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him with her, that bond would have been revoked," Stanley also told the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."
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