Hero dad who saved daughter from accused child rapist now charged with murder after deadly roadside rescue

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday vacated a gag order in the case of Aaron Spencer, a Lonoke County man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Michael Fosler in October. Fosler, 67 at the time of his death, had previously been arrested and charged with several sexual offenses against Spencer’s teenage daughter.

Calling the Lonoke County Circuit Court’s gag order in the case a “gross abuse of discretion,” the Supreme Court struck the order in its entirety.

The facts of the case, which quickly drew attention inside and outside of Arkansas, are straightforward. Fosler was arrested in July and charged with 43 counts including sexual assault of a minor, internet stalking of a child, and possession of child pornography, some or all of which related to a relationship between Fosler and Spencer’s then-13-year-old daughter. Circuit Judge Barbara Elmore released Fosler on bond.

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/05/29/state-supreme-court-lifts-gag-order-on-father-who-shot-man-he-found-with-his-13-year-old-daughter

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