Lakendrick J. Thornton, 40, was shot and killed after getting into a borrowed gold Toyota Camry on the night of September 18, 2018. The ride began with the stated purpose of going across town to buy drugs, and tensions in the confined car escalated. A passenger later identified as Henry Francis Little Long allegedly turned toward the back seat and produced a gun; witnesses say a single shot struck Thornton in the chest. Thornton’s body was recovered around 9:30 a.m. the next morning in a ditch near Renner, South Dakota, and an autopsy placed his time of death between midnight and 2:00 a.m.

In the hours after the shooting, investigators interviewed people connected to those in the car. A woman identified in court records as Margaret Walking Eagle reported that Little Long came to her home after the incident with a gun and red tennis shoes and confessed to killing someone. Kelsey Roubideaux, who was described as the driver that night, was arrested September 20 and later admitted helping dispose of the body and clean the vehicle; court filings say she pleaded guilty to being an accessory in connection with the case under a cooperation agreement. Henry Francis Little Long was arrested September 21, 2018, tried in April 2019, convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, and sentenced to life in prison for Thornton’s killing.

Are there details from that night or anyone who knew Lakendrick Thornton that could help fill gaps in the timeline?