Sikeston man pleads guilty in fatal accident

BENTON, Mo. (AP) -- A southeast Missouri man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a 2012 traffic accident that killed a Sikeston woman.

Forty-seven-year-old Mark Lee Jobe of Sikeston also pleaded guilty Thursday to driving while intoxicated-aggravated offender. Jobe had three prior alcohol-related convictions.

Jobe was sentenced to seven years in prison for DWI-aggravated offender and 15 years for second-degree murder. The sentences will run concurrently.

The July 17, 2012, accident killed 53-year-old Kim Maclin, who had just retired as an elementary counselor for Sikeston schools. She died two days after the accident.

The Sikeston Standard Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/12woTbd ) investigators said Jobe was speeding and ran a red light before striking Maclin's car in a Sikeston intersection.

Before the sentencing, his attorney said Jobe apologized to Maclin's family and to his own family.

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Information from: Standard Democrat, http://www.standard-democrat.com