal belongings, and a rifle found in his truck during a 2007 search in Nashville.
• Mendenhall will be sentenced on February 13 in Indiana and faces up to 65 additional years in prison.

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