David Spears pleaded guilty to his role in the 2007 murder of his step-daughter 9-year-old Rowan Ford. But for the past few ...

(AP) — Rowan Ford knew Christopher Collings as “Uncle ... then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside a small Missouri town. Collings, 49, was put to death with a single dose of pentobarbital ...

A growing group of Missouri legislators are calling for the Missouri Public Defender’s Office to terminate the employment of David Spears, who works at the West Plains office. David Spears […] ...

Police said Christopher Collings confessed to killing Rowan Ford after raping her on Nov. 3, 2007. The murder took place in rural Stella, Missouri, in the far southwest corner of the state.

The state of Missouri executed Christopher Collings, 49, on Tuesday, for the 2007 sexual assault and killing of 9-year-old Rowan Ford. “Right or wrong I accept this situation for what it is ...

(AP) — A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for sexually ... was a friend of the family of the victim, fourth-grader Rowan Ford — so much so that he lived with the family for several months ...

(AP) — Rowan Ford knew Christopher Collings as “Uncle ... then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside a small Missouri town. Collings, 49, was put to death with a single dose of pentobarbital ...