In the Disney movies, it’s always the evil stepmother.
This time it was the evil stepfather.
On the second of November, 2007, nine-year-old Rowan Ford’s mother, 44-year-old Colleen Spears, had been working the night shift at her job at Wal-Mart. While Colleen was working, Rowan’s stepfather, David Spears, was at home watching the girl.
Here’s what we believe is David Spears’s MySpace page.
This mom-works-nights and dad-works-days arrangement was entirely normal, and probably saved the family a good amount on childcare.
Another thing which saved the Spears family some money on childcare was Rowan Ford’s disappearance that night.
Nobody noticed that Rowan was missing until Colleen Spears got home that Saturday morning and noticed that Rowan hadn’t come to greet her.
A quick check of the house revealed - no Rowan.
When asked, David Spears told his wife that he didn’t know where Rowan could have gone, but that the girl might have woken him up in the middle of the night to tell him something about her heading over to a friend’s house to spend the night…
Hmmm.
The police were called and a manhunt initiated for Rowan. In the meantime, family members were interviewed and stories were checked.
David Spears’s story, especially.
After a few lengthy chats with the cops, David admitted that he had gone out drinking with some friends after Rowan Ford went to bed. He said that he had left the girl alone in the house from about 11 at night until midnight.
That checked out.
Further investigation, however, revealed that David Spears’s mother had come over at about one-thirty in the morning. She had come over to watch Rowan while David and his friend Chris Collings went out from then until seven in the morning.
David had taken his mother’s car and driven to…where?
There wasn’t really a satisfactory answer to that until police interrogated David’s friend, 32-year-old Chris Collings. Here’s Chris Collings’s MySpace page.
Chris turned out to be like one of those people you see on “Law and Order” - the ones who cave under pressure on the stand.
Mr. Collings, who lived in a camping trailer in a nearby county, admitted that the two had driven Rowan Ford to his trailer. Once there, they both raped the little girl and then strangled her to death with a cord.
Once she was dead, they put her body in a cave about 10 miles from the Spears’s house and hoped for the best.
Rowan Ford’s body was found in the cave on the ninth of November, 2007, the same day her stepfather and his friend were arrested.
According to the first officer at the scene, Rowan Ford’s body was nude from the waist down and there was dried blood in her vaginal region and down her legs. Her body had been dropped from the top of the cave entrance and had rolled down until it came to rest.
The next day, both David Spears and Chris Collings were charged with first-degree murder, forcible rape and statutory rape.
David Spears’s brother, Greg Horton, has told the press that his brother isn’t the type that would be interested in kids sexually, that David had never looked at child porn or been accused of child abuse.
He is not that type of person. He is a little strange, but you know, who isn’t. Everyone has their own quirks. That is what makes us different.
Greg Horton has also claimed that his brother is too fat to have carried the body all the way to the cave where Rowan’s body was found. David Spears weighs approximately 380 pounds. Big guy.
As far as health-wise, there is no way that David could have hiked the kid up there and dumped the body. Just getting out of the car and walking up to our door, he would wheeze hard. I think he has some health problems and I think that it’s got a lot to do with his weight. He is not physically able.
Ah-ha! A “too fat to kill” defense.
Good luck with that.
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Oh I sure am glad these two guys have already been convicted. I look forward to the day when we can eliminate the court system altogether and convict people as online “techno-mobs”.
I’d also like to see more of those cases where law enforcement officials who have the proper training, are able to prepare crime scenes for proper “framing”. I mean they seem to be capable of every other crime conceivable - but somehow; magically, they don’t seem to be capable of fabricating or planting evidence…or capable of lying.
Yeah I guess if I had 3 children of my own and a “By the book, Tough on Crime” Sherrif told me I’d go to prison for the rest of my life and I’d never get to be with my children again - I’d propably say whatever he suggests. That way I can testify against the other guy, my defense can wheel and deal with the local prosecutor (who shouldn’t be wheeling ‘n dealing with anyone to begin with) - and I can get out in less than 10 years.
Then the real criminal(s) - whoever they may be - can relocate, walk the streets in another town (possibly in a uniform), and do it again.
The whole incident just has an air of False-Masonry about it.
anyway…
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Their MySpace pages were easy enough to find.
People You’ll See In Hell has requested to be put on the friends list for both of them.
We want to be friends with everyone. Love us.
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I’ll be your friend!
Anyways as to this story, that’s really one of the lowest of the low things in my book, child rape that is. Not to mention killing her afterwards and all that, but I mean damn… why? Can’t you just buy a hooker if you’re that desperate?
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I am from the same town as Chris Collings. This guy has been in and out of trouble his whole life. He had sex with animals and also was molesting a step sister when he was younger. These families can say whatever they want to about “oh he would never have done that” blah blah blah. YES HE WOULD AND HE DID!!!!
By the way when you are checking out Chris and Davids myspace page also check out Colleens Rowans mother. Her daughter was missing on the 3rd they searched for her and finally called the cops at 6:30pm but if you will notice her last login was on Nov. 3rd?????? What the hell? My daughter is missing and I’m supposedly worried but I’m gonna log on my space?? Get real everyone is feeling sorry for this woman. Division of family services was called when this child was in Kindergarten and 1st grade. Nothing was done. Then mom goes out and finds a boyfriend and then husband which is 21 years younger than her. You probably have not heard also that Colleen had another daughter who is older and went to live with her Grandmother because her step father yes that’s right David Spears wouldn’t leave her alone. So I also hold this mother responsible. One of the gas stations in town where Chris Collings is from and the town little Rowan was murdered in. Had put “hang em high” on their sign out by the road. They were made to take it down due to this offended some people. It’s the “do-gooders” who have gotten us in the mess we’re in. I personally would approve of a public hanging certainly in this situation!!!!
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mother of four healthy children reply on June 23rd, 2008:
….Thanks Jen, I wish more people who know these low lives would talk about their backgrounds - usually they do display their disgusting, selfish behavior throughout their lives.
What a sad looking little girl Rowan looks in her picture - if only she could have been saved like her older sister. How could Rowan’s mother neglect such a beautiful little girl and put her in harms way. I think along with these sick-o freaks the mother should also burn in hell….she did not ever deserve such a beautiful child…I hope one day sanity will return to our world and all these sick ******s will get their just desserts at the hands of their peers (us), not some mythical hell.
