PHILADELPHIA \u2014 What began as a search into an illegally parked BMW that led police to discover bizarre fake IDs, drugs and weapons has spiraled into a sprawling investigation into the whereabouts of five potentially missing, and feared dead, women.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia officers first found 44-year-old Eugene Horsch in June parked illegally in a space reserved for law enforcement, with a woman in the vehicle’s back seat.<\/p>\n
Inside his car, according to a criminal complaint, investigators found guns, drugs, weapons and a fake Drug Enforcement Administration ID bearing Horsch’s photo, though authorities said he never worked for the federal agency.<\/p>\n
The woman with him had her own puzzling ID, police said: It showed her photo, but carried the name of a missing woman.<\/p>\n
Searches of Horsch’s home in the city’s Olney neighborhood turned up more drugs, more weapons and a staggering trove of digital evidence, including videos \u2013 some of which police said are likely linked to Horsch’s late father, reportedly an erotic filmmaker whose work depicted violent themes.<\/p>\n
Among what was uncovered were photos and videos of at least five women who appear unconscious or possibly dead \u2014 evidence police said in a news conference Wednesday they are still working to corroborate as the search for answers continues.<\/p>\n
Critically, police said they have yet to find physical evidence, DNA or any bodies.<\/p>\n
Horsch was arrested following the June traffic stop on charges related to the weapons found, and CNN has reached out to his legal representation for comment. He remains in custody.<\/p>\n
A disturbing cache of videos<\/p>\n
During their June search, police found over a million digital images and thousands of videos during searches of the home, strewn across computers, hard drives, flash drives, cameras and phones.<\/p>\n
Others are videos of what appear to be unconscious, and possibly lifeless, women.<\/p>\n
Police indicate Eugene Horsch may not have made the videos, but rather his father: Raymond “RC” Horsch. He’s seen in some of the disturbing images, police said.<\/p>\n
Horsch’s father was a “known drug manufacturer and erotic filmmaker who had published several works of fiction with violent masochistic themes,” the Philadelphia Inquirer previously reported<\/a>. Law enforcement sources said police were considering the possibility that the writings were part of a novel or screenplay, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n The elder Horsch, who was previously a resident of the home, died last year, further complicating the investigation.<\/p>\n New video analyzed by Philadelphia Police homicide detectives appears to show a woman being strangled by a zip tie in the home until she “appeared to be lifeless,” and two more images of unconscious women with injuries, Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said Wednesday. That’s in addition to recordings recovered from the house showing two other women “apparently deceased,” police said in August.<\/p>\n “Let’s remember, he was making movies,” Vanore said. “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.”<\/p>\n “We need to corroborate what we see, we need to find evidence to prove what we think, and the FBI is here to help us,” he said.<\/p>\n