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Missouri man faces execution today in girl's murder after governor denies clemency

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Christopher Collings , 49 , will receive lethal injection at state prison in Bonne Terre .

He was convicted of first -degree murder in the death of Rowan Ford , his friend David Spears' 9-year-old stepdaughter.

Missouri uses high doses of a single drug, pentobarbital, to carry out executions.

Gov. Parson denied his clemency petition earlier this week .

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