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Rowan Ford - 9-Year-Old Girl Found Dead

Missing 9-Year-Old Southwest Missouri Girl Found Dead

todaysthv - Lindsey Clark - 11/9/2007


A 9-year-old southwest Missouri girl missing for a week has been found dead in a sinkhole in eastern McDonald County.

Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland said the body of Rowan Ford was found on private land near Powell, about 10 miles south of her hometown of Stella, a village of about 200 people.

Authorities are still determining how the girl died, but Copeland said they're sure it's a homicide. He declined to elaborate. — continued

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Police Make Arrests Shortly After Body's Discovery

Authorities Investigate Girl's Death as a Homicide; Suspects Not Named

abcnews.go.com - By DAVID SCHOETZ - Nov. 9, 2007


Police
announced Friday night they have arrested two men in the disappearance and death of nine-year-old Rowan Ford.

Ford's body was identified by authorities Friday morning after she disappeared a week ago in Missouri. — continued
Excerpt: Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland told ABC News that Ford was last seen one week ago by her stepfather, David Spears, who told authorities that he last saw the girl at 10:45 p.m. the previous Friday.

Spears then left the house with two friends until around midnight, during which time the fourth-grade girl was left alone in their unlocked Stella, Mo., home. Spears told investigators that he did not check on the girl before going to bed.

Nine-year-old Rowan Ford's body was found Friday morning
10 miles south of her hometown. Ford was first reported
missing Saturday evening.

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Two are in custody for kidnapping, murder of girl

ky3.com - Nov 9, 2007

NEOSHO, Mo. --
Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland said Friday night that two people are in custody and likely to be charged for the kidnapping and murder of Rowan Ford. The 9-year-old girl disappeared from her home in Stella a week ago and searchers found her body on Friday morning.

Copeland says the evidence now indicates Rowan was taken between midnight and 1 a.m. on Nov. 3 after her stepfather left her alone, sleeping in her bed, and went out with some buddies. Copeland said it appears Rowan was killed in Barry County and her body was dumped in a sinkhole in a remote location in McDonald County. — continued

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UPDATE: Step-father of Rowan Ford, 32-year-old Wheaton man arrested in connection with death of missing Stella girl; charges pending

neoshodailynews.com - Todd G. Higdon - November 9, 2007 10:19 PM CST


A release by Barry County Sheriff's Department states that two men, one being step-father David Spears, have been arrested in connection with the death of Rowan Ford, the missing 9-year-old girl from Stella whose body was founded Friday morning near Powell.

The other person arrested is a 32-year-old Wheaton man. Both are in custody in the Barry County Jail pending formal charges. They are in Barry County because that is where officials believe the alleged murder of Rowan Ford took place. Charges could be filed as early as Saturday. — continued

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Mother speaks out on death of Rowan Ford

neoshodailynews.com - Todd G. Higdon - November 9, 2007

STELLA -
As she sat on her front porch, Colleen Spears cuddled a teddy bear.

"I have named this bear Rowan," Colleen said. — continued

Colleen Spears, mother of Rowan Ford, 9, who had been missing
since Saturday before authorities found her body Friday morning
near Powell, hugs a teddy bears Friday afternoon. She has named
the bear, Rowan.

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Girl's Stepdad Denies Involvement in Disappearance

kspr.com - Brad Belote - Nov 9, 2007

The stepfather of 9-year-old Rowan Ford denies any role in her death. David Spears left her alone Friday night when he went out with friends.

Law enforcement officials have said they are bothered by inconsistencies in Spears' account of that night and the following day. — continued
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Rowan Ford: Complete Interviews with Sheriff, FBI

kspr.com - Brad Belote - Nov 9, 2007

Law enforcement in Newton & McDonald Counties announced a deputy found the body of nine-year-old Rowan Ford Friday morning. — continued

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» Officers find Rowan Ford's body

» Rowan Ford's Mom Speaks Out
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FIRST TV INTERVIEW: Stepfather regrets leaving missing girl alone

ky3.com - Paula Morehouse - Nov 9, 2007

» Stepfather regrets leaving missing girl alone

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FBI says sheet taken from missing girl's room may be clue

ky3.com - Sara Sheffield - Nov 8, 2007

STELLA, Mo. -- The FBI outlined some new details on Tuesday about the search for a 9-year-old girl whom no one has reported seeing since Friday night. Investigators said a sheet that disappeared from the room of Rowan Ford may be a critical clue.

