Disturbing Details Emerge From Philly ‘House Of Horrors’ Linked To Suspected Serial Killer

Authorities have confirmed that seven missing women are linked to a Philadelphia “house of horrors” linked to a suspected serial killer, or father-son pair of killers.

The inquiry into a West Chew Avenue home in Philadelphia’s Olney section began this past June when police arrested Eugene Albert Horsch, 44, near Independence Mall. A woman with him possessed identification belonging to Blair Tonzelli, who was reported missing in 2023.

Searches of the home Horsch shared with his late father, Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, who died in May 2025 at age 82, produced a large volume of digital material and other items, including disturbing videos and images that appeared to show missing women deceased. The elder Horsch was a lifelong producer of disturbing pornography.

Authorities have publicly identified five of the seven women linked to the property or its occupants.

Gabrielle Amarando, then 22, disappeared in September 2012, while Maribel Fresses, then 27, was last seen in February 2018. Images recovered from a hard drive, with metadata dated 2017, show both women inside the house appearing first alive and later unconscious with visible injuries, Later images depict them as deceased.

Nicole Fusaro, 27, disappeared from the Kensington neighborhood in 2018. Family members were told that recovered video shows R.C. Horsch giving her narcotics and money, handcuffing her to a bed, and using a tool to tighten a zip tie around her neck until she appeared unconscious and lifeless.

A fourth woman, who was approximately 25-years-old, has been identified but not named at her family’s request. A fifth woman remains unidentified and is treated as a Jane Doe. She also appears deceased in the recovered material.

The remaining two women connected to the case are Amy McHale, 44, who was last seen at the West Chew Ave house in June 2016. McHale was previously married to R.C. Horsch. Tonzelli, whose ID was found in Eugene Horsch’s vehicle and sparked the investigation, is the seventh missing woman confirmed to be linked to the home.

Police have not stated that McHale or Tonzelli appear in the images of women who look deceased.

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Investigators seized more than one million digital files from computers, hard drives, flash drives, cameras, and phones at the residence. The collection includes more than 600,000 images, approximately 70,000 videos, and more than 10,000 pages of writings, drawings, and manuscripts.

The FBI and local homicide detectives have reviewed about 30 percent of the material and have identified 58 individuals depicted in it. Of those, five women appear lifeless or deceased in the available files.

“Let’s remember, he was making movies. Some of his movies are there on this digital evidence. So, that’s the part, where you know, some of this is play acting, and some of it we believe could be real,” Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore during at a September 16 press conference.

The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office reviewed images of four of the women and advised that, if the recordings are authentic and unaltered, the women depicted appear to be deceased.Other items recovered include five urns containing cremated remains, more than 20 containers of unidentified chemicals, a 55-gallon drum connected to water lines, firearms, narcotics, and fraudulent federal credentials.

Writings recovered from the home reference serial killers, and chemicals have been sent for laboratory testing. Searches of the property, including excavation of pipes and examination of the basement and sewer connections, have not located human remains.

Eugene Horsch remains in federal custody on charges of being a felon in possession of firearms and possessing fraudulent federal identification documents. He has not been charged in connection with the disappearances. The investigation, which includes assistance from the FBI, remains active as review of the remaining digital files continues.