Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions that may bother some readers. Five missing women are now linked to a Philadelphia home after images and videos recovered there appear to show them unconscious or lifeless, as police continue a massive investigation in the city's Olney neighborhood. Police identified 58 people in the digital evidence reviewed so far as investigators comb through more than 1 million images and other files recovered from the home on Chew Avenue, authorities said Wednesday.
The home, which has been described as a “house of horrors,” is connected to both Eugene Horsch and his late father, Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, as investigators examine activity at the property spanning years. Philadelphia police told Newsweek they are not characterizing the investigation as a serial-killer case at this time. Among the missing women linked to the investigation are Gabrielle Amarando, who was 22 when she disappeared in 2012, and Maribel Fresses, who was 27 when she disappeared in 2018.
Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said images recovered from a computer hard drive, with metadata dating to 2017, show Amarando and Fresses inside the home, appearing unconscious and showing what appeared to be injuries. Investigators notified their families at the time, but both women remain missing. Vanore said they have not recovered bodies, DNA or other physical evidence connecting either woman to the home.
Vanore also described newly reviewed video from 2017 involving Raymond “R.C.” Horsch. In the video, police said, Horsch and an unidentified woman are seen unclothed in a bedroom. Investigators said the woman appears to use narcotics during the encounter and is given money by Horsch before he handcuffs her to a bed.
Vanore said Horsch then placed a zip tie around the woman's neck, after which she became unconscious and appeared to be lifeless. Police have not determined whether the woman died. No body has been recovered, and investigators said they are still looking for evidence to corroborate what appears to have happened in the video.
Vanore said some of the footage recovered as part of the digital evidence appears to be from movies, making it difficult for investigators to determine what was staged and what may have actually occurred. Another unidentified woman appears in a similar state. Of the 58 people identified in the images and videos reviewed so far, police said four appear lifeless.
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