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Mother of missing girl takes lie detector test

ky3.com - David Catanese - Nov 8, 2007


NEOSHO, Mo. -- It's been nearly a week since family members of a child in Newton County have seen their little girl. Rowan Ford, 9, disappeared sometime after she went to bed on Friday night at her home in Stella.

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50 FBI Agents Aid In Search For Missing Girl

nwaonline.net - Gerald Elkins - November 6, 2007

NEOSHO, Mo. --
A reported 50 agents from the FBI are helping search for Rowan Ford, a 9-year-old girl missing from her Stella, Mo., home since Saturday.

Newton County (Mo.) Sheriff Ken Copeland said the FBI will provide forensics equipment his department doesn't have. — continued
Excerpt: "We certainly suspect there is foul play involved," said Copeland. No suspects have been named. "We haven't eliminated anyone as a suspect," the sheriff said.

Copeland also said David Spears, the girl's stepfather, was uncooperative early in the investigaion.

Copeland said the girl went to bed at 8:30 Friday night, according to her stepfather, who checked on her at 10:45 p.m. Spears returned at midnight but did not check on the girl, Copeland said.

Spears called his mother to come over and she arrived at about 1:30 a.m. Nov. 4, but she didn't check on the girl either, the sheriff said.

Spears left in his mother's car soon after she arrived, returning at 7 a.m., according to Sheriff Copeland. Spears' mother then left the house.

Copeland said where Spears went in the car is unknown.

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Mother of missing Missouri girl: ‘Never, ever leave your kids alone’

kansascity.com - AP - Wed, Nov. 07

STELLA, Mo. | Searchers continued to comb the rugged Ozarks countryside Wednesday for a 9-year-old girl last seen in her bed Friday night, while the girl’s distraught mother warned other parents to keep tabs on their children.

Rowan Ford was reported missing Saturday after her mother, Colleen Spears, returned home from a night shift at a Wal-Mart in a nearby town and found the girl had disappeared. Rowan’s stepfather, David Spears, told investigators he last saw the girl asleep in her room around 10:45 p.m. Friday before he left her alone and went out with friends. — continued

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More than 200 attend vigil for missing girl

joplinglobe.com - Linda Greer - November 06, 2007

STELLA, Mo. — Bundled in winter coats and gloves, more than 200 supporters carried candles up and down Stella’s hilly streets Tuesday night, singing hymns and praying for 9-year-old Rowan Ford, who was been missing since late Friday or early Saturday.

“This town needs that little girl back,” said Neosho resident Connie Moser, the vigil’s organizer. “She could be cold and hungry. We all need to pray for her.”

Rowan, a Triway Elementary School fourth-grader who was last seen at her home at 10:45 p.m. Friday, was reported missing at 6:50 p.m. Saturday by her mother, Colleen Spears.

Flanked by two friends and clutching a fuzzy, brown teddy bear, Spears sobbed as she climbed the hill toward her house at 777 Grove St. — continued

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Community pulls together to search for Rowan Ford

neoshodailynews.com - Todd G. Higdon - November 5, 2007


STELLA -
Stella and the surrounding area came together to search for Rowan Ford Sunday.

"The last time I saw her was 8:30 p.m., Friday," said Rowan's mother, Colleen. "I gave her a hug and a kiss. I told her goodnight and sweet dreams. That was our whole nighttime routine. She went up to get ready for bed."

Shortly after the kiss goodnight, Colleen left for work at the Jane Wal-Mart. She returned home the next day.

"I came in around 10 minutes to 9 a.m. Saturday and went to the bathroom," said Colleen. "A lot of times she (Rowan) will open the door (to see me), when I would pull up, sometimes she would wait until I was out of the bathroom."

Not seeing her daughter, Colleen went into her bedroom to check on her. She was not there.

