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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

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 Spencers teenage daughter.
Calling the Lonoke County Circuit Courts 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 Spencers then-13-year-old daughter. Circuit Judge Barbara Elmore released Fosler on bond.

Late one night in October, Spencer told police, he heard his dogs barking and went to his daughters room to check on her. She was not there. Spencer called 911 to report her missing, then went looking for her.
A short time later, he found his daughter and Fosler in Foslers truck, and Spencer forced the truck off the road. This led to an altercation between the men, after which Spencer called 911 again to report that hed shot Fosler. Fosler died at the scene.
The state charged Spencer with second-degree murder plus a firearm enhancement in November. Spencers case, like Foslers, was assigned to Judge Elmore.

One older article claims Fosler was an Indiana police chief but it's hard finding any verification on that. Allegedly he had been one or some kind of Sherriff's deputy in Hamlet, Indiana.