Judge dismisses murder charge against Arkansas sheriff nominee who killed daughter’s alleged abuser A judge dismissed the murder charge against Aaron Spencer, who won the GOP nomination for sheriff, due to lost evidence from a dash camera potentially showing the shooting. Spencer admitted to killing Michael Fosler, his teenage daughter’s alleged abuser, after finding them together in Fosler’s truck. The judge ruled that law enforcement’s conduct was so egregious that dismissal was warranted.

• 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.