Philadelphia police say a man who produced pornography and is suspected of being connected to the deaths or disappearances of several women recorded a deeply disturbing video involving one of his alleged victims.

Raymond “RC” Horsch is now being investigated as a suspected serial killer after Philadelphia Police Department officers searched his home in June and discovered what Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore described as a cache of alarming digital and physical evidence.

Investigators reportedly found large quantities of chemicals, ammunition and drugs, along with a troubling video that police believe shows Horsch strangling a woman, Vanore said Wednesday.

Officials said Horsch, who died last year at age 82, used two cameras to record the alleged assault.

Police have linked Horsch to seven Philadelphia women who are either dead or missing, including his former wife.

According to Vanore, one camera had been positioned in the room, while Horsch allegedly used the second camera himself as the incident unfolded.

The woman in the footage has been identified by relatives as Nicole Fusaro. Police said the video shows her using drugs before a naked Horsch gave her money, restrained her to a bed with handcuffs and allegedly suffocated her with a zip tie.

Fusaro disappeared in 2018 at the age of 27, her cousin Jonathan Halloran-Koren told WPVI on Tuesday.

Her family has been meeting with Philadelphia police detectives about the case, Halloran-Koren shared. 

‘Nicole was a beautiful, kindhearted woman who deserved so much better than what happened to her. She will forever be loved and missed by her family and friends,’ he told the outlet. 

A total of five women connected to the Horsch’s house of horrors are believed to be dead, and two others remain missing. Police have not recovered the bodies of any of the women.

Officers also located more than a million digital images and other videos inside the home, with 58 different alleged victims identified so far, Vanore said. 

At least four of those women appeared to be lifeless or unconscious in the videos, and another 10 seemingly overdosed in the clips, police said. 

Gabrielle Amarando, Maribel Fresses and Fusaro have been identified as women who appeared dead or unconscious in the videos, sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News. 

Horsch’s ex-wife, Amy McHale, and another woman, Blair Tonzelli, remain missing. 

Another 16 alleged victims were found alive but were ‘not very cooperative’ and declined discussing what occurred at the home, police said. Three refused to speak to investigators at all.

The police department and the FBI are now working on speaking with 25 other alleged victims who they have identified from the twisted images and videos. 

Officials were led to the home just days after a federal park ranger interacted with Eugene Horsch, the son of the alleged serial killer who now owns the home and resided there with his late father.

Eugene, 44, was inside a vehicle with a woman in an unrestricted area in Independence National Historical Park on June 19, according to a legal complaint reviewed by the Daily Mail. 

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When the officer approached the black BMW, he heard the female say something along the lines of ‘you’re going to hurt me!’ when Eugene rolled the window down, the complaint read. 

The ranger quickly noticed sores on both of their arms, ‘which are common among illegal drug users,’ according to the document.

The woman was also ‘moving in a twitchy and agitated manner consistent with illegal stimulant drug use,’ the officer said. 

Eugene was holding tweezers and a butane lighter was clearly visible inside the car, the ranger noted. 

Based on what he observed, the ranger asked Eugene and the woman to provide identification, according to the complaint. 

Records showed that the woman’s ID belonged to a missing person reported out of Philadelphia, which led the officer to ask Eugene to step out of the car, per the complaint.

NBC reports that the ID belonged to Blair Tonzelli, who had been missing since 2023.

As he opened the car door, Eugene ‘quickly reached under the driver’s seat of the BMW,’ causing the ranger to handcuff and pat him down, the legal document read. 

A glass drug pipe and a switchblade knife were found in Eugene’s pants pocket per the complaint. The officer also located two firearms near the floorboard of the car, which appeared to be what he was trying to reach for before he was detained, the ranger documented. 

After collecting the firearms, the officer detained the woman. As he did so, Eugene said: ‘They’re not hers; she’s a good girl,’ the complaint states.

Eugene also told the officer that he had stored crack cocaine ‘in a compartment to the left of the steering wheel,’ and confessed that he was a felon, according to the document. 

The ranger also located a phony Drug Enforcement Administration badge in the vehicle that displayed an image of Eugene and the name ‘Eugene Fredrick Steiner,’ the complaint added. 

‘Horsch is not employed by the DEA and never has been,’ the legal filing read. 

Eugene has previously been convicted of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, aggravated assault, and aggravated assault by vehicle. 

