Collings allegedly confessed to the 2007 killing of 9-year-old Rowan Ford in southwestern Missouri. So did the girl’s stepfather, DavidSpears, now 42. Initially, Spears also faced the ...
The petition also challenges the fairness of executing Collings when another man charged in the crime, Rowan's stepfather, DavidSpears, also confessed but was allowed to plead to lesser crimes.