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[...] Ken Copeland has told the press that both David Spears and Chris Collings have confessed to the rape and murder of David Spears’s stepdaughter, Rowan Ford. Ken Copeland told the press: David said he came in, checked Rowan’s room and found she was [...]
Spears confessed to standing over her and strangling her to death while he looked right at her, Collings admitted that he had taken Rowan outside and strangled her - torture the B*#@^#$! untill they tell the truth.
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Update-For those of you following this case, these guys are facing arraignment in Barry County tomorrow Tuesday Nov 13th.
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again i must ask, is it at all possible that these freaks get the death penalty?
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We are hopeful that they will get death penalty. Maybe by age 70 they can fry after they sit on death row! Everyone thinks they will be handled once they get to jail. We are hopeful of that as well.
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Update-If you have been following this case you possibly have seen that David Spears and Chris Collings both had my space pages on the social web. I went out to look and noticed that on Chris Collings my space page Colleen Spears was listed on his friends list and she was the first one shown. I then went to her page by clicking on her picture under Chris’s friend list. Something I noticed when I got there surprised me a bit. This mother comes home the morning of Nov 3rd from working nights at Wal-mart to find that her little girl was not home. They searched all day around town for her. Something I find a bit strange is that they did not call the cops until 6:30pm. Remember the date the 3rd of November. I then noticed looking at her page that her last log in was Nov 3rd. Now as a mother who is frantic about her child would you have time to just casually get on your myspace page and browse around? I do not find the concern was there at all. You know the old saying “It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt” Then it’s oh shit!! Another sick point is that Chris Collings last log in was the 2nd of November the Friday that he was with David Spears then of course into the morning of the 3rd when Rowan was raped and killed as you all know. What you may not know is that on Nov 2nd when he last logged in his mood on my space showed “horny”…. What a sick sick man. David Spears mother Myrna was called by her son at 1:30am on the 3rd to borrow her car. Now if you were home with your child in a normal setting and you called your mother to come over at 1:30 in the morning, you would think the mother would be like what the hell? But she came over never checked on the child at all knowing obviously that her son was up to no good needing her car at 1:30 in the morning. This just leaves a trail of “white low rent trash” all over the place doesn’t it.
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This is horrible. That poor little girl. Can you imagine her fear and pain? How could any child deserve to go through this? These freaks need to have their anus ripped to shreds while they’re in prison … so badly that they’ll have to learn how to crap all over again. Then … shank ‘em! Hell to both. I just want to go home and hug my girls. Rest in peace, little Rowan.
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Why is so many cases of pedophiles and child molesters in America?what’s going on there?that is just scary,sorry i am not from America but i think is a beautiful country with a lot of people sick in their minds that can abuses,rapes and kidnapp childrens or womens…
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Our country seems to be not as harsh with punishment. The Do-Gooders are winnng the battle here in America. The ones against punishment are tying the hands behind the rest of our backs. Our system is broken and until it is fixed we will see more and more of these cases. If I was a child and saw someone’s penis cut off for rape, or a hand cut off for stealing, or hangings in the street I think the fear of that would make me think twice before I decided to rape a child or hmm shoot both my parents. Not to mention if each criminal or pediphile had one hand painted black don’t you think it would be much safer for the rest of us to protect our families and children? Just my opinion!
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The whole bunch of them, David, Chris and Colleen are sick. For those of you who haven’t read the comments on Chris’ myspace page there is one from someone who said “hope you have a KILLER weekend”. I think he’s gotten away with lots of other things that have gone on undected. By the way, I’ve read the obit on the funeral home’s website and there is no mention of a real father….has anyone heard where he is?
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I also noticed that if you look on Colleens (the mother) myspace that Chris is in front of David on the myspace friends list. HMMM The town of stella is very small I mean very small and spaced out by farmland, I am also from the area. If you follow this story on neoshodailynews.com and click on news you can follow it day by day and comment. Alot of people are poor Mom. bless her heart, but her oldest daughter had already moved out because of the step father, and JEN way to go on noticing it all, I myself am looking at all that. I would have called friends and found out where my daughter was, and the step gma what the heck 1 30 am?? I mean come on! And yes does anyone know the where abouts of her real father. And I can tell you that the FAT DAVID he drops the soap in the PEN and they will roll his fat ass all over the place and “POKE” fun at him for sure. Chris is more than meets the eye, his family is just in denial as well as all of them, but I tell you the mother is not innocent, Dept Of Family Services had been called on her many times, for drugs, and child endangerment, also searchers and people in the community have stated that the house was in gross manner, it was filthy and all.
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The real father committed suicide and is not alive. We were hopeful that when she was missing that maybe a real father had abducted her or something at least with hopes that she was still alive, but then found out father was not alive.
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I’m sorry more info here. The media is portraying that this was such a shock that David was a father who lived amongst their little town. We have talked to several people who have stated that people in that town wanted to burn them out (if you know what i mean) a long time ago. The house was disgusting and it has been said that David would bring dead cats and dogs into the house and skin them right there in the house in front of the children. This man is not right and I just want people to know that what you are getting from the media is not true, a lot of this town was not happy with this family living amongst them. Some insight into Chris and his family— Chris along with his 1/2 brother Greg Horton were taken into foster care by Betty and Poncho Collings when Chris was a little boy. They did not adopt Greg hence the fact he has different last name (Horton) however they did adopt Chris. Poncho and Betty were older at the time having already raised children of their own which were grown and had families of their own. Betty and Poncho divorced when Chris was younger. Chris was abusive to his mother and knocked her around quite a bit. Betty actually passed away just little over a week before Chris committed these crimes. I heard on Cracker Barrell which is a 1 hour radio show on KTTS in Springfield that is on Sunday mornings. The host of the show stated that neither one of these boys have had a past record. I do know that Poncho had to go down to Little Rock Ark and bail Chris out of jail. I do not know what for but once again media has it all wrong and there is more to the past of Chris Collings and David Spears that hopefully will all come out in court.
Yesterday in Barry County the boys did go before a judge and are now pleading not guilty.