He served time in prison for the crimes and is banned from possessing firearms and ammunition under federal law, the complaint said.

His father had a reputation for creating violent pornography and he also wrote books featuring serial killers who preyed on women.

Eugene has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the missing women, and remains in federal custody on charges related to illegal gun possession. He has not entered a plea. 

The Daily Mail contacted Eugene’s lawyer and the Philadelphia Police Department for comment. 

A James Cook University lecturer has failed in a Fair Work Commission bid to secure permission to work from home nearly 900 kilometres from her campus, after the tribunal found she had not established that her claimed disability made remote work necessary.

Dr Anna Kokavec, who is based at James Cook University’s Townsville campus, sought an order allowing her to carry out her duties remotely from the Sunshine Coast.

The academic said she had been diagnosed with a cognitive disorder and requested a 12-month remote-work arrangement, with reviews every three months. She argued the change would help her manage physical and mental health symptoms linked to burnout.

Dr Kokavec, a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, Student Support and Professional Practice, also said working from the Sunshine Coast would give her access to family support.

She first asked JCU to consider the proposed remote arrangement in October 2024.

“These changes will assist me because I have been diagnosed with a cognitive disorder, which is a recognised disability,” she wrote in a Subject Request reviewed by the Commission.

“Several work-related issues occurred last year that triggered my disability conditions and physically attending the workplace would further exacerbate my symptoms.”

JCU rejected the request, arguing that Dr Kokavec’s position was student-facing and required her presence on campus so students could attend in-person consultations.

In a series of emails to the academic in early 2025, JCU said that ‘developing and implementing upskilling for staff and students in professionalism and self-care is a critical element’ of her role and that it was ‘best achieved’ with face-to-face workshops.

JCU advised Dr Kokavec it was unable to accommodate her request, but would consider a six-month trial of a remote working arrangement for 40 per cent of her role, with the remaining ‘student facing’ aspect to be recruited externally.

She declined that offer and provided a medical certificate which stated she was medically fit to perform all duties from home.

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The certificate also stated that attending the workplace would be detrimental to her mental health, and that engaging in conflict would also likely be detrimental to her mental health.

A Fair Work hearing was held in Brisbane in May to consider if JCU had refused her request on reasonable grounds, during which Dr Kokavec said she needed to work remotely because she has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a diagnosed adjustment disorder, and fibromyalgia.

When asked about her claim that she’d been diagnosed with a cognitive disorder, she told the Commission there was no diagnosis but that she was illustrating her inability to perform her role on campus.

‘The wording I used was to highlight that attending the workplace would prevent me from being able to perform my role because it would create cognitive impairment such as inability to think, inability to remember, and it would be most distressing,’ she said.

‘So that term was not a diagnosis indicating some impact on cognition. After all, I’m not qualified to give a diagnosis.’

In her judgement, Deputy President Terri Butler found that the evidence did not ‘establish that Dr Kokavec had a cognitive disorder’ when she made her work from home application.

‘The Subject Request states a disorder the Applicant concedes she did not have,’ Dep. President Butler said.

‘It does not describe the specific symptoms or manifestations affecting her as a consequence of any disorder or condition she actually did have.

‘It does not make clear how the arrangements sought – working only from home – related to any of the Applicant’s symptoms or any manifestations of any disorder or condition that she had at the time.’

The Fair Work Commission dismissed her application.

Daily Mail has contacted Dr Kokavec for comment.

Labour has been accused of using money linked to dinner ladies and other school support staff to help fund teachers’ pay rises, in a move branded “disgusting”.

The GMB union, which represents 100,000 school support workers, said Education Secretary Lucy Powell “should be ashamed” of taking money from its members.

Those affected include dinner ladies, caretakers, receptionists, librarians and care workers — staff described by the union as the lowest-paid group in education.

It emerged yesterday that this year’s teacher pay rise will be financed through savings on support staff pension contributions.

A surplus in the Local Government Pension Scheme will allow schools to reduce their employer contributions for these workers by an average of 4.9 per cent, freeing up money that can instead be used to cover the teacher pay award.

The change will not reduce support staff pensions or have any adverse effect on their retirement benefits.

However, the GMB is understood to oppose diverting the unexpected savings, arguing that the money should be used to improve the pay and benefits of school support staff instead.

Support staff are set to receive a 3.3 per cent pay increase this year, compared with a 3.5 per cent rise for teachers.

