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Barbara Laker

Reporter · US

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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Barbara Laker

    She was just a kid when a strange man tried to abduct her in 2009. This week, she learned it was Raymond Horsch. (opens the original)

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    It was early on a Friday evening, a week after her ninth birthday. Ashley Rivera, already in her pajamas, walked from her home to the 7-Eleven across the street to grab a snack. She was within eyesight of her stepdad, who sat on the front porch of their Kensington home, smoking Newports, crutches at his side. Ashley left the convenience store and noticed a man in his 60s in a green Jeep. He had long, greasy, stringy hair and had been slowly circling the block. At first, she didn’t pay him much

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Barbara Laker

    Cousin of a Raymond Horsch victim criticizes police for sharing graphic details at news conference before telling family (opens the original)

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    Jonathan Halloran-Koren said he watched with horror as Philadelphia police brass described the graphic details of his cousin Nicole Fusaro’s killing during a Wednesday news conference. Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said investigators recovered videos that show Raymond “R.C.” Horsch giving her drugs and money, then handcuffing her to a bed. Horsch, naked and holding a camera, with another mounted in the corner of the room, then used pliers to put a zip tie around the woman’s nec

  3. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Barbara Laker

    From Cinderella prom to prison cell —How a New Jersey mom fell from grace (opens the original)

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    A New Jersey mom who spent more than $27,000 to create a Cinderella-style castle for her daughter’s prom two years ago, will be spending a year in a federal prison. Treva Harris, 50, of Medford, was sentenced to 12 months and one day for a pandemic-relief fraud scheme amounting to more than a half a million dollars, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has announced. While authorities didn’t suggest the fraud proceeds paid for the lavish prom, Harris pleaded

  4. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Barbara Laker

    Police grapple with a lack of bodies in disturbing Olney investigation — and for families, a lack of closure (opens the original)

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    Philadelphia police this week acknowledged that the sprawling missing persons investigation in Olney has evolved into something even more complex — a death investigation without any dead bodies. Adding to the challenge is that there are now at least four missing women linked to a crumbling house on West Chew Avenue, where for decades, Raymond “R.C.” Horsch had lured drug-addicted women to shoot pornographic photos and movies depicting graphic violence. On Wednesday, Police Inspector Raymon

  5. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Barbara Laker

    Inside our investigation into the mystery of missing Philly women and an Olney house (opens the original)

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    What started as a routine car stop in Philly quickly evolved into a mystery concerning the fate of two missing women — and a boarded-up home in Olney that contained a confounding set of clues. In June, police encountered 44-year-old Eugene Horsch with a woman near Independence Mall, carrying drugs, illegal guns, and fake IDs. One of them featured the name of Blair Tonzelli, a woman who has been missing for three years. That led local and federal investigators to Horsch’s twin house in Olney,

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