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  Volunteers from Tuscaloosa paying it forward in Joplin

  As the teens moved farther along the bleachers they were painting, splotches of bright red paint kept appearing where it didn’t exactly belong. On the ground. On their arms and legs. On their clothing.

Rowan Ford Case

Rowan Ford Case

• Chris Collings’ father: ‘No matter what happens, I love my son’

  The birth father of Chris Collings took the witness stand this morning in the penalty phase of his son’s murder trial.

  March 22, 2012 1 Photo

• Jurors to receive instructions on Chris Collings murder case

  Final jury instructions and closing arguments in the Chris Collings murder trial are set to begin at 3 p.m. today. That means the case could go to jury by the end of day.

  March 20, 2012 1 Photo

• State rests in Rowan Ford murder case

  The prosecution in the Chris Collings murder trial rested its case this morning, after presenting a final trace evidence witness.

  March 20, 2012 1 Photo

• Judge allows autopsy photos in Rowan Ford murder trial

  The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on 9-year old Rowan Ford, four and half years ago, testified Monday at Chris Collings trial on Monday that her body had a number of injuries sustained both before and after her death.

  March 19, 2012 1 Photo

• Videotape confession presented in Rowan Ford case

  Prosecutors in Chris Collings’ murder trial this morning played the first of two videotaped confessions the defendant provided investigators on Nov. 9, 2007, seven days after the abduction, rape and murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford.

  March 16, 2012 1 Photo

• Wheaton police chief testifies in Rowan Ford murder trial

  Chris Collings initially thought he would throw Rowan Ford’s body off the Muncie Bridge before deciding instead to dispose of her at Fox Cave in McDonald County, the Wheaton police chief testified today.

  March 15, 2012 1 Photo

• Newton County investigators take stand during murder trial

  The Chris Collings murder trial moved into its second day today with prosecutors calling law enforcement officers to make their case that Collings abducted 9 year-old Rowan Ford on the night of Nov. 2, 2007, took her to his home in Barry County, raped and killed her.

  March 13, 2012 1 Photo

• Prosecutor wants death penalty for Stella girl’s accused killers 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.

  May 6, 2008

• Defendants in girl’s death seeking changes of venue 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.

  January 29, 2008

• Man bound over for trial 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.

  January 23, 2008 1 Photo

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