Barbara Laker
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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 didnât pay him much
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 Fusaroâs killing during a Wednesday news conference. Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said investigators recovered videos that show Raymond âR.C.â 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 womanâs nec
From Cinderella prom to prison cell âHow 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 daughterâs 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. Attorneyâs Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has announced. While authorities didnât suggest the fraud proceeds paid for the lavish prom, Harris pleaded
Police grapple with a lack of bodies in disturbing Olney investigation â 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 â 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 âR.C.â Horsch had lured drug-addicted women to shoot pornographic photos and movies depicting graphic violence. On Wednesday, Police Inspector Raymon
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 â 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 Horschâs twin house in Olney,
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