{"id":305976,"date":"2026-10-13T20:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T20:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305976\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T20:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T20:30:07","slug":"investigators-dismantle-shed-at-home-linked-to-missing-women-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305976\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators dismantle shed at home linked to missing women \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local and federal investigators continued the investigation on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at a Philadelphia home connected to seven missing women<\/a>, dismantling a wooden shed and collecting evidence from the backyard of the property.<\/p>\n

The investigation centers on a home along Chew Avenue in Philadelphia’s Olney neighborhood that belonged to the late Raymond Horsch, who had ties to all seven missing women<\/a>. Police believe five of the women are presumed dead.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear whether investigators have recovered evidence that could help determine what happened to the women<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NBC10’s DroneForce10 captured investigators taking down a wooden shed in the backyard Tuesday before using shovels to collect dirt and placing it into brown bags.<\/p>\n

From the ground, much of the activity was obscured, but NBC10 cameras captured glimpses of the work, including a member of the crime scene unit handing two small evidence bags to the FBI.<\/p>\n

The search follows another round of investigative work Monday evening, when crews sprayed a chemical compound called “Luminol” on the floors and walls inside the home.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement sources said the chemical revealed locations of DNA, although it remains unknown whether any of that DNA belongs to the seven missing women.<\/p>\n

How the investigation began<\/p>\n

The property has been under 24-hour surveillance since late June, following the arrest of Horsch’s son, Eugene Horsch, on charges of impersonating a federal agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the original report, a woman who was with the younger Horsch provided police with an identification card belonging to another woman who had been missing for years.<\/p>\n

That discovery raised concerns among investigators and led police to the Chew Avenue property, which has since become the focus of an extensive investigation<\/a> involving local and federal law enforcement.<\/p>\n

What’s next in the search?<\/p>\n

Investigators are expected to shift their attention to the front yard on Wednesday, Oct. 14, according to law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n

Crews hope to complete this phase of the investigation before the end of the week.<\/p>\n

For now, authorities have not confirmed whether evidence collected at the property will provide answers about the seven missing women.<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local and federal investigators continued the investigation on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at a Philadelphia home connected to seven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-305976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}