Christopher Collings, 49, was declared dead nine minutes after he was injected with a single dose of pentobarbital

Collings, himself a father of two now-grown daughters, was convicted of killing Rowan on Nov. 3, 2007 in the tiny southwestern Missouri village of Stella.

The sexual assault and murder of Rowan Ford in 2007 rocked the southwestern town of Stella, Missouri. On Tuesday, the man convicted of the crimes against the 9-year-old girl was executed.

Christopher Collings has become the latest person to be executed in Bonne Terre, Missouri, after a last-minute stay and clemency request were denied.

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.

The man convicted of sexually assaulting and strangling 9-year-old Rowan Ford from southwest Missouri will be put to death tonight. Christopher Collings’ fate was sealed yesterday when the US Supreme Court denied an appeal and Missouri Governor Mike Parson denied a clemency request.

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.

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

A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl, then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside a small, rural town.

Collings, 49, died by lethal injection on Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo., for the 2007 killing of 9-year-old Rowan Ford, according to The Associated Press, KSDK and The Kansas City Star.