politics
Judge dismisses murder charge against Arkansas sheriff nominee who killed daughter's alleged abuser
A judge has dismissed a murder charge against an Arkansas man who won the GOP nomination for sheriff while awaiting trial for the shooting death of his teenage daughter's alleged abuser.
TL;DR
- A judge dismissed the murder charge against Aaron Spencer, the GOP nominee for sheriff in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
- Spencer was on trial for the shooting death of Michael Fosler, his teenage daughter's alleged abuser.
- The charge was dismissed because a crucial dash camera memory card was lost by law enforcement.
- The judge cited egregious conduct by law enforcement as the reason for dismissal.
- Spencer admitted to shooting Fosler after finding his daughter in Fosler's truck.
- Spencer's attorneys argued the dash camera footage could have exonerated him.
- The detective who collected the dash camera failed to log it into evidence immediately, storing it in his personal office, and the memory card went missing.
- Spencer had won the GOP nomination for sheriff weeks before the trial was set to begin.