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Hazmat crew removes 'glass vials,' vacuum from home linked to missing women in potential serial killer probe

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Ruiz, M. (2026, October 6). Hazmat crew removes 'glass vials,' vacuum from home linked to missing women in potential serial killer probe. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/us/hazmat-crew-removes-glass-vials-vacuum-home-linked-missing-women-potential-serial-killer-probe

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Police have returned to a Philadelphia home linked to seven cases of missing women to collect additional evidence including glass vials and a vacuum cleaner. The property formerly belonged to Raymond "RC" Horsch, whose son Eugene is in custody on unrelated charges but remains uncharged regarding the missing persons case. Investigators previously found "snuff" videos believed to show multiple victims and chemical drums within the home. Four of the seven missing women have been identified publicly, with two more named in local reports.
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Police returned to a home in Olney, Philadelphia where they collected items such as "glass vials," a vacuum cleaner, and workout equipment. This investigation is part of an inquiry into the disappearance of several women linked to Raymond "RC" Horsch, who died last year at 82. The house, previously belonging to Horsch, has yielded more than 1 million pieces of digital evidence. Authorities describe it as a "house of horrors." Investigators have also recovered items from bins and drawers, including a rowing machine. Philadelphia police stated that the investigation remains active, with additional information expected to be released publicly as it becomes available.

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Fox News Digital Horsch Olney PHILADELPHIA the National Missing and Unidentified Person System

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PHILADELPHIA GPE · 7× Horsch PERSON · 5× Fox News Digital ORG · 3× Blair Tonzelli PERSON · 1× Eugene Horsch PERSON · 1× Eugene Horsch's PERSON · 1× Gabrielle Aramando PERSON · 1× Maribel Fresses PERSON · 1× Olney PERSON · 1× Raymond "RC" Horsch PERSON · 1×

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Police have returned again to a home in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood where they collected "glass vials," a vacuum cleaner, workout equipment and other items, photographs show.
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🔮 "Additional information will be released as it becomes available and is appropriate for public release."

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Police have returned again to a home in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood where they collected "glass vials," a vacuum cleaner, workout equipment and other items, photographs show. asserted
photographs → return → vials
This is after city police have said they recovered more than a million pieces of digital evidence from the home, described as a "house of horrors" in some reports. asserted
they → say → reports
It used to belong to a pornographer named Raymond "RC" Horsch, who died last year at 82. asserted
who → use → 82
One evidence bag was photographed with a partially legible label. asserted
bag → photograph → label
It listed "glass vials," a "board" as well as references to a bin and drawers. asserted
It → list → bin
Investigators were also seen taking out a rowing machine and a vacuum cleaner among boxes and bags of packaged evidence Monday. asserted
Investigators → see → evidence
"The investigation remains active and ongoing," a Philadelphia police spokesperson told Fox News Digital Tuesday. asserted
spokesperson → remain → Digital
"Additional information will be released as it becomes available and is appropriate for public release." asserted
it → release → release
Horsch specialized in sadistic themes — some of which may ultimately prove to be nonfiction after investigators say evidence in the home has been linked to seven separate cases involving missing women. uncertain
evidence → specialize → women
Philadelphia police have repeatedly revisited the building following the June arrest of his 44-year-old son, Eugene Horsch, on drug, firearms and forgery charges. asserted
police → revisit → charges
While searching the home after his arrest, police allegedly found "snuff" videos believed to show multiple missing women, a drum of chemicals hooked up to the water system, and five urns that contained what police said might be human ashes. uncertain
police → search → system
Four of the seven missing women believed to be connected to the home have been identified in those images, according to authorities. uncertain
Four → miss → authorities
Only some of them have been publicly identified. asserted
some → identify → them
Philadelphia police identified Maribel Fresses, 26, who vanished in 2018; and Gabrielle Aramando, 27, earlier in the investigation. asserted
who → identify → investigation
During Eugene Horsch's arrest, the woman with him had an ID for Blair Tonzelli, 38, who was last seen in Philadelphia in February 2023, police told Fox News Digital in September. asserted
police → have → September
Two other women were identified in local reports. asserted
women → identify → reports
Both are listed as missing persons in the National Missing and Unidentified Person System, or NamUs. asserted
Both → list → System
One is Horsch's ex-wife, Amy McHale, 54, who was 44 when she was last seen on June 13, 2016, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported in June. asserted
Inquirer → see → June
The other is Nicole "Nikki" Fusaro, 34, according to CBS's Philadelphia affiliate, citing local police sources. uncertain
other → accord → sources
She was 27 when she vanished near the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny Avenue in July 2019. asserted
she → vanish → July
Investigators said they have also identified dozens of other people from the images. asserted
they → say → images
Excavation crews have previously been seen searching outside and under the home, including the sewers. asserted
crews → see → sewers
The younger Horsch has not been charged in connection with any of the missing women. asserted
Horsch → charge → women
But at the time of his unrelated arrest in a BMW at the city's Independence Mall, authorities allege that the woman with him was carrying one of their IDs. asserted
woman → allege → IDs
Dr. Kris Mohandie, a board-certified forensic psychologist, has warned that the elder Horsch may have been part of a wider network centered on the production and distribution of "snuff films." uncertain
Horsch → certify → films
"The fact that the father was involved in the pornographic industry indicates that there may have been, in addition to the sadistic motives that we usually see in serial murders, that there may have been profit in distribution of so-called snuff films," he told Fox News Digital previously. uncertain
he → involve → Digital
The older Horsch was a convicted producer of methamphetamines and an author of sexually explicit and violent books. asserted
Horsch → convict → books
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