Rowan Ford was a star student whose smile and work ethic won the hearts of her teachers. She loved riding her purple bicycle ...

Colleen questions Rowan’s stepfather, David Spears, about where her daughter might be. Spears’ response is that Rowan stayed ...

With the impending execution of convicted child-killer Christopher Collings, the spotlight shifts to his co-defendant, Rowan ...

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

On the night of Nov. 2, 2007, Collings was drinking heavily with two friends. One of the friends, David Spears, had a ...

Christopher Collings, who Ford knew as "Uncle Chris" before her brutal ... Collings was living with Rowan's stepfather, ...

A Missouri man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening for sexually assaulting and strangling a 9-year-old girl whose ...

The sexual assault and murder of Rowan Ford in 2007 rocked the southwestern town of Stella, Missouri. On Tuesday, the man ...

Collings, a father of two now-grown daughters, was convicted of killing Rowan Ford on Nov. 3, 2007, in the small southwest ...

Nine- year-old Rowan Ford trusted her stepfather’s friend ... the girl’s stepfather, David Spears; and a third friend who was with the men that night but who was not involved in the crimes ...

Christopher Collings was sentenced to death for the murder of Rowan Ford. An earlier version of this article incorrectly listed another charge. On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the state of Missouri will ...