Police Identify Additional Potential Victims in Horsch Home Investigation

Police announced Wednesday that investigators have recovered images they believe depict two additional women who appear dead inside the Olney home once owned by the late Raymond “R.C.” Horsch. The discovery brings the number of women linked to the case to seven, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore.

Vanore said the photos show a 25-year-old woman from Philadelphia who was unconscious with visible injuries, and another woman in her mid-20s who appears lifeless. Both women have not been reported missing, and their identities have not been released at the request of family members.

The department also recovered a video that appears to show Horsch strangling a woman after she used drugs, receiving money, and being handcuffed to a bed. A family member identified the woman in the video as Nicole Fusaro, who disappeared in 2018 at age 27.

Earlier releases had identified images of Maribel Fresses and Gabrielle Amarando, both missing since 2018 and 2012 respectively, as appearing to show them dead. Metadata indicates those photographs were taken in 2017. No human remains have been found at the property.

The FBI’s Philadelphia office is assisting local detectives in processing the more than one million photos and videos recovered from the home. Special Agent Wayne Jacobs said roughly 30 % of the material has been reviewed so far, emphasizing a focus on thoroughness over speed.

Vanore reported that 58 individuals have been identified in the reviewed media, with five women appearing deceased. Ten other women later died of overdoses elsewhere, and investigators continue to locate additional persons depicted in the archive.

Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel urged patience as a large team continues to examine the evidence and work with families of potential victims. “We have a duty to those families who are concerned about whether their loved one lost their lives in that house, or maybe somewhere else,” Bethel said.

The investigation began in June after a traffic stop involving Horsch’s son, Eugene, and a woman using a false identity. A search of the vehicle uncovered firearms, drugs, a cattle prod and a counterfeit badge. Subsequent searches of the Chew Avenue residence yielded additional weapons, drugs, vats of unknown fluids, a 55-gallon drum connected to a water line, and five urns believed to contain cremated remains of Horsch, his sister and a friend. DNA testing of the urns and chemical analysis of the basement contents are ongoing.

Eugene Horsch remains in federal custody on drug and gun charges, though investigators have not linked him to the missing or deceased women. Police plan to revisit the home in the coming weeks to retrieve further evidence and will meet with neighborhood residents.