{"id":306026,"date":"2026-10-13T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:06:09","slug":"dna-discovered-at-philadelphia-house-of-horrors-will-be-tested-as-investigators-seek-to-uncover-info-on-missing-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306026\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA Discovered at Philadelphia House of Horrors Will Be Tested as Investigators Seek to Uncover Info on Missing Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DNA was found in a Philadelphia house that police have said is linked to the disappearances of seven women<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">CBS News reported that investigators will test the DNA further<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The home formerly belonged to Raymond &#8220;R.C.&#8221; Horsch, a pornographer who died in 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators reportedly discovered human DNA at a <a data-ylk=\"slk:house in Philadelphia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/philadelphia-home-search-renews-investigation-mom-missing-decade-12009971\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">house in Philadelphia<\/a> \u2014 a home that is linked to <a data-ylk=\"slk:seven missing women;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/7-missing-women-5-presumed-dead-seen-on-digital-files-found-in-late-pornographers-home-12125359\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">seven missing women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:CBS News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/philadelphia-house-of-horrors-olney-luminol\/\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News<\/a>, citing police sources, reported that the DNA was found after investigators sprayed luminol at the home. It will reportedly be tested further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eugene Horsch, 44, the owner of the home, was arrested in June, facing drug and weapon offenses, PEOPLE previously reported. The house was previously owned by Horsch&#8217;s father, Raymond &#8220;R.C.&#8221; Horsch, a filmmaker and erotic photographer who died in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following Eugene&#8217;s arrest, authorities searched the home and found &#8220;ballistic evidence,&#8221; false federal credentials, urns and chemicals in bottles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:NBC News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/eugene-horsch-trial-delayed-amid-philadelphia-missing-women-investigations\/4467226\/\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a> later reported that police also recovered more than 1 million digital images and videos of 58 people. The images reportedly belonged to R.C. Horsch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Of the people found in the files, seven were missing women \u2014 including four who appeared to be &#8220;lifeless&#8221; \u2014Philadelphia police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said during a press conference, aired by <a data-ylk=\"slk:6abc;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFnAO7k25U4\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">6abc<\/a>. One video showed &#8220;what may have happened&#8221; to a fifth woman, Vanore said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NBC News reported that the five women in the files were Blair Tonzelli, Amy McHale, Maribel Fresses, Gabrielle Amarando and Nicole Fusaro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for <a data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free True Crime newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a> for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Eugene was arrested in June, authorities said he was found with a woman who had Tonzelli&#8217;s identification, per NBC. Tonzelli has been missing since 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per CBS, investigators have not yet discovered any human remains in the house. Authorities had sprayed luminol while searching for any blood, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No homicide charges have been filed in connection with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dna-discovered-at-philly-house-of-horrors-will-be-tested-12172282\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW DNA was found in a Philadelphia house that police have said is linked to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-306026","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\/306026","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=306026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}