A Missouri man has been executed for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl, then dumping her body in a sinkhole ...

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

Collings is set to die by lethal injection for the murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford in the tiny southwestern Missouri village ...

The state of Missouri executed Christopher Collings by lethal injection Tuesday evening, the state’s Department of ...

The state of Missouri executed Christopher Collings, 49, on Tuesday, for the 2007 sexual assault and killing of 9-year-old ...

Missouri executed death row inmate Christopher Collings on Tuesday for the 2007 rape and murder of Rowan Ford.

The man convicted of sexually assaulting and strangling 9-year-old Rowan Ford from southwest Missouri will be put to death ...

Christopher Leroy Collings, 49, is set to die by lethal injection for the murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford in the southwestern ...

In a statement, Missouri Governor Mike Parson said the state would carry out the execution as planned Tuesday.

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