A self-proclaimed serial killer has been found guilty of killing a woman almost 18 years ago, after his trial in Indianapolis ...

a former long-haul trucker who prosecutors say used the cab of his 18-wheeler as a "killing chamber," was sentenced on Monday after being found guilty last month of murdering Carma Purpura.

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. Purpura’s body ...