In the little town of Ridgley which is just a few miles from Wheaton is where Betty Collings lived Chris’ mother. She lived off down a dirt road across from a Childrens camp. Just the week prior to the weekend that Chris and David killed Rowan the church camp had said that one night there was 2 guys that had broken into thier offices. They were not able to catch them but they chased them for a while. They were driving an old truck (which Chris Collings does drive) and they were parked down the lane of Betty Collings (which had just passed away a few days prior. They stated that one guy was very tall (Chris is like 6′4″) and that the other guy was short and fat. Everyone in Wheaton knows it was those boys. How ironic that Chris was using the lane of his dead mother to park his vehicle on while they walked across the road to commit the robbery. After all he took Rowans body to his dads property outside of Wheaton to rape and kill her. (Poncho his father had moved to the Senior Citizens complex in Wheaton leaving his home unoccuppied)
When asked… Poncho said “I’m not going down to the jail to see him” I know Poncho is sick about this he actually had Chris with him the week after Rowan was killed (not knowing of course that his son had done it) They had went to the bank, and also had went to eat at one of the little restaurants there in town. Poncho of course was saying I hope they find who did this. All the while Chris just looked straight forward with nothing to say!! I do have to say that none of the family members I know are defending him. The only one is the brother Greg Horton who is defending him. Greg must not be right in the head either after all they are blood related. As far as the adoptive family of Chris I think they have washed their hands of him!!
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I feel bad for this poor sweet angel but sounds like all in all she is in a better place. Bless her soul. I also feel that the mom is just as guilty as these two monsters. Maybe not for kidnapping, rape and murder, but for child neglect and endangerment. Are officals sure something wasn’t going on between the mom and Chris? I know that my myspace has my fiance as my number one friend. Colleen has Chris before her own husband, and Chris has Colleen 1st as well. Jen, it sounds like you know the truth about what is going on. The media should be as truthful as yourself and let the public know who these monsters really are.
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You really gotta wonder about the parents. Realistically these people have something quirky about them and can’t be completely normal. They never are. So why would a parent leave their children with them. Come on???
The fact that there are people like this who rape lil kids is horrible, but unavoidable. There’s always gonna be pedos. Speaking of, hell will be a much more comfortable place for these people, because if they’re not on 1-1’s like they do in Cali, they’re pretty much fucked if ANYONE in the prison system finds out why they are there. Those people have no mercy for people like this. They best hope they get the hole.
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The media did the best they could with what they could. They don’t always get the truth from the officials, they do a lot of investigating of their own, that is why they ask so many questions. Sometimes tho, they don’t always get the answers that people want to hear. Yes, everyone knew that the stepmonster was quilty from the word go. But officials had to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt so that Rowan would be honored with the justice that she deserves!! These two men are very evil… my heart goes out to the family and friends. And sorry jen, but sometimes the truth is hidden so that justice can be served later. I don’t know how old you are, but you really look like one of those “do gooders” that you spoke about. Gossip is not facts…. And that is what you are doing, gossiping… You see, authorities have to sort through gossip like that to bring perps in and keep them down. There is no TRUTH IN GOSSIP. Back it up with the facts. Yes, I really think these two hideous monsters will have a ‘hard’ time in prison. We really need a huge oak tree at the county court house…… HANG THEM HIGH!
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I did not say that the media was twisting anything around, only that they are not going to stumble across all of this right off the start. I was merely stating that what you were seeing represented of the mother was not a mother who had her daughters best interest at heart. The do-gooders I speak of are the ones against capital punishment, and are standing outside the jailhouse with signs stating “no death penalty” they are enititled to their opinions, but I do not agree with that. I have not gossiped only stated facts that others have noticed on the website as well. Fact=DFS was called on this mother. Fact=Colleen Spears knew Chris Collings when David was 14 years old and had not even met him yet. Fact=Childrens Camp witnesses stated they saw a tall guy and a short fat man which happened to be parked on the lane of Chris Collings dead mother when the robbery was committed. Fact= Julie step sister to Chris Collings over 15 years ago told several people that Chris was molesting her growing up and no one believed her. Fact= The Stop n Shop convenient store had “hang em high” on their sign and was made to take it off due to the do-gooders you are trying to categorize me with complained about it.
Fact= Rowans father committed suicide.
Fact= Chris Collings was adopted by Poncho and Betty Collings.
Fact= Poncho and Betty got divorced.
Fact= Poncho married Diane which was the mother of Julie the poor girl that was then thrown at Chris Collings mercy as a child.
Opinion= Speak of only what you know about Sally yourself and you do not know me or what I know about Chris Collings and his past.
I have not gossiped about anything Sally, and yes in due time a lot of this will come to light. I only hope that the girls from his past are strong enough to come forward and help put him away for life, or death!!
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check this out I wrote to all of collings friends demanding that they delete the myspace acct. this is one of the replies.—————————————————————–
From: My bundle of joy is here!!
Date: Nov 14, 2007 6:48 PM
Hey. I don’t appreciate you talking about my friend like that. We all make mistakes. He is only human. Ok? I am not saying what he did isn’t wrong but I am not going to stop being his friend over it. I have kids too but I know he would never hurt my kids. He wasn’t like that before his mother passed away a few weeks ago. He has been having trouble dealing with it. So stop knocking someone you don’t really even know. Please.
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From: greg
Date: Nov 14, 2007 7:45 PM
Please demand that this child rapist/killer be removed from myspace at once!!! no offense, But i am on the verge of postal… I do not want to see this f**k face here for peoples curiousity, and neither should you… shit is all over the net telling people to log onto his page to check him out. Too close to home for me and my kids… I live 3.5 miles from that ghetto trailer where it all happened. congrats btw on your newborn!
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I cannot believe that anyone would be so naive to say that he would never hurt their kids. what about the little girl? I am so tempted to just post his friends screen name in plain text, but you can figure it out by the script in previous post. I wasnt too polite with them, but to try and justify this by sayin his mother died a few weeks ago is lame to say the least. I have no compassion for him, or any friends that support him/try to justify what he did because he lost a loved one. wake up and get a friggin life.
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ok, here is a post minus the script header of a friend of collings who I asked demand collings acct be removed. I tried to post it in its native, but does not seem allowed here.
From: ——– Original Message —————–
Date: Nov 14, 2007 6:48 PM
Hey. I don’t appreciate you talking about my friend like that. We all make mistakes. He is only human. Ok? I am not saying what he did isn’t wrong but I am not going to stop being his friend over it. I have kids too but I know he would never hurt my kids. He wasn’t like that before his mother passed away a few weeks ago. He has been having trouble dealing with it. So stop knocking someone you don’t really even know. Please.
