NEW: Man accused of killing his daughter's rapist is running for sheriff, the same office that arrested him last October.
Aaron Spencer of Lonoke County, Arkansas, says he is running because the legal system has "failed."
Back in 2024, Spencer woke up to find his 14-year-old daughter missing from her bed. There was a stuffed animal in a hoodie under her bed sheets.
According to court documents, Spencer then began searching the neighborhood and found his daughter in a car with 67-year-old Michael Fosler.
Spencer chased the car down and drove it off the road before shooting and killing Fosler.
Fosler was facing over 40 child s*x crime charges involving Spencer's daughter when he was shot.
According to Spencer's wife, their daughter was "targeted, groomed and ultimately raped by the boyfriend of a family friend."
"I’m the father who acted to protect his daughter when the system failed," Spencer said.
"Through my own fight for justice, I have seen firsthand the failures in law enforcement and in our circuit court. And, I refuse to stand by while others face these same failures."
My oldest son died of an incredibly painful bone cancer in June of 2023. His diagnosis came 10 months before. Pain management became nearly impossible in the end. Watching you child go from a strong and athletic 17 year old who couldn’t stay off the climbing wall or out of the nearest tree - into an 18 year old who can’t even leave his bed is absolutely crushing. It has left our family with a pain that will never leave us.
I know that God was there with us the whole time. He loves us, and we saw His hand at every turn.
My son, Canon, was born early at 25 weeks and lived for 5 weeks through various crushing challenges. We were told at the 30 week mark that we were going to be able to take him home, that his health was in great shape.
He died three days later.
God was with us the whole time.
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Here’s AJ Green typing out this post:
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:22-26