Missing girl is dead
by KY3 News and The Associated Press
NEOSHO, Mo. -- Law officers say a 9-year-old girl missing for a week has been found dead. Sheriff Mick Epperly of neighboring Barry County says the FBI called him Friday morning to tell him about the discovery.
Another law enforcement official, speaking anonymously because neither the FBI nor the Newton County sheriff has released the information, said the body was found early Friday in a sinkhole in eastern McDonald County. The source said the body of Rowan Ford was on private land near Powell, about 10 miles south of her hometown of Stella. The sheriff's department said a news conference would provide more details but didn't give a time for it.
The McDonald County coroner told a reporter for The Joplin Globe that he went to the scene to confirm that Rowan is dead. He then turned the site over to the Newton County Sheriff's Department and other investigators.
Rowan's mother and stepmother reported her missing on Saturday after her mother, Colleen Spears, returned home from a night shift at a Wal-Mart store in a nearby town and found the girl gone. Rowan's stepfather, David Spears, told investigators he last saw the girl asleep in her room around 10:45 p.m. Friday before he left her alone and went out with friends.
I am betting that they will find drugs in her body during the toxicology test. If the reports of the stepfather being involved in meth are true, he may have given her an overdose and killed her, panicked, got his mother’s car and drove to the neighboring county to dump the body..........Just my speculation, may not be true, but possible....
Damn.
I bet they can find tire tracks from the borrowed car near the scene as well.
Step dad did it.
This makes me sick. Poor little girl. May she rest in peace. At least the mother knows what happened, and even though the outcome is the worst, not knowing must be excruciating. If the stepdad did this, I hope he gets life w/out parole at the very least.
How very sad!
When are these dumb women going to get some common sense when picking out a step-dad for their beautiful youngsters?
What we suspected yet hoped not to be true has been confirmed. Thanks for the sad update. Prayers for the mother and other family members.