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From:
Date: Nov 14, 2007 7:45 PM
Please demand that this child rapist/killer be removed from myspace at once!!! no offense, But i am on the verge of postal… I do not want to see this f**k face here for peoples curiousity, and neither should you… shit is all over the net telling people to log onto his page to check him out. Too close to home for me and my kids… I live 3.5 miles from that ghetto trailer where it all happened. congrats btw on your newborn!
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Good for you Greg! The point I was making was what a sick man to use the death of his mother, then also take advantage of his dads property to commit such evil! He is a monster and I hope he gets what is coming to him. He really loved his mother when he beat and pushed her around when she was alive. He was very mean to his mother and all she ever did was take him in as a child and adopt him and try to give him a good home.
Greg my mom and dad live less than a mile from his as well. It is so hard for us to fathom that while my parents were sleeping a monster was doing what he did to that little child. Or the thoughts that while my kids were down there this wacko was running around loose. I have an 11 year old daughter thank God my parents never let my kids out of their sight when they are in Wheaton visiting them.
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Greg- all you have to do is write an email to Tom and he will remove the myspaces’
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Hi Jen, I tried doing that but he wasnt accepting any messages. so, I wrote to myspace cs. I received 2 responses from collings friends that said they had also tried 3 days ago, but had yet to receive any confirmation. ya know, I used to live here off w hwy near wheaton back in 98, but got restless and wound up in ny. I adapted, but became very stressed with all the games people play. I learned very quickly that I had to watch my back. I decided I didnt want city life, and moved back here to get away from all that. Well, I will have been back 2 yrs now come march. Alot has changed. the area is growing, and with that comes much change. I hate to say it, but with the moral decay in our society, it’s only going to get worse. I used to let my kids play by themselves in the yard, but next spring,it will be different. this really blows my mind. People are talking about starting a community watch here. my nearest neighbor is about 1/4 mile down the rd. Never thought it would come to this, but atleast people here are ready to do something about it! America needs to stop looking the other way. We all need to look out for our children. have you checked the sexoffender site for barry county? Absolutey insane for a populous this size, but then I think 1 in the county is outrageous. sorry for running on with this.
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I also live in Wheaton, and have known Chris and his family a long time. My parents and Poncho and Betty were friends. My mom still drinks coffee with Poncho sometimes, and cried when Betty was found dead. To show what a POS Chris was his mom laid dead in her house for 3 days with no member of her family checking on her over a weekend. I knew when Poncho was married to Diane and had heard that he was messing with Julie. I went to school with Julie’s brother Shawn and had heard that he was messing with Julie as well. Wouldnt doubt if Shawn and Chris were doing it together. I live on Hwy W but in town, but I know exactly where Chris’s camper is, I imagine he drove right past my house to take her out there. The Barry County Advertiser this week has a very lengthy article on it all, with information not on other sites. They also said the DFS hotlining was due to hygiene issues. Not abuse, but neglect. What I cannot believe is that PA Jonnie Cox has not yet decided if he will ask for the death penalty. I would have figured that would have been decided from the start. But I also heard that the BACA bikers have put out a hit on them, but no way to confirm if thats true or just a rumor. Would be nice if it was true.
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clarifying on the above, I knew Poncho when he was married to Diane and heard that Chris was messing with Julie, made it sound like Poncho was doing it and that is not true. Just didnt want my bad grammar to start anything false.
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WOW… I don’t even know where to start…. First of all anyone that would defend chris and or david needs their head examined…. These two aren’t even worthy of the death penalty, they both need to be buried alive in a coffin full of fire ants…. Yes the rumor is true, there is a contract on both of them, and I personally doubt that either will see a day of prison, because they will probably be dead by then….. BACA is affiliated with the galluping gooses… enough said…. R.I.P Little Rowan
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You know what I dont understand? I hear that complaints had been filed with dfs in barry co, in the past,possibly about neglect? But nothing appearently was done about it? should not childrens services be held accountable to some degree if this is the case??? Hell, back east, if the state even got a whisper that there was not sufficient food for children in the home, they would be at the door demanding to inspect the home. Seems here, barry county is relaxed when it comes to the welfare of our kids. Oh, as for the trailer, alot of neighbors here, have been talking about burning it to the ground, but it is supposedly under surveillance. so if anyone wants to go vigilante out there, my hat is up to ya, but be careful… I understand it belongs to the father? So, I kind of have a concience for him, but if I knew it belonged to collings, I might be more inclined to accidently put flame to it. Either way, it needs to be removed from our area. This is a decent place to live, and I don’t think we need that pos eyesore there to remind us of what happened there, but then, maybe we do for the simple fact of not letting it ever happen to another child in our area again…
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Actually STella is in Newton County so it was the Newton County DFS that dropped the ball, not the Barry COunty DFS. Barry County DFS always has their nose up someones butt so they would have most likely investigated more.
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sorry for barry county, post, caught up in the moment I guess.
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Beckie I read the advertiser as well. She was found in her socks and a hairband. The pathologist who did the autopsy said it was one of the most gruesome he had seen. She had broken teeth etc… The report also said she would have bled to death from the injuries to her body. The picture and the story in paper stated that the day of court David had his head down stairing at the floor the whole time, and that Chris was looking around at the media while they took pictures. Just creepy creepy guy. He was creepy as a kid, not someone I ever would of thought about spending and time around growing up. Of course I was 3 years older than him. My family always knew Poncho and Betty and my uncle was very good friends all through school with Chris’ older sister Robin and her husband Mark. I feel sorry for them, they are not defending Chris and Robin does not want to even go out of the house as she is soo sickened and ashamed at what her brother has done.
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Thank you so much Jen, Greg, and Becky for ALL the wonderful work you have done. Let me put my “two cents” in here…
My daughter went to school with Rowan. I, like a lot of you, have been OBSESSED with this case. THESE IDIOTS NEED TO FRY. Actually, I would like nothing better than to see them suffer for a several hours, much like Rowan, then die.
Unfortunately, in our lovely prison system, it’s not likely the the inmates with have anything to do with them; for this reason. Now, it is a FEDERAL crime to cause harm to a sex offender. WHY??? Because to do so falls under the HATE CRIME STATUTE. I know, it’s BS.
People are so outraged about this crime. And we have EVERY right to be. Not only are David and Chris guilty, but I think Colleen and David’s mother are also.
