Tuesday, October 15, 2024 -An Arkansas father (pictured above) was arrested after another man was shot and killed during a "confrontation" over the dad's 14-year-old daughter.
According to the Lonoke County
Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a 911 call about a missing juvenile
around 1:12am on October 8. While they were on the way to the scene, they
learned the 14-year-old girl's father, Aaron Spencer, "had located the
juvenile in a vehicle with Michael Fosler," a 67-year-old man.
"A confrontation between the two
adult males ensued, which resulted in a shooting," said the sheriff.
"Deputies immediately initiated an investigation. Michael Fosler was
pronounced dead at the scene, and Aaron Spencer was taken into custody."
While the original statement said
Spencer was charged with Murder in the First Degree, Sheriff John
Stanley released a follow-up video saying the charges against Spencer
were only only preliminary – pointing out it's up to prosecutors whether or not
to file charges.
"Currently, official charges
have not been filed. I have not, nor will I advocate for any specific charge.
This is a tragic situation and my thoughts and prayers are with all those
involved," he added.
While Stanley said he was only able
to share "limited details" around the case at this time, a woman
claiming to be Spencer's wife Heather has been sharing more
allegations on social media – calling her husband's arrest "outrageous."
Saying she hoped to have their story
"shared far and wide," the woman said her daughter was
"targeted, groomed and ultimately raped by the boyfriend of a family
friend." She claimed they had a no contact order in place for Fosler and had
"no idea" their child had been communicating with him again.
Sheriff Stanley confirmed to USA
Today that Fosler was arrested back in July and booked for internet
stalking of a child and sexual assault, and was released on bond.
"This
guy that preyed upon their daughter was released on bond, and had we stopped
him that night and got him with her, that bond would have been revoked,"
Stanley also told the outlet. "He would have never got out of jail. None
of the bond companies would have let him out. We wouldn't let him out."
"He was looking at the rest of
his pathetic life in jail, and our daughter was the only witness. We 100% in
the moment thought he had taken her to kill her," Heather Spencer wrote on
Facebook, before claiming in a fundraiser page that her husband began
"blindly searching for our child."
"By
God's never failing grace, my husband passed this man driving on our road with
our minor child in the vehicle. As soon as the predator knew my husband was
behind him, he ran," claimed Heather. "The chase ended in an
accident. Aaron was able to retrieve our child alive, but in the process he was
attacked and did what he had to do to protect himself and our minor child. He
is now facing an outrageous murder 1 charge."
The
suspect's wife is adamant "our child would have not come home if my
husband hadn't found her."
Stanley made it clear in a statement
to USA TODAY "I absolutely do not support predators," explaining the
arrest by saying, "When we get on scene and there's a homicide, it means
one person took the life of another. It's either justified or not justified.
That's what the fact finding, that's what the investigation is going to find
out."
"All my deputies and
investigators knew at that time is there's a deceased man, a 14-year-old that
was in the truck with him, and a dad saying 'Hey, I stopped him for
this,'" he added.
Speaking with TooFab on Monday,
October 14, Stanley added investigators are still "working to finish up
the file to send to the prosecutor."
Spencer is out on bail.
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