The Missouri Conservation Department received confirmation Wednesday morning of something it feared — three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely infected with bird flu.

inside a state prison in Missouri — marking the 23rd execution in the US this year. The father of two was found guilty of the murder of little Rowan Ford, who was sexually assaulted, strangled ...

9-year-old Rowan Ford, watched him die, along with other witnesses in the death chamber at the Potosi Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Collings, himself a father of two now-grown ...

A 49-year-old Missouri man was executed by lethal injection ... rape and murder of his friend's 9-year-old stepdaughter, Rowan Ford. Christopher Collings, who Ford knew as "Uncle Chris" before ...

Christopher Leroy Collings was executed by lethal injection in Missouri for the 2007 rape and murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford. Collings expressed remorse in his final statement, apologizing for ...

9-year-old Rowan Ford, watched him die, along with other witnesses in the death chamber at the Potosi Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Collings, himself a father of two now-grown ...

The state of Missouri executed Christopher Collings, 49, on Tuesday, for the 2007 sexual assault and killing of 9-year-old Rowan Ford. “Right or wrong I accept this situation for what it is ...

The body of 9-year-old Rowan Ford was found in a sinkhole near Powell, Mo. in November 2007 Missouri Department of Corrections via AP Christopher Collings, a Missouri death row inmate convicted of ...