Philadelphia investigators examine digital evidence linking late pornographer Raymond Horsch to missing women case
Police are reviewing over a million files tied to the Olney home of the late Raymond "R.C." Horsch after his son was arrested, uncovering video and other evidence related to the disappearance of several women.
Philadelphia police are sifting through more than a million digital files connected to a house in the Olney neighborhood after the arrest of Eugene Horsch, 44, on gun and false-credential charges. The investigation has turned attention to his deceased father, Raymond "R.C." Horsch, an 82-year-old former pornographer and convicted felon who died in May 2025 of a lung condition.
Authorities have recovered five urns thought to contain human remains, as well as drugs, firearms, and counterfeit FBI and DEA credentials. A video showing Raymond Horsch allegedly strangling a woman, later identified by family as Nicole Fusaro, who vanished in 2018, was presented at a September press conference. Additional images linked to missing women Maribel Fresses and Gabrielle Amarando contain metadata dating to 2017.
Horsch’s criminal record includes arrests for counterfeit money, operating a meth lab, and a 2009 seizure of roughly 200 marijuana plants, firearms and women’s ID cards, for which he served a 54-month federal sentence. He also ran a pornographic operation that recruited women with addiction problems in Philadelphia’s Kensington area, offering money or drugs for explicit photographs and films that often simulated violence.
In a 2006 interview with Bizarre magazine, Horsch described himself as an enabler rather than a direct drug supplier, acknowledging sexual activity with the women he photographed. He later self-published a 2014 memoir that described the murder and disposal of a woman named "Krista," a book later removed from major online retailers and reviewed by police.
A 1985 psychological evaluation noted grandiosity, mistrust, and controlling behavior, concluding Horsch likely suffered from bipolar and paranoid personality disorders and exhibited hallmarks of psychopathy, according to a retired FBI profiler.
To date, no human remains have been positively identified and no murder charges have been filed. The FBI has processed about 30% of the seized files and identified roughly 60 individuals linked to the case.