Aaron Spencer, 36 years old and a father from Arkansas, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing a man who was found in a vehicle with Mr. Spencer’s daughter, who had been reported missing just shortly before and who was quite young, aged just 14 years old.
The situation apparently occurred on Tuesday, October 8. It was then that Mr. Spencer reported his daughter missing and alerted the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office, at which point the deputies with the sheriff’s office were dispatched to Mr. Spencer’s home to investigate the highly worrisome situation.
However, the situation involving the young girld soon resolved itself. As the deputies from the Lonoke Country Sheriff’s Office headed toward his home, they were alerted to the fact that Mr. Spencer, in the interim, had found his missing, 14-year-old daughter in a vehicle with Michael Fosler, who was 67 years old.
Apparently, Mr. Spencer not only found Fosler, who had a no contact order after having stalked and sexually assaulted the young girl the prior summer, in the car with his young and missing daughter, but a confrontation between Spencer and Fosler occurred after Fosler was discovered with the girl. That confrontation escalated from words to deadly force, as Mr. Spencer shot and killed Fosler.
The deputies arrested Mr. Spencer on a preliminary charge of first-degree murder, a Class Y felony, and booked him in the Lonoke County Detention Center. However, Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley announced in a video on Facebook that Mr. Spencer has not been formally charged yet and that the DA is still deciding what charges, if any, to file. In the video, Staley said, “This is a tragic situation and my thoughts and prayers are with all involved.”
Mr. Stanely’s wife wrote about the incident online, saying, “We absolutely called 911 during the entire event. We had no idea this man was in contact with our child again. He was waiting 6-9 felonies for what he did, not 2. He was looking at the rest of his pathetic life in jail, and our daughter was the only witness.”
She then noted that law enforcement had, sickeningly, disclosed their home address, and seemed to be siding with the child predator. She said, “Some things we will never know, but we know that the police department afforded this predator privacy they did not give our family. Including posting our home address. I’m deeply offended by the way this was handled by the county [sheriff’s] office.”
Mrs. Spencer added that the family has received a large amount of support, and that their daughter is the victim of a horrific man’s awful actions, saying, “At the end of the day, our daughter is a victim and we have a long road of recovery for everyone. We are so thankful for all the calls, messages and prayers.”
Mrs. Spencer also noted, “We have gotten a clear picture of a predator who continuously worked with children and preyed on young girls. This man was Chief of police in Indiana and resource officer, giving us a better idea of why the Lonoke county courts have been protecting him and going after my husband.”
Featured image credit: Lonoke County Detention Cente
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