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Missouri executed death row inmate Christopher Leroy Collings on Tuesday, 17 years after he confessed to raping and killing his friend's 9-year-old stepdaughter.. Collings, 49, was executed by ...
Two suspects, Christopher Leroy Collings—a family friend of Ford—and David Wesley Spears, Ford's stepfather, were arrested and charged with raping and murdering Ford. Collings was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in 2012 while Spears was sentenced to 11 years in prison for endangering the welfare of a child and covering up the ...
Collings sought clemency from Missouri governor for 2007 sexual assault slaying of Rowan Ford Missouri executes Christopher Collings for 2007 assault and killing of 9-year-old Skip to main content
Christopher Leroy Collings, 49, is set to die by lethal injection for the murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford in the tiny southwestern Missouri village of Stella on Nov. 3, 2007.
Christopher Collings, 49, is set to receive a single injection of the sedative pentobarbital at 6 p.m. CST for the 2007 murder of fourth-grader Rowan Ford. The girl was assaulted and strangled with a length of rope in the tiny southwestern Missouri town of Stella, on Nov. 3, 2007, and her body was discovered six days later in the sinkhole ...
Date of execution Method County or Independent City Victim(s) Governor 1 George C. Mercer: White 44 M January 6, 1989 [a] Lethal injection: Cass [b] Karen Keeton John Ashcroft: 2 Gerald Smith White 32 M January 18, 1990 [c] St. Louis City: Karen Roberts [d] 3 Winford L. Stokes Jr. Black 39 M May 11, 1990 St. Louis: Pamela Benda 4 Leonard Marvin ...
Collings' execution was the 23rd carried out this year in the U.S. and the fourth carried out in Missouri. Only Alabama and Texas have executed more people in 2024 — six and five, respectively.
It would be the 23rd execution in the U.S. this year and the fourth in Missouri. Collings was convicted of killing 9-year-old Rowan Ford, a fourth-grader from the tiny southwestern Missouri town of Stella, on Nov. 3, 2007. Her body was found in a sinkhole six days later. She had been strangled. Collings confessed to the crimes.