Stacey Booth, GMB national officer, said: “School support staff are already paid a pittance for nurturing, feeding and helping to educate our children.”

‘To take money from their pensions to give others a pay rise is completely disgusting.

‘Ministers should be ashamed of themselves – if they can’t fund a pay rise they should have the guts to admit it rather than stealing the money of others.

‘Meanwhile anyone who celebrates a pay rise that takes money away from the poorest paid group in education is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and should take a long hard look at themselves.’

The union said it was going to meet Ms Powell to voice concerns its members had been sidelined.

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Department for Education confirmed the move ‘does not reduce the pension benefits support staff receive’.

Yesterday’s announcement from Ms Powell came in response to the National Education Union (NEU), which is mostly made up of teachers, threatening strikes over their pay rise not being ‘fully funded’.

Schools had originally been expected to fund roughly half the pay rise from their existing budgets, raising concerns over staff cuts.

A formal strike ballot had been planned for this autumn, with walk-outs expected after Christmas.

However, under the new arrangement, around £500 million will be made available from the pension scheme savings, meaning there will no longer be a shortfall. 

NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede said today of the GMB comments: ‘Not one support staff pension has been cut – this is a fall in what employers pay in, set independently by actuaries because these funds are healthier than expected.

‘Our fight from day one was for a fully funded pay rise for the whole school workforce, and this is a win on exactly those terms: support staff were most of the 8,300 jobs we warned were at risk from an unfunded award, and it’s the NEU’s campaign and the threat of strike action which has now ensured this money stays in the school system.’

The Local Government Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme and relies on contributions from both employers and employees.

It is separate from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, which is for teachers only.

A DfE spokesman said: ‘Supporting the whole school workforce remains a priority for this Government, and the recent pay awards and funding will benefit teachers, teaching assistants and support staff alike.

‘The recent local government pension scheme valuation reduces what schools have to pay into the scheme as employers, but it does not reduce the pension benefits support staff receive.

‘This has the overall effect of supporting the whole school budget.’

The father of Noah Woods has remembered his son as “the sweetest and most innocent little boy” after the three-year-old is believed to have drowned in a pond after running away from a relative.

Noah was last seen alive on Tuesday afternoon after running from a play area for children under five in the Suffolk village of Brantham.

His disappearance prompted a major search operation involving hundreds of volunteers, police officers, Coastguard teams and firefighters. Noah had gone down an alleyway towards woodland and a large pond.

Suffolk Police confirmed on Thursday afternoon that a child’s body recovered from Decoy Pond by police divers the previous day was Noah. The toddler was non-verbal, partially deaf and undergoing assessments for autism.

Meanwhile, nearly 400 bouquets of flowers have been left outside the playground where Noah was last seen alive.

Mourners have also placed balloons, toys, teddy bears, candles and numerous Bluey character toys at the growing memorial.

Noah’s father, Rhys Woods, thanked everyone who joined the search in a Facebook post, writing: “As I’m sure you have all seen, the body that was found in Decoy Pond is our little Noah.

“There are no words to describe the pain of this loss, we are all absolutely heartbroken. Noah was the sweetest and most innocent little boy, with nothing but love to give, and we are going to miss him so very much.”

‘It seems he has made an impact across the whole nation, you have all taken Noah into you’re [sic] own hearts, with all the overwhelming help, we were all just trying to bring him home to us safe and sound.

‘A heartfelt thank you to everyone in our community (even far and wide) who came together to search for our boy, including: Suffolk, Norfolk, Met police forces, HM coastguard, Suffolk lowland, Fire service, Ambulance service, RTT catering, Brantham Leisure Centre, Brantham village hall, local businesses, St Michael’s Church, private K-9 units, and so many more, and all of the people who gave up their time in their busy schedules to help us when we most needed it.

‘The compassion shown by all of you will never be forgotten by us and brought us comfort and strength at the darkest time of our lives.

‘This was the most heartbreaking outcome for us, we were just hoping that he would be hiding somewhere obvious where someone could find him, that’s what we kept telling ourselves the whole time.

‘With our love and deepest gratitude, from his daddy and mummy and little brother.

Addressing the memory of his son, he added: ‘Noah, you will be loved forever, you will never be forgotten and we miss you so so much, it has been a privilege to be your parents and be able to have packed so much love in the short 3 years you were with us.’

