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Rowan Ford’s accused killers

by Trench Reynolds on November 16th, 2007

Stepdad, friend charged in girl’s death:
One of the more recent stories circulating in the crime world is the disappearance and subsequent murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford. Her step-father and his friend are accused in her death.

CASSVILLE, Mo. - 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.

Rowan Ford vanished while in her stepfather’s care last weekend, and authorities early on had said he would not explain a lengthy absence that night from the family’s house. Her disappearance led to an intensive search by dozens of officers from three counties and 50 FBI agents and specialists.

The girl’s body was found Friday in a cave in a remote part of McDonald County, about 10 miles south of the village of Stella, where she lived with her mother, Colleen Spears, 44, and her stepfather, David Spears, 25.

Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly said the stepfather’s friend, Chris Collings, 32, confessed to authorities about the slaying.

Thanks to tipster Jacki we have the MySpace for both David Spears and Chris Collings. (NSFW).

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