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On the morning of January 3, 2026, Raleigh teacher Zoe Welsh, 57, called 911 to report an intruder in her home and was violently attacked while still on the line, later dying of her injuries. The brutal nature of this crime — a beloved educator pleading for help as she was assaulted — is the kind of nightmare no family or community should ever endure.
Welsh had been a fixture at Ravenscroft School for years, respected by students and colleagues for her dedication to science education, and the school community is understandably devastated by her loss. Authorities say she placed the call just after 6:30 a.m., and officers found her with life-threatening injuries when they arrived on the scene. The senseless timing and proximity to the start of a school day make this tragedy all the more infuriating for parents and teachers.
Police quickly identified and arrested 36-year-old Ryan Camacho, who has been charged with murder and felony breaking and entering and is being held without bond. While it is right that law enforcement moved swiftly to take the suspect into custody, that swift action came only after an innocent life was taken — a bitter reminder that reactive policing, no matter how professional, cannot always undo the damage.
Even more disturbing are the details of Camacho’s criminal record: court filings and local reports show numerous property-related charges and at least three breaking-and-entering charges in 2025, along with prior run-ins going back years, including an escape conviction in 2021. These are not the marks of a one-time mistake; they are the pattern of a career criminal who should have been off the streets long before he encountered Ms. Welsh.
Americans who pay taxes and obey the law deserve a justice system that protects them, not one that recycles dangerous individuals back into our neighborhoods. This case raises urgent questions about prosecutorial decisions, sentencing, and the policies that leave repeat offenders free to strike again — questions our elected officials and local DAs owe the public clear answers to.
We should and must honor the memory of Zoe Welsh by demanding real accountability: tougher enforcement on repeat violent offenders, common-sense bail and sentencing policies, and better protections for educators and families. Politicians who reflexively side with leniency on crime must be called to account when their policies contribute to preventable tragedies.
As the Ravenscroft community mourns, hardworking Americans should stand with Ms. Welsh’s family and with the officers who do their duty every day, while insisting on reforms that keep dangerous people off the street. The grieving students, colleagues, and neighbors deserve justice, and a safer future for their children must be the price we extract from a system that too often lets victims down.
