Christopher Collings’ last words, meal before execution for 2007 rape, murder of 9-year-old girl are revealed
Christopher Collings, 49, was declared dead nine minutes after he was injected with a single dose of pentobarbital
She called him Uncle Chris. Now he's being executed for her murder. Who was Rowan Ford?
Rowan Ford was a star student whose smile and work ethic won the hearts of her teachers. She loved riding her purple bicycle and her bedroom was Barbie pink.
Missouri man executed for girl's murder after governor denies clemency
Missouri is set to carry out its fourth execution this year on Tuesday night. The man condemned to death was convicted in a 9-year-old girl's 2007 murder.
Missouri executes death row inmate convicted of murdering 9-year-old in 2007
The State of Missouri executed death row inmate Christopher Collings by lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 2007 abduction, rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl.
Death row inmate who raped and murdered 9-year-old girl to face death tomorrow
Christopher Collings had his execution date scheduled for at 6pm on December 3 after spending almost 20 years in jail for raping and strangling the fourth-grader, before dumping her body in a cave
Missouri man facing execution in the sexual assault and strangling of a 9-year-old girl
A Missouri man is facing scheduled execution Tuesday evening for the sexual assault and killing of a 9-year-old girl whose body was dumped in a sinkhole.
Missouri executes Christopher Collings for 9-year-old Rowan Ford's rape, murder
Collings, a father of two now-grown daughters, was convicted of killing Rowan Ford on Nov. 3, 2007, in the small southwest Missouri town of Stella.
Earl Cox, man convicted in 9-year-old Missouri girl’s 1993 murder, dies in prison
A man convicted of first-degree murder and sexual abuse of a nine-year-old girl has died in prison, according to a spokesperson from the Southeast Correctional Center in Missouri.
KSNF Joplin on MSN1d
Rowan Ford’s step-father – Where is he now?
With the impending execution of convicted child-killer Christopher Collings, the spotlight shifts to his co-defendant, Rowan ...
Crime Traveler: What happened to Rowan Ford?
Colleen questions Rowan’s stepfather, David Spears, about where her daughter might be. Spears’ response is that Rowan stayed ...
Killer with brain ‘abnormality’ to be executed for dumping girl’s body in sinkhole
A death row inmate is set to receive a lethal injection for strangling a nine-year-old to death and leaving her body in a ...
Missouri governor denies clemency, clears way for execution of man convicted of killing girl
Missouri’s governor has denied clemency for Christopher Collings, an inmate who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for ...
Kansas City Star15d
Missouri man faces December execution even though another man confessed to the murder
Collings allegedly confessed to the 2007 killing of 9-year-old Rowan Ford in southwestern Missouri. So did the girl’s stepfather, David Spears, now 42. Initially, Spears also faced the ...