A truck driver suspected of shoving a St Joe woman out of his moving semi last month appeared in a Buchanan County courtroom Friday after his extradition from Florida.

Investigators believe 49-year-old Kent Harris met up with Kecia King at a local nightclub January 21. Her badly injured body was found that night along the shoulder of I-29 in St Joseph.

She died January 22 at the hospital.

Two days later prosecutors filed charges of involuntary manslaughter against Harris, who is from Greeenville, Mississippi. At the time of King’s death, Harris was employed by Best Mark Trucking in Strong City, Kansas. He was arrested in Broward County, Florida.

Harris was returned to Missouri after waiving his right to an extradition hearing.

He is being held in the Buchanan County Jail under $100,000 pending a court hearing March 9.