Arkansas Judge Dismisses 2024 Murder Case Against Sheriff Candidate Aaron Spencer Over Lost SD Card
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Arkansas Judge Dismisses 2024 Murder Case Against Sheriff Candidate Aaron Spencer Over Lost SD Card
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Summary
Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. threw out the murder case against Aaron Spencer, ruling that missing dash-camera evidence from Spencer’s truck fatally undermined his right to a fair trial.
Court records said law enforcement lost or destroyed the camera’s internal SD card, failed to document when it disappeared, and handled the evidence so egregiously that dismissal was warranted.
Spencer had been charged after the October 2024 shooting death of 67-year-old Michael Fosler, whom prosecutors said Spencer shot after finding his teenage daughter alone with him in Fosler’s pickup.
Fosler had faced numerous sexual-offense charges involving Spencer’s daughter and was out on bond at the time; Spencer admitted the shooting but pleaded not guilty.
The ruling lands weeks before a June 22 trial date and after Spencer won the February Republican primary for Lonoke County sheriff, leaving prosecutors to decide whether to refile charges.