A beloved school teacher in Raleigh, NC was murdered in her own home early Saturday morning.

Zoe Welsh, who taught science at Ravenscroft School, was killed while on the phone with police after a burglar broke into her house.

The suspect, 36-year-old Ryan Camacho, was a repeat offender with over 20 prior arrests.

Here are the infuriating details:

Zoe Welsh was just m*rdered at her home in NC allegedly by Ryan Camacho who has over 20 prior arrests and a long criminal history.

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Just a few weeks ago prosecutors asked to have Ryan committed but Judge Louis Meyer (D) REFUSED and released him.

Now an innocent woman is dead.

JAIL THE JUDGES.

Zoe Welsh was attacked by Camacho while she tried to contact police.

She later succumbed to her injuries at a local hospital.

ABC 7 reported:

Officers responded just after 6:30 a.m. local time to the 800-block of Clay Street and found a woman critically injured.

Zoe Welsh, a teacher at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, was given aid and rushed to a hospital, but died from her injuries.

Police learned that Welsh had called 911 to say a man was inside her home. While she was still on the phone with dispatch, the intruder attacked and beat her.

“The Ravenscroft community is devastated by the loss of our beloved colleague and friend Zoe Welsh,” a spokesperson for the school told our sister station, ABC11 in Raleigh. “Zoe has been a cornerstone of our Upper School Science Department and the Ravenscroft community for years. Her loss is deeply felt by all of us who had the privilege of working with her and learning in her classroom.”

Camacho was convicted on various charges several times — including for breaking and entering into people’s homes.

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He served over five years in jail.

Raleigh News Observer has more details on the suspect’s criminal background:

Public records show Camacho has a criminal record dating back to 2005, including a 2019 conviction for discharging a firearm into an occupied Wake County property, for which he was incarcerated. More recently, he was convicted of seven misdemeanors in November 2024 in Durham County, with one of the charges being breaking and entering.

Camacho’s summary on the N.C. Department of Adult Corrections database indicates he had previously been incarcerated a total of five years and seven months, including for a three-month period from April to July 2025 for violating the terms of his post-incarceration release in Wake County.

However, about one month ago, Camacho was released back onto the streets by a judge who refused to lock him up.

And now, a woman is dead.

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