The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
(The following, a few thoughts on the one-year anniversary of the murder of Rowan Ford, is my column for this week's Newton County News.) Justice does not appear to be coming anytime in the near future for those who loved nine-year-old Rowan Ford of Stella. In a Pulaski County courtroom Monday, a judge set a March 2010 trial for Chris Collings, Wheaton, one of the two men...
The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Don't expect to see justice for either of Rowan Ford's accused killers any time soon. No trial date has been set for David Wesley Spears, the stepfather who is one of two men charged with rape and murder in connection with the death of the nine-year-old Stella girl, but following a hearing Monday in Pulaski County Circuit Court, a March 2010 trial has been set for Spears' friend, Chris...
The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
In an editorial just posted on its website, the Joplin Globe asks readers to remember nine-year-old murder victim Rowan Ford: Rowan’s life — and her death — conjured images that can’t be forgotten, nor should they be forgotten. There is now a brick bearing the girl’s name at the newly opened Veterans Memorial Park. She is the only non-veteran to have a brick in the park, according...
The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
A 1 p.m. Monday hearing is set in Phelps County Circuit Court for Chris Collings, one of two men charged with last November's brutal rape and slaying of nine-year-old Rowan Ford of Stella. Both Collings and his friend, Rowan Ford's stepfather, David Wesley Spears, are charged with first degree murder and forcible rape. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for both...