"I then woke him (David Spears, Colleen's husband and Rowan's stepfather) up, because he was sleeping on the couch, and asked him if she went to someone's house," Colleen said. — continued

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Copeland suspects foul play in child's disappearance

neoshodailynews.com - John Ford - November 5, 2007

Excerpt: Copeland said the stepfather, David Spears, and two friends remained at the home until about 10:45 p.m. when they left the home after David Spears checked on the girl, who was still asleep.

"They leave the house unlocked and left a 9-year-old girl by herself," Copeland said. "They cruise around a while, then took one guy home in Wheaton. The other guy brought the step-dad back home around midnight. He failed to check on the girl at that time."

Around 1:30 a.m., Copeland said, David Spears called his mother to ask if he could borrow her car to go somewhere.

"She comes over, gives him the car and goes into the living room, failing to check on the girl," the sheriff said. "About 7 he returns and again fails to check on the girl."
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Authorities Arrest Two in Girl's Death

ap.google.com - MARCUS KABEL – 56 minutes ago

NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) —
The stepfather of a 9-year-old girl whose body was found Friday in a hillside cave in southwest Missouri was arrested in her death, authorities said.

Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland said 24-year-old David Spears was arrested in the death of Rowan Ford.

"The stepfather was a possible suspect," Copeland told The Associated Press. "I will confirm that he has been arrested, as well as one of his friends." — continued
Colleen Spears of Stella, Mo., mother of the missing girl Rowan Ford, cries as one of her managers, Brian Seay, co-manager of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Jane, Mo., comforts her Wednesday , Nov. 7, 2007, in front of Spears' home. An unidentified acquaintance looks on from behind. (AP Photo/T. Rob Brown)

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News of girl's death shocks community

joplinglobe.com - Derek Spellman - November 10, 2007


STELLA, Mo. — She liked to be one of the first ones there.

They would come to the Baptist church in Stella and often see the quiet, brown-haired 9-year-old girl already waiting for worship on both Wednesday and Sunday nights, her trademark blue bicycle close by.

Rowan Ford was a deeply religious girl, right up until the night she was taken from her Stella home sometime late Nov. 2 or early Nov. 3, according to friends and family.

Not long before she saw her daughter for the last time, Colleen Spears said Ford gave her a bookmark with a verse from the Bible. The church that she frequented was just over the hill from Ford’s home, its white clapboard exterior visible through the trees.

“She was memorizing the Bible,” Colleen spears said Friday, hours after she received word that her daughter had been found dead in a sinkhole in McDonald County.

“I know she is with God, and he is taking care of her,” Colleen Spears said. — continued

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KY3 NEWS WEB EXCLUSIVE: Rowan Ford's mother talks about her loss

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» Coleen Spears learned her 9-year-old daughter's body was found in a sinkhole on Friday.
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Rowan Ford 'a very sweet little girl'

gatehousenewsservice.com - Todd G. Higdon - Nov 07, 2007

Stella, Mo. -
Walking in the cold air Tuesday night, nearly 200 family, friends, members of the community and even strangers came to show their support for Rowan Ford, 9, during a candlelight vigil.

Excerpt: Making their way around the block, they ended up at 777 Grove St., Rowan’s home. As they walked up the driveway, the participants sang her favorite song, “Old Rugged Cross.”

Hugging a giant teddy bear in her arms, Colleen Spears and Rowan’s two sisters, Janice Shaffer and Ariane Parsons, stood by as the participants shared stories about Rowan.

“She was a very sweet little girl,” said Carolyn Sanders, Rowan’s Sunday School teacher. “She had hugs for everybody. She was very helpful. She is just a loving little girl. She was always happy. She was one of the family.” — continued
Excerpt: “I may not have known Rowan very much, but I know that she loved her mom and her sisters very much,” said one of the young vigil participants, holding back her tears. “Every time I saw her, she had this beautiful smile on her face.”

Joining the memories was Todd Holt, Rowan’s fourth-grade homeroom teacher. He read from a letter from him and the other Triway Elementary fourth-grade teacher, Tammy Marshall.

“On behalf of Mrs. Marshall and I, we would like to thank everyone and their children do as well, for all of their thoughts and prayers for Rowan,” Holt said. “We have always thought of our fourth grade, not as two separate classes, but as one very large family. Our children are not only our students, they literally become our children. We anticipate and will continue Rowan’s safe return.”

