Darnell is now in the Montgomery County jail where he’s held without bond in the 1983 death of Laura Purchase after DNA connected Darnell to the crime. Jail records do not list an attorney who could speak on his behalf. A deputy who was on patrol on March 17, 1983 along Interstate 45 spotted a fire in a wooded area, stopped to investigate, and discovered the body of a woman that had been set on fire.