BENTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston, Mo., man is now facing a murder charge for his involvement in a fatal motor vehicle accident.

Mark Lee Jobe, 47, was originally charged July 23 with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and failure to obey a traffic control device.

An amended complaint filed Sept. 5 is now charging Jobe with the felony of an aggravated offender driving while intoxicated by drugs. Because of that, the prosecutor was able to charge Jobe with second-degree murder rather than manslaughter.

The fatal accident Jobe was involved in occurred at 8:13 a.m. July 17 at East Malone Avenue and Ingram Road.

Kimberly Maclin, 53, died July 19 from injuries sustained in the crash.

Sikeston Department of Public Safety officer Brian R. DeLisle said in the probable-cause statement, "I believe that Mr. Jobe was traveling well in excess of the posted speed limit. I also believed that Mr. Jobe disregarded the electric traffic signal which was displaying the red [stop] signal" before he struck Maclin's vehicle.

DeLisle interviewed four witnesses, including one who was following Maclin's vehicle into the intersection.

Jobe, who was arrested July 20 on his release from the hospital, is scheduled to appear before Judge Scott T. Horman at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Benton. Jobe was in the Scott County Jail on a cash-only bond of $75,000.

Pertinent address:

Sikeston, MO