Wanting to comment about Rowan, Judy Ennis, stepped forward.

“She is a special girl,” Ennis said. “She would come to church with the biggest smile on her face and she would run into the classroom and wanted to know if I needed any help. She was always there an hour and a half before church would start. She loved to read the Bible. She loved Jesus so much. We are praying to the Lord to bring her home safely.”

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Police Arrest Stepfather for Alleged Murder of Missouri Girl

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The stepfather of a 9-year-old girl whose body was found Friday in a hillside cave in southwest Missouri was arrested in her death. — continued
Excerpt: A sheriff's deputy from neighboring McDonald County found Rowan's body Friday, checking on a hunch about the small, easily missed cave mouth he knew about from covering the rural area near Powell, about 10 miles south of the girl's home, authorities said.

The manhole-cover-sized gap in the forest floor drops straight down into a deep cave chamber, less than 20 feet from a gravel road but invisible from more than a few feet away.

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Two Men Charged with Murder, Rape

kspr.com - Brad Belote - Nov 10, 2007

Barry County prosecutors have charged two men with the rape and murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford.

David Wesley Spears and Christopher Leroy Collings are charged with first degree murder, forcible rape and statutory rape. — continued

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Rowan Ford's last few hours

ky3.com - Nov 10, 2007


The same type of cord used to tie-up the goats near Chris Collings camper, allegedly ended Rowan's Ford's life.

"One of them stated because she looked up at him," Sheriff Mick Epperly of Barry County said.
Chris Collings and David Spears allegedly brought her to Collings camper. The sheriff said inside the rundown, dirty camper, the two men raped the 9-year-old.

She reportedly pleaded with them to stop. Investigators believe the two men pulled her out of the camper after they raped her, pulled a cord out of a truck and then strangled her.

"I could not tell you what went through this man's mind at that time," Epperly said, "you know, drinking and drugs and what could go through anybody's mind to sexually abuse a 9-year-old innocent girl. That's just unhuman."

Hearing about Rowan's last moments, Chris Collings's brother gets sick to his stomach.

"I'm just kind of wondering if he ain't covering up for somebody," Greg Horton said.

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UPDATE: Step-father of Rowan Ford, 32-year-old Wheaton man arrested in connection with death of missing

Stella girl; charges pending

neoshodailynews.com - Todd G. Higdon - November 9, 2007


A release by Barry County Sheriff's Department states that two men, one being step-father David Spears, have been arrested in connection with the death of Rowan Ford, the missing 9-year-old girl from Stella whose body was found Friday morning near Powell.

The other person arrested is a 32-year-old Wheaton man. Both are in custody in the Barry County Jail pending formal charges. They are in Barry County because that is where officials believe the alleged murder of Rowan Ford took place. Charges could be filed as early as Saturday.

According to Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland, Ford was allegedly kidnapped in Newton County, allegedly murdered in Barry County, and her body was then taken to McDonald County. — continued

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Locals familiar with where Rowan Ford was found

ky3.com Nov 10, 2007

As soon as the authorities were able to open up the scene, KY3 News was able to get in and find the sinkhole. It was roughly about 10 feet from Fox Road. It was actually between the road and a barbed wire property fence. — continued

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KSPR WEB EXTRA: Read the charges against Rowan's accused killers

kspr.com - Michelle Sherwood - Nov 10, 2007


Rowan's stepfather, David Wesley Spears, faces charges of Murder in the First Degree, Forcible Rape, and Statutory Rape in the First Degree. Spears' friend, Christopher Leroy Collings, faces the same charges.

THE FOLLOWING IS A FAIRLY GRAPHIC EXERPT AND SHOULD BE READ WITH CAUTION. THIS IS FROM THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT RELEASED SATURDAY: — continued

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Two charged in Rowan Ford's death: WEB EXCLUSIVE Probable Cause Statement

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24 year-old David Spears, Rowan's step father, and his friend, 32 year-old Chris Collings are charged with murdering and raping Rowan Ford a week ago. Both men are charged with 1st degree murder, forcible rape with a weapon and statutory sodomy. .....

