http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 06 May 2008 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_127213118.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_127213118.html CASSVILLE, Mo. — Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for David Spears and Chris Collings, charged in the rape and murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford last November. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_029184008.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_029184008.html CASSVILLE, Mo. — The two men charged with the rape and murder of a 9-year-old Stella girl last year have requested changes of venue, according to court records. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_356011214.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_356011214.html CASSVILLE, Mo. — A Wheaton man accused of raping and killing a 9-year-old Stella girl was bound over to circuit court Friday after waiving his preliminary hearing.Chris Collings, 32, will stand trial for one count of first-degree murder, forcible rape and statutory rape in connection with the abduction, alleged sexual assault and murder of Rowan Ford last month. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:01:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_023144620.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_023144620.html CASSVILLE, Mo. — The two men charged with the rape and murder of a 9-year-old Stella girl pleaded innocent Tuesday, and one is seeking a change of venue, according to online court records. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_015202728.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_015202728.html CASSVILLE, Mo. — A Stella man who is accused of raping and murdering his 9-year-old stepdaughter waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday and was ordered to stand trial. Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_334204332.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_334204332.html Colleen Spears, the mother of slain Rowan Ford, has filed for divorce from David W. Spears, one of the two men accused of the 9-year-old girl’s rape and murder, according to online court records. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_330151106.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_330151106.html CASSVILLE, Mo — A Southwest Missouri man charged with raping and murdering his 9-year-old stepdaughter has a public defender. Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_321205230.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_321205230.html STELLA, Mo. — Her bike was her steadfast companion and she knew the roads well. Friends and others in the community of Stella would see her — a slender, brown-haired 9-year-old girl gliding along on her blue-tinted Blossom Quest bicycle. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_319232718.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_319232718.html Both of the hot-line calls placed to the state Children’s Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services in the past seven years in reference to Rowan Ford were for head lice, state documents show. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_318222428.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_318222428.html NEOSHO, Mo. — The Newton County prosecutor has subpoenaed Missouri Department of Social Services records for 9-year-old rape and murder victim Rowan Ford. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_318220558.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_318220558.html NEOSHO, Mo. — Rowan Ford is inside her room at her home in Stella, and although she is known as a predominantly quiet girl, she is anything but right now. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_318175334.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_318175334.html Her bicycle, parked, at the front of the chapel, was covered with floral arrangements and the card was signed by all or Rowan Ford’s classmates. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:51:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_318140946.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_318140946.html An East Newton School District official has confirmed that a district employee placed a hotline call to the Childrens Division of the Department of Social Services about Rowan Ford. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:32:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_317222450.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_317222450.html CASSVILLE, Mo. — With her mother looking on, innocent pleas were entered Tuesday for the two men accused of raping and murdering 9-year-old Rowan Ford. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_316202605.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/Rowan_Ford/local_story_316202605.html As counselors on Monday helped pupils at Triway Elementary School in Stella cope with the murder of classmate Rowan Ford, authorities were still trying to determine the precise roles played by the two men charged with the child’s murder.