To Sally, Duane and ANYONE else who has ANY ISSUES with what you are reading…GET OVER IT. These ARE evil men. YOU CAN NOT POSSIBLY AND RIGHTFULLY DEFEND THEM. Stop-n-shop…put the sign back up.
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Good glad to hear they put it back up!
Local papers say that she was found in nothing but socks and a hairband, and had dried blood on her legs. Does Chris not look evil in the pictures? Scary guy… Always freaked me out!!! I hate even going to work knowing he is in the jail in Cassville. I told my mom I want them outta there as soon as possible. Don’t like feeling that they are even in same town and area.. I’m so sickened by it all.
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I tried to visit the myspace accounts and they had both been deleted! Good for those of you who fought for it! My heart goes out to the residents of Stella. This cruelty is - - wordless. How two GROWN MEN could cause such pain to a child……. a paper said that the girls father is ALIVE in California….. how can he not feel anything like wanting to secure JUSTICE for a DAUGHTER…. NONE of us knew her (unless I missed read) but for a point and time, this little beauty became a daughter to ALL of us. Anyone hear anything of the autopsy yet?
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I want to correct something first…stop-n-shop hasn’t put the sign back up…I WANT THEM TOO. To hell with the “do-gooders”. If it was one of thier children, they would feel different.
As far as I have heard and seen, the M.E. said that had they not have strangled her, she would have bled to death from the vaginal and ANAL trama. (sorry to be so graffic, but, people sometimes need the shock so they understand)
Anyone wanting to show support for justtice for Rowan, please start wearing a purple ribbon with a yellow stripe in the center for her. (purple was Rowan’s favorite color; yellow for justice)
Yes, she IS everyone’s daughter. She DESERVES justice.
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new e-group you can join: yahoo groups Justice for Rowan
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I am still confused as to the confessions the boys gave. Each said they strangled her. Have we ever found out who actually killed her? I know it will come down to sentencing and that will determine who gets what. Just wondering what you all had heard. Oh and as to one of the posts above. We heard that the real father committed suicide. Any way of knowing for sure this father is still alive?
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I’m not sure they know WHO actually killed her. At least no one is talking. The only thing I have heard is that Chris is the one who actually put the cord around her neck. (yes sally, just hersay)
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K obviously you are from the are as well. This is what I heard last night…. Clint the cop there in town took the confession from Chris on Hickman bridge. Someone (whom I cannot name) drove by and saw them talking on the bridge. Later when Clint saw this person he said “I’m so glad you didn’t stop because Chris was confessing to me at that very moment” He also said later in a cafe in Exeter that Chris said “just shoot me now” Clint said “Chris you know I can’t do that” Then Chris said “well I know they will kill me when I get to prison” and Clint said “yes that is possible Chris”. So Chris was already contemplating his demise. Clint has been a cop there for what?? gosh 15 years or more now. Chris must of felt that he could talk to Clint.
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sorry typo K… (insert) area…
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has anyone heard of when the next appearance will be for them in court? Or have they been pathetically dashed away by barry county’s finest? Oh, I was talking to a loong time resident of wheaton (better to not say names) Was kinda bored and went out backroading, wanted to drive by the scene, but am glad I didn’t anyhow, he said that Colleen went to the jail inquiring as to how much it would cost to bail chris out of jail? this was just after it happened. has anyone heard about this? I heard that she asked this: If there were to be bail set for him how much do you think it would be? I really feel bad for Poncho btw. I never knew that he had lost so much in his life. This one though must top them all. Do ya think God threw a thanksgiving party for lil Rowan? Take care.
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It is nice btw to see posts still being submitted here.
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Greg I heard that David has a court date scheduled for tomorrow Nov. 26th… I have not heard about that on Coleen bailing Chris out? Wouldn’t she be inquiring on bailing out her husband and not Chris?? I bet Rowan had a Thanksgiving that I can only hope to obtain myself one day… Rest her little soul.
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I had not seen anything on the docket for either of them. I will check again tonight. Since we are “speaking” of little tid bits of info from people “in the know”, from one “top dog” in Barry Co., …there will soon be more arrests and charges involving this case….
Could this person be talking about Colleen and/or David’s mom?
Yes, jen, I do live very close…I have a child that attends triway.
I am curious though about what the hell was Chris thinking?? Is just a sicko? or is he, like David’s mom, blaming drugs and alcohol? Which I feel is BS.
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jen…no, i checked neither one of them is on the docket for judge head tomorrow. i’ll see how are ahead i can look to find thier next court date.
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Colleen or/and his mother… Also there was a third boy with them on the Friday night they went to the fastrip and bought alcohol, but I heard that he did drop them off. His last name was Mahurin.. I guess we’ll see.
Davids statement said that when he got home Rowan was missing and he knew Chris had taken her. Like I was telling my husband tonight. You don’t automatically assume that unless the two of you had done things to this child before, or you know that he (Chris) had done this type of thing before.
Papers said alcohol and marijuana was found on them, but nothing more as far as any other drugs. Now I grew up knowing many people who smoked weed and that does not make you a rapist or a killer. The sick mind is already there in my opinion..
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Maybe to Jen, or anyone else closer to that area…
I’ve looked on several crimesites, but can’t seem to understand the timeline described. How did Chris end up at the girl’s house and have transportation to take her elsewhere?
You are right that it makes no sense that the stepdad ‘knew’ right away that the other POS had taken her, unless it had happened before, or if they’d already started in on her at that house before stepdad left for more beer? But then how could Chris have transported her? And then when stepdad returned, he had to call for his mom’s car so that he could get over there and not miss all the fun?
Some very important facts are being left out of this timeline. Can anyone piece together for me HOW the whole thing went down?
There’s a glitch about both of them supposedly claiming to strangle her (one inside, one outside), but it is possible that one of them thought he’d strangled her, but that when they took her outside to ‘dispose’ of her, she wasn’t dead yet, so the other one finished it?
I agree with some, I think ‘mom’ should be arrested as well. For participation/endangerment/coverup…. and along those lines, granny needs to be arrested as well for the part she played. The whole picture stinks, and everyone in it.
Do they do drug testing on suspects when they arrest them? I’ve known people who smoked pot, and were stupid and lost their jobs and such, but they weren’t violent because of the pot. Alcohol- yeah, I’ve seen people get mean on it. But this kind of thing just seems more like the kind of thing trailer-park cracker meth-heads do.
