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

Collings, 49, was executed by lethal injection as the mother of his victim, 9-year-old Rowan Ford, watched him die, along with other witnesses in the death chamber at the Potosi Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Collings, himself a father of ...

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 carried 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 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.

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

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.

Missouri executes a man for sexually assaulting and strangling a 9-year-old girl in 2007.

The State of Missouri has executed the man convicted of sexually assaulting and strangling 9-year-old Rowan Ford.