SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man who kidnapped, raped and killed a 10-year-old girl in Springfield. The search for Hailey Owens prompted a state-wide Amber Alert in Kansas and Missouri.

The court ruled Tuesday that the decisions of the trial court judge in Craig Wood’s case were appropriate and that the death sentence wasn’t disproportionate.

At issue was that jurors who convicted Wood of first-degree murder in the 2014 death of Owens couldn’t decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without parole. That left the decision in the hands of the judge who oversaw Wood’s trial.

Missouri and Indiana are the only states where a judge can impose a death sentence. Other states follow the federal procedure that a defendant is sentenced to life imprisonment if jurors deadlock.