An Arkansas judge has dismissed a murder case against a father accused of fatally shooting the man charged with sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter. The ruling did not clear Aaron Spencer of the facts of the shooting, but it delivered a sharp rebuke to law enforcement after crucial video evidence vanished before trial.
Special Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. dismissed the second-degree murder charge on Thursday after determining investigators had lost potentially critical dash camera footage tied to the October 2024 killing of Michael Fosler. The missing evidence sat at the centre of Spencer's defence and, ultimately, collapsed the prosecution's case before jurors ever entered a courtroom.
