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Mother remembers son 21 years after death, seeks answers

Ailvie Rausch holds a sign in 2020 pleading for state police to make progress in their investigation of the death of her son, Scott Fosnaught, in July 2002. Butler Eagle File Photo

On July 17, 2002, Seneca Valley teens Scott Fosnaught and his friend Shawn Baur, both 15, were found dead on Cashdollar Road in Forward Township.

More than two decades later, Scott’s mother, Ailvie Rausch, said she is still looking for answers surrounding the mystery of her son and Shawn’s deaths.

Rausch, said the boys had spent the previous evening having a party at a nearby pond before leaving to spend the night at the home of mutual friend Danny Rice.

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Anyone with information concerning the deaths of Scott Fosnaught and Shawn Baur is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police Troop D in Butler County.

Telephone: 724-284-8100

200 Barracks Road, Butler, PA 16001

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