Investigators digging in the yard of a late pornographer’s Philadelphia home linked to seven missing women, including several believed dead, have found bones, according to reports.
The discovery was made in the backyard of what’s been described as a “house of horrors” in the Olney neighborhood, where suspected serial killer Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, who was a pornographic filmmaker, once lived, law enforcement sources told CBS News and other news outlets.
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office visited the home to assess the bones on Thursday, October 15, per the outlet, which reported sources emphasized investigators haven’t determined if the bones belong to humans or animals. It’s also unclear whether the remains are connected to the investigation into the missing women.
Philadelphia police and the FBI arrived at the home a day earlier to excavate the property in search of possible human remains, according to NBC News. Law enforcement sources told the outlet that DNA evidence was located inside the residence earlier this week.
The reported discovery comes after investigators linked seven missing women to the home based on photo and video files discovered inside the residence, where Horsch lived with his adult son, Eugene Horsch, according to authorities. Raymond died in 2025 at the age of 82.
More than one million recovered images have shown several women who appeared harmed, dead or unconscious, authorities have said.
The ongoing investigation at the Horsch home was prompted by Eugene’s arrest on unrelated drug and firearm charges in June, when he was allegedly illegally parked at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, per NBC News.
A park ranger encountered Eugene with a woman who had an identification card belonging to a missing woman, Blair Tonzelli, who hasn’t been seen since 2023, per the outlet. Eugene was also found to allegedly have two firearms, identification representing himself as a federal law enforcement officer and illicit drugs.
Tonzelli and four other missing women, Amy McHale, Maribel Fresses, Gabrielle Amarando and Nicole Fusaro, have since been identified in images recovered from the home, according to NBC News. McHale, who went missing in 2016, was Raymond’s former wife.
Eugene’s attorney told NBC News that he has no connection to the searches at his home, which he inherited following Raymond’s death. Eugene has not been charged in relation to the women’s disappearances.
Raymond has authored several books, including one describing himself as an “empathetic serial killer,” according to CBS News. Investigators suspect he used a chemical process to get rid of bodies, as he had written about in his book.
In an author section for another book he wrote titled “Slaves,” Raymond described himself as an “artist, filmmaker, composer, porn performer,” as well as a “fugitive, sociopath, ex-convict and all-out villain.”
No bodies have been found at the Horsch house to date, per ABC 6.
