Truck stop slayings set for trial in Nashville

The suspect in the death of a woman found at a Nashville truck stop is set to go on trial after having his day in court delayed by flooding.
Attorneys are set to pick jurors on Monday in the case of Bruce Mendenhall, an Illinois truck driver charged with murder in the June 2007 shooting death of 25-year-old Sarah Hulbert whose body was found at a truck stop in Nashville.
Mendenhall could face life in prison if he is convicted.
Mendenhall has also been charged with killing women in Lebanon, Indianapolis and Birmingham, Ala. Authorities believe he targeted prostitutes who frequented truck stops.
Nashville police arrested Mendenhall in July 2007 after a police detective saw his truck parked at a truck stop and recognized it from video footage of a truck leaving the scene of Hulbert’s slaying.