The self-styled “sociopath” at the heart of a horrifying investigation into several dead and missing women in Philadelphia was once convicted of trying to snatch a 9-year-old girl — who this week said she feels “really lucky” she was not raped or killed.

Vile pornographer Raymond “R.C.” Horsch — who wrote a creepy book called the “Memoir of an Empathetic Serial Killer” — was sentenced in 2010 to 2½ to 5 years in prison for grabbing Ashley Rivera, who was saved by her mom and stepfather, according to an investigation by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Horsch called the 9-year-old girl sexy, then violently grabbed her by the arm and tried to drag her…

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