Sarah Jo Pender

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sarah Jo Pender
Occupation	Criminal
Date Of Birth	May 29, 1979(1979-05-29)
Age	45
Birthplace	Indiana
Country	United States
Horoscope	Taurus

Sarah Jo Pender Biography

Sarah Jo Pender is one of the most popular and richest Criminal who was born on May 29, 1979 in Indiana, United States. Indiana woman found guilty for murdering two of her friends Andrew Cataldi and Tricia Nordman. In 2002 she was sentenced to 110 years of prison.

She was played in the role of She was portrayed by Jenna Dewan in the Lifetime movie She Made Them Do It. in the Lifetime film She Made Them Do It.

Sarah Jo Pender (born May 29, 1979) is an American woman convicted along with her former boyfriend, Richard Edward Hull, of murdering their roommates, Andrew Cataldi and Tricia Nordman, on October 24, 2000, in Indiana. She has claimed ever since that she is victim of a wrongful conviction. She came to national attention in August 2008 after she escaped from the Rockville Correctional Facility and was featured on America’s Most Wanted. She was recaptured by police in December at a house in Chicago.

Sarah Jo Pender, then 21, was a graduate from Lawrence Central High School in

1997. She later attended Purdue University but dropped out. She worked as a secretary at Carl E. Most and Sons. Richard Hull, her boyfriend, worked as a bouncer at a bar. He had a criminal history that included six misdemeanors and two felony convictions, for auto theft and for residential entry. Andrew Cataldi, 24, and Tricia Nordman, 25, were both fugitives from a Nevada Correctional Facility where Nordman was serving time for forgery and Cataldi for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to the police, Hull and Cataldi reportedly sold drugs from their place, a fact confirmed by Hull himself.

Her boyfriend the bouncer Richard Hull, was also found guilty of his part of the murders.

Sarah Jo Pender Net Worth

Sarah Jo Pender is one of the richest Criminal from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sarah Jo Pender 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The girl graduated in 1997 from Lawrence Central High School in 1997. She was Secretary in the office of Carl E. Most and Sons.

She was able to escape of Rockville Correctional Facility with the assistance of a guard in 2008, but was arrested four months later.

Citing the fact that Pender had bought the murder weapon on the morning of the murders and that she later helped Hull in disposing of the bodies, Sells told the jury that she had planned the murders and had manipulated Hull into committing them. According to Indianapolis Star journalist Vic Ryckaert, Sells “likened her influence over Hull to the control Manson had over his followers, who committed a string of murders in 1969”. The “female Charles Manson” tag has stuck to Pender ever since.

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To prove Pender’s guilt, Sells relied chiefly on a letter allegedly sent to Hull by Pender in May 2001 and on the testimony of inmate Floyd Pennington. In the letter Pender took responsibility for the murder. “I wish I could go back and change the events of that night”, said the letter. “Drew was so mean that night. I just snapped. I didn’t mean to kill them. It must have been the acid.[…] When you said you would try to take the blame, I knew then that you loved me deeply. At first I thought you would tell, but you stuck to your promise.” The letter ended with a postscript: “Destroy this.” Forensic Document Examiner Lee Ann Harmless testified the letter had been written by Pender. Defense attorney James Nave contended the letter was a fake. He said that Sarah Pender was no “clever criminal mastermind” and that the murder “was not a cleverly planned criminal act. It was an act of the moment.” He argued that Richard Hull had shot Cataldi and Nordman because they were about to cut him out of a big drug deal.

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Sarah Ranked on the list of most popular Criminal. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sarah Jo Pender celebrates birthday on May 29 of every year.

On August 22, 2002, Sarah Pender was found guilty and sentenced to 110 years in prison. Richard Hull pleaded guilty to avoid trial. His defense was that he had been influenced by Sarah Pender at the time of the murder, which was considered at the time by the court as a mitigating factor. He received two 45 year sentences.

Where is Sarah Jo Pender today?

Pender was held in solitary confinement at the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis from December 2008 to January 30, 2014, for a total of 1,870 days, or slightly over 5 years. Her current release date from prison is April 4, 2054, when she will be eligible for parole. At that time she will be 75.

How old is Sarah Pender now?

43 years (May 29, 1979)

Did Sarah Jo Pender get a new trial?

The Indiana Court of Appeals has denied Sarah Jo Pender’s request for a new trial on her 2002 conviction for double murder.

Where is Richard Edward Hull now?

Weighing these matters out, [Hull] is sentenced to 65 years executed at the Indiana Department of Correction. On Count Two, [Hull] is sentenced to 65 years executed at the Indiana Department of Correction.

Is the movie she made them do it based on a true story?

Parents need to know that She Made Them Do It is a Lifetime movie about the true story of Sarah Jo Pender, a woman convicted of double murder who escaped from prison, was caught and returned, and proclaims her innocence to this day.