I think it’s probable that the ’she looked at me’ excuse was taken out of context. It does not seem likely either of these POSs wore masks or blindfolded her, since she still would have known who they were. It’s more likely he meant that it was the ‘way’ she looked at him that made him decide to kill her. I’m guessing the look she gave him was one of hate.
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I totally agree with you. I had a lot of friends that all did a lot of drugs in thier day; NONE of which are rapist of any kind, and none have killed anyone. Yeah, I knew about the third kid…both counties and the FBI interviewed him during the week she was “missing”. He did take a poly and passed. He was the one they were with the first trip out. He even said if he KNEW what they were going to do, he would have reported them himself.
Just by Chris’ comment to Clint, he KNEW what he was doing was wrong. NO ONE can use the “drugs” or “alcohol” as an excuse.
I have been told by someone who used to work with MO CPS that some of them from Greene county had to come down to Barry to help in thier office, it was common practice to LEAVE children in homes where sexual abuse was being accused. Now how sick is that??? They didn’t want to “break up the families”. The person who told me this was horrified. Makes you wonder if Rowan’s torture could have been prevented.
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oh, jen i forgot to post…i checked the docket for the next seven days, nothing for either of them. on the day they were arraigned, they had to get attorney’s and “cause is set for PH *parliminary hearing* upon reciept of conflicts” Also, both of them are being held without bond.
When the attorney’s get involved and all the evidence is in, i believe that is when they will set the PH.
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glorybug…(help me out here jen if i miss something) the way the timeline goes is…mom leaves for work about 8:45pm…david decides to go out with buddies at 10:45pm. he’s home at midnight…now, 12-1am there is a hole…could they have decided then to rape rowan? maybe chris took her to his house so the neighbors wouldn’t see/hear…but, at about 1 david calls mom to let him borrow the car because he is low on gas. (supposed to join buddy chris) mom comes over, david leaves, mom stays at the house watching tv until david comes home at about 6. mom leaves, colleen, rowan’s mom, comes home about 8:30am to find rowan missing from her bed. david is asleep in thier bed when she wakes him to ask where rowan is.
as for both of them confessing to killing her, your scenerio could be right. could be both of them are feeling guilty. however, the ME who did her autopsy did state that had they not strangled her, she would have died anyway due to blood loss as a result of the trama of her rape.
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Yes that timeline is close. I know they were at the fastrip at 10:45 or that is what the tapes showed. At that point there was the 3 boys. I was told they took Chris home, then the Mahurin boy took David home after they rode around some more.. (which gave Chris time to go over there) Then around 1 David called mom due to low gas or truck not starting one of the two.
K did you also hear that she was taken with the sheet on her bed. Now as a mother the first thing I would of thought was kidnapping if the sheet was gone. Or was this mom such a pos that she didn’t know wether she had a sheet on her bed or not as if this was common for her to not have a sheet on her bed??? I don’t know the reasoning but heard she was taken wrapped in the sheet. I also heard that if she was not dead when they dropped her in the cave some of the blunt trauma from that drop would of killed her too.
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K are you following Missouri casenet? For the court info? That is where I have been looking. Thought you might know another site.
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K-
Thanks for the timeline. I’m still confused, though. I thought that at some point I’d read that when stepdad came home (or was ‘dropped off’?) he realized the girl was gone, and then ‘knew’ Chris had taken her. How could this have happened, where Chris got to the house before stepdad? I thought they were all together with the 3rd guy? Are we talking 3 different cars, plus grannys car, or? Because I thought I read that one or two of the guys had been ‘dropped off’, which is hard to do if you’re alone in your car. Does anyone know who had what kind of car? Including granny’s? At any point were all 3 of the men at the house while the girl was there, or just the 2, or 1? Supposedly someone went out for more beer. From where- the house? Who drove? Did stepdad return from beerrun, with guy 3, having left the girl alone with Chris? How then did guy 3 get home, without knowing ‘the plan’, if stepdad’s car had no gas and he had to borrow granny’s?
Can you see some of my confusion?
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As far as I know Mahurin had Chris took him to Davids house in stella. David had a vehicle but was never used that night. The 3 boys then go to Wheaton to get beer, Drive around drinking. Then they take Chris home which is in Wheaton. At this point I guess is when Chris took his own vehicle over to Stella and got Rowan. The Mahurin boy takes David back home and leaves. David realizes Rowan is gone. His vehicle he cannot use due to low gas or won’t start or something… Then calls mother to borrow her vehicle and drives back to Wheaton where Chris is at his house with Rowan. Does that help?? That is what I have heard.
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wow Jen, if this is the mahurin I am thinking of, I used to live by him years ago in exeter as a teen, The guy I used to somewhat know went by the name jimmy. He lived in his mothers trailer right across from exeter elementary. He has a mental condition or, for lack of better words, was not the tallest tree in the park. but I dont think he was a threat, but who knows? As for colleen, She did inquire about her husband, but supposedly what made things strange was that she inquired of collings. I cannot state this as fact. If it is gossip, then it is unintentional. I am just repeating what a man in his 50’s told me, he has lived his whole life in wheaton, and is very active in the local community, helps organize and supervise the cruises that go on in summer.
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I do not know the first name of the Mahurin guy sorry. I know that the three of them were working for my cousin Bobby Brown on a barn he had them working on. He was sick to know that the week after it happened they were working for him until their arrest at the end of that week. I will find out from my sister what exactly the name was of the Mahurin boy.
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Greg the name is Nathan.
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I am releived to hear that atleast he was not involved. does anyone have an opinion on what they would like to see happen with the crime scene? I mean, It is important that people never forget that this took place, but to have a structure that contained so much evil stand bothers me. I would rather see a memorial than a trashy trailer. My opinion is to either demolish, or remove it from view.
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Thank you to everyone who has helped me with this timeline. I have researched other sites and still have questions.
But- other things I’ve read imply that all 3 men were originally at the house with the girl. They say they checked on her and she was sleeping, which is questionable, before they left. Before anyone took Chris home, or got more beer.
Obviously, chris must have had a working vehicle, or he would not have been able to immediately drive back and kidnap the girl. So why was he (as it’s implied) be riding in another car and having to be ‘dropped off?. When I was younger, and went to bars etc., I met my friends there if I was planning to go home alone, in my own car.
I am going to go out on a limb here and say… I believe there is something very wrong with the timeline of who was where, when.
