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Tricia Nordman

Case from Marion, IN dated Oct 24, 2000

Victim Details

Tricia Nordman

Female

White / Caucasian

Marion

IN

2000-10-24

25

Tricia

Nordman

07/12/2026

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On a tragic day in October 2000, 25-year-old Tricia Nordman and her roommate, Andrew Cataldi, 24, were shot to death in the Indianapolis, Indiana home they shared with another couple. Tricia was a white female. The discovery of their bodies in a dumpster days later unraveled a story of mounting tensions and violence that would lead to two convictions, though questions about the case would linger for decades.

The couple they lived with, Sarah Jo Pender and her boyfriend, Richard Hull, were ...
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