Grand jury indicts woman for December drive-thru killing

A Boone County grand jury has indicted a Moberly woman accused of killing a man at a Columbia drive-thru.

Angelica Benitez is charged with 2nd-degree murder and armed criminal action after she allegedly shot Marqukis Hayes in the drive-thru line at McDonald's.

A probable cause statement says Benitez was in a pickup truck in December with Hayes and her boyfriend, who was driving, in the drive-thru of the Clark Lane McDonald's when she shot Hayes in the face with a pistol.

A probable cause statement says Benitez shot Hayes in the face while her boyfriend was driving a truck in the drive-thru of the Clark Lane McDonald's. The statement says Benitez's boyfriend told investigators he did not know why Benitez shot Hayes.

After the shooting, Benitez and her boyfriend went to the Super 8 motel on Clark Lane, according to the statement. Benitez then drove away in a pickup truck which was later found in Valley Park with a dead body in the back seat, according to the statement. Investigators confirmed the body was that of Hayes, the document says.

Police say Benitez admitted to the shooting and moving the body.