My sticking points-
From the reports, all 3 men originally were at the girl’s home. I will guess this is when everything started.
I’d like to know what happened then, when all 3 men were alone in the house with the girl.
I have read nothing about the timeline before all this crap. Such as, why was the girl not wearing pajamas? Why was she found wearing socks? My boys sometimes sleep in their tshirts and briefs, instead of pjs if we’ve had a late night, but they rarely wear socks to bed, and I usually take my socks off also when I sleep.
“Socks on” implies to me that either the girl never even went to bed while the 3 men were there, or else she hadn’t been asleep long enough to kick them off. Maybe sock-wearing sleepers can tell me differently.
The bedsheet. No reason to take the sheet unless the assault started in that house. What use could the sheet have had unless it already had dna on it? Other pathetic murders of children who were abducted from home did not take sheets. The fact that the mom, who I won’t name, because I am embarrassed to share the same name, did not notice that the girl’s sheet was gone? How far can you go towards being a bad parent? My children are almost 8 and 10, and because of divorce proceedings I have them every other week. Before last year I had them 24/7. There is not one night that has gone by, before or after our divorce proceedings, where I have not checked on my boys sleeping. Many times a night. Sometimes just to see them with their noisy mouths closed, but more to make sure that for some crazy reason that they haven’t died. Morbid, I know, but sometimes it seems I just want to make sure that these people that I love do actually exist.
This obsessiveness has paid off. My eldest I had to take to ER because he didn’t look right even though he was sleeping. He ended up being diagnosed with a hole in his heart. Which was fixed. My youngest was not breathing 2 diffenent times, and was taken to ER… where it was found that he had a bronchial infection and immune disfunction (which I guess he got from me because of my Fibromyalgia and chronic Epstein Barr) that kept him from breathing. We now have emergency inhalers in case it ever happens again.
Point being (long, I know), what kind of parent does not check on their children? What kind of Grandma does not check on their grandkids? Strike one. Granny, Mommy and Stepdad are all guilty of not checking on the girl.
Reports I’ve read say that Chris lived with ‘the family’ (lordy I hate calling it that) until 2 months before the murder. Meaning, mom, her loser husband and partner in killing all lived together before the murder. And supposedly had since the happy couple got married 5 years prior.
Do you think that these two guys were gentlemen up until the night they killed the girl? Not likely. It is more likely that after having years of access to the girl, and both raping her repeatedly over the years (especially after some of the in-town gossip says that mom was effing chris as well as david, and that many times it was a threesome) that Chris wanted to continue the ‘fun’ he’d been having at the house with the girl, so ran over and abducted her. He hadn’t been having access to the girl for 2 months, right?
And when the stepdad came home, he did not check on the girl for her wellbeing, before he went out again. But for some reason he checked for her after he’d left her alone, and somehow magically ‘knew’ that chris had taken her.
“Granny”, for some reason didn’t have a problem with coming over after 1am to let her loser son use her suv, even though he claims he was so drunk that he blacked out and didn’t remember raping, sodomizing and strangling his stepdaughter. And he had no license because of driving offenses. What mother in the world, no matter how much they love their children, would give their car to a supposedly black-out drunk, and then sit there on her fat effen ass ‘not’ watching her grandchild that while she snored was being beaten, raped, sodomized and killed by her own son?
Even though the POSs supposedly confessed, I think even though they obviously were cracker meth-heads, I think those confessions will be thrown out. I think both POSs attorneys will try to claim that because both POss admitted to killing the girl, it causes reasonable doubt for both. clever.
I am going to guess, and very well may proven wrong, that stepdad and chris had been abusing the girl for years, and that the mom knew and tolerated it. That the fact that the stepdad ‘knew’ who’d taken the girl, and then when he drove over to confirm it, instead of killing the guy, he, according to his own confession, dropped his drawers and proceeded to rape the girl also. Jealosy?
Granny obviously knew she was being used for an alibi… I have asked repeatedly if anyone knows the cars involved, because some news says Granny’s car was used to dump the girl. Maybe between the three losers, granny’s suv was the only one big enough to haul the girl’s body? What POS grandma doesn’t check on her grandkids?
Mom? Yeah, she’s there too. She lived with both of the POS until 2 months earlier? Worked a 12 hour shift, when other people she worked with said there is no such thing as a 12 hour shift as she claimed? Didn’t immediately report her child missing in the hopes that she’d be embarrassed later when the child was found? No. She checked into her own myspace instead of searching, and made no comment that her child was gone.
Stepdad- die
Chris- die
So-called mom (not)- die
Granny- die
Third party (which I think there is)- die
Hateful nasty effin people, all of them.
Umm, ok.
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Confusion I know Glorybug. It all does not make sense. I am hopeful that this will all come out on the timeline but I am afraid we are in sit and wait mode. I like you and everyone else I know are doing the same as you. In our heads we are trying to piece it together.
Here is my thought as well as I have thought some of the same things as you have.
The boys were seen at the fastrip at 10:45pm buying alcohol. (Marijuana was part of the equation as well according to Mick Epperly Barry County Chief) That means on the timeline if they were home (or all 3 at Davids house) and drove directly to Wheaton to get alcohol which would of taken about 15 minutes max if they drove straight there from Stella. Meant that around 10:30pm they would have left Rowan. Now my kids are 11, 12, and 15 and on weekends they do not go to bed early as they would on a school night. I find it hard to believe that she was sleeping at this point myself. Especially with 3 rowdy pos’s in the house with her. I have heard nothing on timeline as far as when did the 2 boys get to Davids house what time was this? So there is no time frame as to how long were they all there with this child before they left her alone. The only definite piece to this timeline is the tapes at fastrip revealed they were there at 10:45pm. Before that and after that is unkown on exact time, and is at that point souly being relied on by what the boys are telling officials.
Two conflicting reports by newspaper articles in Cassville as well. One states that she was found in only socks and hairband. The other paper states that she was wearing nothing from the waste down when she was found.
Greg Horton the brother of Chris stated that on the Saturday she was missing that Chris had rode to Springfield to Lowes with he and his family. He stated that on the way there Chris got the phone call that Rowan was missing. Greg stated that he (Chris) was very worried and said “I gotta get back right now and help them look for her”. Greg said “that Chris was very quiet on the ride back” I would love to know exactly what was said on the phone to Chris and who was it that actually called him? Colleen, David who??
