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.

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

Christopher, Collings was executed for sexually assaulting and killing a child and then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside a small Missouri town.

Christopher Collings was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Rowan Ford in Stella, Missouri, in November 2007

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

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.

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

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 was convicted of first-degree murder for raping and strangling 9-year-old Rowan Ford with chicken wire before throwing her into a sinkhole.