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, ...

That was the last time she talked to her adult daughter Carma Purpura. Just hours later, Purpura, 31, of Indianapolis, was murdered at the Flying J truck stop on the southside of Indianapolis.