Carma Jessica Purpura was 31 when she vanished from a Flying J truck stop on the south side of Indianapolis on July 11, 2007. A mother of two, she was last seen near the Harding Street exit off Interstate 465. The initial investigation recovered physical evidence but not her whereabouts.

A search of a long-haul truck driven by Illinois trucker Bruce Mendenhall produced items tied to Purpura: her identification, cell phone, ATM card and blood in the cab. DNA later confirmed the blood belonged to her. Her remains were located in August 2011 down a steep ravine beside Interstate 65 in Kentucky; advanced DNA testing in 2016 conclusively matched the body to Purpura and determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.

Mendenhall was charged with Purpura’s murder in 2008. He was already serving life sentences for other killings and had been investigated in multiple states. Does anyone have information about Purpura’s last known movements at the Indianapolis truck stop or contacts she may have had that day?