Knighton was a passenger in a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup driven by her father, Joseph W. Lapoint, 40, also of Indianapolis.
Knighton and Lapoint had been visiting friends in Waynesville, but Knighton, who was highly intoxicated, didn’t want to leave with her father, who planned to return home for a funeral, said the Patrol’s Sgt. J.C. Chesser. Lapoint, however, didn’t want to leave his daughter while she was intoxicated, Chesser said.
The two left Waynesville together. But on the way home, “she opened the door and stepped out,” Chesser said.
Chesser doesn’t suspect any foul play, but said the investigation continues.
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