{"id":12608,"date":"2026-06-05T04:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12608"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:42:31","slug":"murder-charge-dropped-for-sheriff-nominee-who-killed-teen-daughters-rapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12608","title":{"rendered":"Murder charge dropped for sheriff nominee who killed teen daughter&#8217;s rapist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A judge tossed a murder charge against an Arkansas sheriff nominee who was about to go on trial for killing his 14-year-old daughter\u2019s rapist.<\/p>\n<p>The case against Aaron Spencer was dismissed by a judge on Thursday afternoon after law enforcement lost a dash camera memory card that may have captured the fatal October 2024 shooting of 67-year-old Michael Fosler.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Aaron Spencer was slated to go to trial in a few weeks for fatally shooting Michael Fosler, 67, after catching him driving off with his daughter, whom he had already been charged with grooming and abusing. <span class=\"credit\">Heather Spencer\/Erin Cassinelli via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe court finds that conduct by law enforcement was so egregious that dismissal of this case is warranted,\u201d wrote Special Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. <\/p>\n<p>The development comes just a few weeks before Spencer was slated to go to trial on a second-degree murder charge for allegedly gunning down Fosler on Oct. 8, 2024 after catching him driving off with his daughter \u2014 whom the sicko had already been charged with grooming and abusing.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer woke up around 1 a.m. to find his then-13-year-old daughter had vanished. He soon found her in the passenger seat of the car Fosler was driving.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He then forced the truck off the road and allegedly shot the accused sexual abuser, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The case was dismissed on Thursday afternoon after law enforcement lost a dash cam memory card that may have captured the shooting. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Heather Spencer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutors argued that Spencer planned the murder and could have called the cops during the car chase instead of taking matters into his own hands.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded not guilty to the crime, maintaining he acted accordingly to protect his child from a predator. <\/p>\n<p>Spencer\u2019s attorneys have not denied that he shot and killed Fosler \u2014 and the protective dad said the incident spurred him to run for sheriff in Lonoke County, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the father who acted to protect his daughter when the system failed,\u201d Spencer said in the video statement to launch his campaign. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spencer won the Republican primary for Lonoke County sheriff in March and is expected to win the general election. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Heather Spencer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He won the Republican primary for Lonoke County sheriff in March and is expected to win the general election in the overwhelmingly conservative area east of Little Rock, the New York Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo member of this family should ever again be forced to walk into a courtroom and relive this horror,\u201d Spencer\u2019s attorney, Erin Cassinelli,\u00a0said in a statement to the Associated Press. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis father should have never been charged for protecting his child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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