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Sheriff says girl was raped, strangled

joplinglobe.com - By Greg Grisolano - November 10, 2007 10:15 pm

STELLA, Mo — Friends and family were struggling Saturday to come to grips in the aftermath of the brutal rape and murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford.

Authorities on Saturday charged the girl’s stepfather, David Spears, 25, and his friend Chris Collings, 32, of Wheaton, with one count each of first-degree murder, forcible rape and statutory rape.

Friends gathered at the home of the girl’s mother, Colleen Spears, on Saturday.

Stella Mayor Bill Alsop, who answered the phone at the Spears’ home, commented on the charges, saying the town was trying to cope.

“We all in our hearts knew he (Spears) had something to do with it,” said Alsop. “But to this extent, we’re all just in shock. — continued X 3 pages

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Stepfather and friend charged with murder and rape of 9-year-old

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Excerpt: Spears’ mother, Myrna Spears, said her son didn’t have an attorney yet and would likely need a public defender.

She also said in an interview with The Associated Press at her home outside Stella that her son told her from jail on Friday night that he had taken part in the crime. She said her son claimed to have suffered a blackout, and his memories of that night started coming back to him on Friday
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Brother: — 'It has been tearing me up'

neoshodailynews.com - Todd G. Higdon - November 11, 2007

WHEATON - Greg Horton could not believe the news about his younger brother, Chris Collings, as he walked on his brother's property a mile east of Wheaton.

Horton arrived on the property Saturday morning, shortly after a press conference by Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly. Collings is a suspect in the rape and murder of Rowan Ford, 9, of Stella.

"I just don't know, I am just wondering if he ain't covering up for somebody," Horton said. "I just don't see that from him, I really don't."

Collings has three children of his own.

"He really cared for that kid, like she (Rowan) almost looked up to him as a bigger brother," Horton said. — continued

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Spouse, friend charged

neoshodailynews.com - Todd G. Higdon - November 11, 2007
Excerpt: According to the Barry County sheriff, the sexual abuse occurred in a small camper, located behind the house on the property.

"We are kind of getting conflicting stories, right at this point. We had both of them stating they both had sexual contact with the 9-year-old girl," Epperly said.

Epperly added one of the men strangled the girl on the property. She was then taken to the sinkhole near Powell. Two McDonald County deputies, Mike Hall and Jake Boles, found the girl's body was found around 8 a.m. Friday.
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'A town of family'

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Excerpt: "I would like to thank the (Newton County) sheriff's department and the FBI for what they have done," Colleen said. "They found her."

Colleen said she has three families.

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Stepfather Charged In Death Of Mo. Girl

9-Year-Old Was Found Dead In A Cave; Adults Charged With Murder And Rape

CBS News - CASSVILLE, Mo., Nov. 10, 2007 - (AP) The stepfather of a 9-year-old girl found dead in a hillside cave and his friend were each charged Saturday with murder and rape. — continued

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Funeral Arrangements for Rowan Ford

Reported by: Stephanie Diffin

Funeral arrangements have been set for Rowan Ford. Her visitation will be on Tuesday night from 5 to 7. It will be at the Clark Funeral Home in Neosho, Missouri. The funeral service will be Wednesday afternoon at 2:00. It will be at the Gospel Lighthouse in Neosho. Stella residents have set up a memorial fund for Rowan. You can make checks payable to the Rowan Ford Memorial Fund. The fund is set up at any Hometown Bank location.

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I'm just shocked by this. You know one of those times when you feel so much emotion inside; but can't find the words to express it? Two grown men against one small child. These men should be tortured; they should feel inflicted physical pain for what they did to Rowan.
"One of them stated because she looked up at him". The eyes of a child being raped by 2 men (one her stepfather) looking up at her rapists. And this "bothered" one of those men, so Rowan was strangled with a rope.
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Sheriff: Men confess to crime

joplinglobe.com - Debbie Robinson - November 11, 2007

Excerpt From Page 2 Of Article: — 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.

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More charges expected in Rowan Ford murder case

by Abby Wuellner, KY3 News - Nov 12, 2007

AS of Monday morning, David Spears and Chris Collings have each been charged with rape, statutory rape, and first degree murder.

What remains to be seen this week is how authorities will handle kidnapping charges. Those are expected in the next couple of days...
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