During a Jan. 26 hearing, Judge Mary Sheffield denied a defense motion to preclude the state from seeking the death penalty. She also overruled the defense's request to retain "death-scrupled" potential jurors.
Collings and the girl's stepfather, his friend David Wesley Spears, have been charged with the crimes. Collings' trial will be held in Phelps County Circuit Court on a change of venue from Barry County.
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