Investigators searching a Philadelphia house linked to seven missing women have uncovered a concealed safe beneath the floorboards and bones in the backyard, according to a report.
Philadelphia police and the FBI made the disturbing discoveries while examining the Olney property once owned by pornographer Raymond “R.C.” Horsch and his son, Eugene. Detectives have since connected the home to seven missing or unidentified women, NBC10 reported.
Law enforcement sources told the outlet that teams found the hidden safe while tearing into walls and floors inside the house. It remains unclear what, if anything, was recovered from the safe.
Investigators also discovered bones in the backyard Thursday, leading them to call in the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office, according to the sources.
Officials are still determining whether the remains are human or animal, the local station reported.
Crews have been gathering soil samples and are expected to begin examining the front of the Chew Avenue property.
“Right now, it looks like soil samples. We saw them going in and taking some samples. And what they’ll do is, they’ll do it in different places, and they’ll do it at different depths to see if there’s any chemicals in there,” Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant who is not involved in the case, told the outlet.
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Eugene Horsch remains in custody on firearms charges as authorities investigate what may have happened to the missing and unidentified women.
Since his arrest in June, investigators have reported finding several other disturbing items inside the property, including alleged snuff films featuring R.C. and multiple missing women, vats containing unidentified chemicals, and writings that referenced serial killers.
In one alleged “snuff movie,” R.C.—an erotic photographer and convicted meth producer—appeared to strangle a woman. He is believed to have lured vulnerable women struggling with drug addiction to his home.
Authorities are also reviewing more than one million images recovered from the property.
Police said they found images and video of two women, Maribel Frieses and Gabrielle Amarando, that appeared to show them dead. Frieses was last seen in 2018, while Amarando was last seen in 2012.
Authorities have also identified Blair Tonzelli, who disappeared in 2023, and Amy McHale, Horsch’s former wife, who was last seen in 2016.
McHale’s family said her last known location was the house where Horsch and his son lived.
R.C. died last year and is believed to be among five urns investigators recovered from the deteriorating brick home.
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