A Missouri man has been executed for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl, then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside of town.

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

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, a Missouri death row inmate who sexually assaulted and killed a 9-year-old girl, was executed as scheduled on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Christopher Collings has become the latest person to be executed in Bonne Terre, Missouri, after a last-minute stay and clemency request were denied.

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 Christopher Collings, 49, on Tuesday, for the 2007 sexual assault and killing of 9-year-old Rowan Ford.

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.

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

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