THE NEW YORK POST – A father accused of killing his 14-year-old daughter’s rapist is running to be sheriff — claiming the legal system “failed” him by charging him with murder.
Aaron Spencer allegedly gunned down Michael Fosler, 67, after catching him driving off with his daughter, whom Fosler had already been charged with grooming and abusing, according to court docs.
Spencer was charged with second-degree murder — spurring him to run for sheriff in Lonoke County, Arkansas, he said Saturday in a Facebook video launching his campaign.
“I’m the father who acted to protect his daughter when the system failed,” Spencer said in the video.
“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,” he continued.
He described his bid as an attempt to restore trust in law enforcement.
Spencer was charged with second-degree murder last October after allegedly killing Fosler when he found him in a truck with his daughter, court documents show.
The dad told authorities he had driven around his neighborhood after discovering his daughter was missing — then found her being driven away by Fosler, who had already been charged with multiple sexual offenses against Spencer’s daughter.
He forced the accused rapist off the road and shot him …