And what time was this phone call? If mom came home and daughter was missing after all she did take time to log onto her myspace account.
I do not feel that this was the first time these guys messed with this little girl either. You wouldn’t assume that your best friend took her unless you knew for sure HE DID. Was they messing with her before they left so David knew Chris had come back for more? The whole thing stinks and yes I do feel mom, and granny know more than they are telling.
I asked my mom the same question… If I was gone and my husband was home with the kids and called you at 1am or so in the morning how would you react?? First question would be what the hell for? And immidiately she would know he was up to no good!! But mom ran right over as if this was normal behavior for this family. Or did she know they had done something and needed to cover their tracks and get rid of the body? No one is buying that this grandmother just went over there with no questions or never checked on this child. I hope that old hag can get her hands on some cross stitch or latch hook in prison. She is going to need it to keep her occuppied. That is aiding a criminal as far as my imagination can stretch.
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I know that everyone on here is very upset. And we all have a right to be. Right now though, we are in a “hurry up and wait” time. I’m not so sure the confessions with be thrown out. The ME DID state that she would have bled to death if someone hadn’t strangled her. So, is it so far fetched that the one that inflicted the most trama during the rape AND the one who strangled her will both get murder charges.
Keep in mind, the prosecutor is still trying to sift through all the BS these two have spewed. Also, you need to remember, in MO public defenders are employed by the state. They don’t come from a lawyer pool like a lot of states.
These guys aren’t rocket scientists. We know the timeline doesn’t match. We know EVERYONE involved is lying. But, I think the explaination is fairly simple. I mean, if breathing wasn’t involuntary, would any of them survive?
I do know, (yes Sally, this is FACT) that Nathan Marhurin did submit to a polygraph and passed. Now, yes, these can be fooled, but, I digress to my earlier “rocket scientist” statement.
Greg, YES I absolutely agree with you. They need to BURN that b@#ch down. And like I said before, I think the owners of stop-n-shop should put that damn sign back up, and to HELL with the do-gooders. How would they feel if it was thier child, grandchild, niece, or nephew?
I, like a whole lot of you, feel VERY strongly about this event. Unfortuantely, there isn’t much we can do right now, except to NOT let anyone forget or to let her memory get cold.
Do whatever you feel to MAKE people remember. I know the yahoo site dedicated to Rowan is featuring a yellow ribbon on top of a purple ribbon in memory of Rowan. Make yourself one, make your friends and family one. We cannot allow this tragedy to be forgotten.
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ps…sorry jen…yes, i am using case net for court information, but i am looking for a different site that may give more information.
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I do not live in Wheaton anymore, but not far from there in Monett area.. I grew up in that town and my family all still lives there. I have wondered about the purple and yellow ribbons myself K and I think that every light pole in that town should have purple and yellow on it all up and down Main street and all along the highway. And especially W highway on the county road she was killed on. I think it would make a statement as well to the prosecutor that this town is grieving and damn mad at what has happened and our support is for the little life that was taken away.
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jen…let’s do it. why not? i’m sure stop-n-shop would hand out free ribbon pins. and i know of a place that would make some sort of button to hand out. i think something like this deserves a little up roar. i could even call the school to see if they would put them in the office.
my point is that this BS needs to STOP. you KNOW that little girl was being messed with on a constant basis. something like this doesn’t JUST happen. and you’re right. we’re DAMN mad. when all is “said and done” if ONE child is saved from a nasty freak, then we as a society have a least done something good.
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I can ask Wal-mart both Monett and Cassville to maybe donate materials? I don’t know really where to start but we can just start checking into what we can come up with and see? How do you feel the community and Chris’s family will react? Are they all trying to put it behind them and what will they think of all the ribbons? You know how Wheaton can be kind of funny sometimes. Who do we need to call with the City to find out about putting things on the poles etc…?? Bob or Lindy, Jerry McB??? I do not know who is over everything anymore.. Who would we start with? Ok let’s colaborate this and try to get a start going here of some kind.. I know the Democrat will be there sat probably taking pictures at Christmas Parade. Too bad we couldn’t have something then that would get some publicity. I have an in with them and could put a bug in their ear that they could put in their story for the parade?? Maybe I can figure something out on a trailer and we could have kids ride on it with purple and yellow on it somehow.. Would they let us in this late ?? Or even if a bunch of people could walk with candles and purple and yellow somehow for like a walk in her memory? I could see a bunch of people walking for her. My sister works at the bank let me get her feel on some of this and see what we can come up with. Post back and let me know your thoughts or ideas of something quick we can do, but of course still work towards getting all the poles and ribbons done which will take more time. I’m just thinking of exposure at the parade.
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Hey jen i read all of your things and i agree with you on everything.. i went to school with rowans older sister Ariean and i always thought that something wasnt quite right in that home. socail serices got called over rowans hygiene and head lice. and when i went to school with her sister i remember her sister didnt have good hygiene at all and the teachers would talk to her about it, because other students would complain. i meat david spears at the resturant i worked at in longview. he came in there sometimes to pick up some food with the rowan and ariean. he was weird like a creepy qite mean acting guy. but i always had a feeling that things where bad in that home. when rowan was little im not sure how little back when she went to rocky school i remember seeing her get on the bus and she was dirty and all of her teeth were rotten, but she was cute and i remember feeling sorry for her back then. when i heard the news on her i was in schock because i knew her sister and rode the bus with them and everything.
and the nathan mahuiran guy.. i knew him to from a long time ago when i was about in 7th grade or so i worked with his mom at the longview cafe, he was a wierd guy also. did you say your cousin is bobby brown? does he have a wife named kelly and a son named dalton and a daughter? because if so bobbys wife is my cousin..
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jen…i think exposure at the parade would be great…i’m sure “the powers that be” would let us in this late. i don’t know many people in wheaton. if you know the mayor or something, that might work. if you let me know first thing in the morning, i can alert triway school, and we can possibly get more people there. if we can pull this off, we should just tell people to dress warm and bring a candle. i could pick up some purple and yellow ribbon to tie on them.
i am right now in the process in getting buttons printed. some with “justice for rowan” and some with the ribbon.
and frankly, i DON’T care about chris’ or davids’ family. IF they are decent people, they will be walking with us.
i really don’t think we have to get official permission from anyone to do the ribbons. you don’t have to get permisson to put up signs on telephone polls.
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