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According to reports, Colleen Spears last saw her daughter at about 8:30 p.m. Nov. 2 before she left for work at the Wal-Mart store in Jane. David Spears, Collings and another man were playing pool at the Spears home in the town of Stella in southern Newton County while Rowan was asleep in her bedroom, Copeland said. The three men decided to leave at 10:45 p.m. to take Collings home, Copeland said. “They stopped so a man named Nathan and David could get more beer,” he said. Copeland said Nathan reportedly dropped David Spears off at the Spears residence. That’s where the story gets murky, Copeland said. Authorities said David Spears has acknowledged that he went out a second time around 1:30 a.m. Nov. 3 after calling his mother, Myrna Spears, and asking to borrow her car. Myrna Spears has said she watched television and did not check on the girl. David Spears was gone for 5 1/2 hours. Copeland said Sunday that David Spears has told investigators that he discovered Rowan missing before he called his mother. “He said he knew Chris (Collings) would have her (Rowan),” Copeland said. He said Spears has said that after borrowing his mother’s car, he drove to Collings’ travel trailer, where he alleged that he found Collings raping the girl. Both men are suspected of raping and strangling the girl with a netting cord, Copeland said. David Spears initially told investigators that he did not discover Rowan was missing until the next morning, after Colleen Spears arrived home from work. “We had three different cadaver dogs hit on (Myrna Spears’) car,” Copeland said. “We know the body was in there at some point.” The two defendants are expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Barry County Circuit Court. Both men were being held Sunday without bond in the Barry County Jail. Myrna Spears said Sunday that she has not talked to her son since his arrest on Friday. 
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