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

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

The man convicted of sexually assaulting and strangling 9-year-old Rowan Ford from southwest Missouri will be put to death tonight. Christopher Collings’ fate was sealed yesterday when the US Supreme Court denied an appeal and Missouri Governor Mike Parson denied a clemency request.

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

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.

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

The state of Missouri executed Christopher Collings by lethal injection Tuesday evening, the state’s Department of Corrections and his legal team confirmed.

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.

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

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

Missouri is set to carry 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.