Killer with brain ‘abnormality’ to be executed for dumping girl’s body in sinkhole

Christopher Collings (right) is scheduled to be executed on Thursday evening for killing fourth grader Rowan Ford (left) and leaving her body in a sinkhole in 2007 (Pictures: AP)

A death row inmate with a brain abnormality is set to receive a lethal injection for killing a nine-year-old girl and discarding her body in a sinkhole.

Christopher Collings, 49, was denied clemency from Missouri’s governor on Monday, confirming his scheduled execution on at 6pm CT on Tuesday at the Bonne Terre state prison.