The violent rape and murder in 2007 of a 9-year-old Newton County girl returned to the headlines when one of the men tried for the crime, Christopher Collings, was executed in December.

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inside a state prison in Missouri — marking the 23rd execution in the US this year. The father of two was found guilty of the murder of little Rowan Ford, who was sexually assaulted, strangled ...

A 49-year-old Missouri man was executed by lethal injection ... rape and murder of his friend's 9-year-old stepdaughter, Rowan Ford. Christopher Collings, who Ford knew as "Uncle Chris" before ...

Christopher Leroy Collings was executed by lethal injection in Missouri for the 2007 rape and murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford. Collings expressed remorse in his final statement, apologizing for ...