Superintendent Tom Pearse, of Suffolk Police, said: ‘I want to once again extend our thoughts and deepest sympathy to Noah’s family and thank them for their patience and understanding throughout the searches.

‘It was clear from the media coverage we saw that they not only had all of Suffolk behind them but an outpouring of goodwill from across the entire country and beyond.

‘I know how grateful Noah’s family are for all the support and kind messages they have received.’

Noah’s suspected autism may have drawn him to the pond where he is believed to have drowned after running away from the play area.

Autism charities and water safety campaigners have long warned that children with the condition face a significantly higher risk of drowning.

Many are said to be attracted to the sights, sounds and tactile feel of splashing in water while unaware of the dangers posed.

The alarm was raised when no trace of Noah could be found after he dashed away from the playground.

Divers recovered his body from Decoy Pond, around 250 yards away, yesterday afternoon. 

Suffolk Police said that Noah’s family had been informed, although the body had not been formally identified. Officers are treating the death as unexplained but not suspicious.

Cordons around the alleyway which Noah ran down were lifted overnight.

The alleyway quickly turns into a sandy track heading down a hill with woodland to the left and a development of new houses to the right.

The path then joins another track which leads directly through woodland bordering the edge of the pond, which is around 150 yards wide and known as a wildlife haven and a private fishing spot.

It has a number of access points with paths leading to the water’s edge, directly from the track. The banks in some places are shallow, meaning that a child could directly run in while unseen.

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The organisation Autism Speaks, which operates in the United States, says on its website: ‘Autistic people face a significantly higher risk of drowning and other water‑related accidents than their non‑autistic peers.

‘Many are naturally drawn to water because it can look, sound, and feel deeply calming. But for those who wander or have limited water‑safety skills, that attraction can quickly become dangerous.

‘A US study from 2016 to 2020 found that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had more than twice the odds of an unintentional drowning-related emergency visit compared with non-autistic children.’

The UK’s Royal Life Saving Society has put the risk as being far higher and has cited research which suggests autistic children are ‘160 times more likely to drown from accidental drowning’.

Nyla May Bradshaw, seven, who had autism and was non-verbal died after being found in a pond on a golf course near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on March 30 this year.

The youngster who saw running off ‘as a game’ and required one-to-one supervision was in the care of a new childminder at the time of her death.

Her death led to the Doncaster-based autism charity Little Rainbows launching a campaign to improve ‘the adequacy, continuity, and safety of care provision for disabled children outside of school settings’.

The company Makewell, which tests for autism and ADHD National Water Safety Forum, states: ‘Autistic children may have a natural attraction to water due to its sensory qualities – its movement, sound, or feel.

‘This fascination can lead them to seek out water unsupervised, increasing the risk of drowning. Children with limited verbal communication might not be able to call for help if they’re in distress.

‘Sensory processing difficulties could mean a child doesn’t recognise danger, panic in water, or struggle with instructions during emergencies. Physical or motor impairments can make it harder to swim or recover balance, even in shallow water.’

Brantham Parish Council, which co-ordinated the search for Noah by members of the public, released a statement on Facebook, thanking everyone who turned out to look for him.

The post stated: ‘Our thoughts are with Noah’s family, friends and everyone who knows and loves him at this incredibly difficult time.

‘We want to say a heartfelt thank you to Brantham residents and the wider community. The response over the past couple of days has been extraordinary.

‘So many people have given their time, searched, brought supplies, opened buildings, supported volunteers and stood together as a community. Your kindness, care and willingness to help has been truly remarkable.

‘At this time, we ask everyone to please respect the family’s privacy and give them the time and space they need.’

Brantham Leisure Centre has now re-opened as a community hub for locals and those who joined in the search for Noah.

Those at there today included retired painter and decorator Keith Shears, 84 and his wife Jane, 77, who spent seven hours searching for the youngster yesterday before hearing a body had been found.

The couple, who have been married for 57 years and live in nearby Harwich, said they had been left ‘heartbroken’ that Noah had not been found alive.

Mr Shears said: ‘We just wanted to do something. We kept hoping and thinking that someone would find him. I was imagining that he might be curled up somewhere asleep and just crawl out from under a bush.

‘But all the time I had this nagging feeling that he would be in the pond. The water there is so accessible and it was so easy for him to go in

‘We registered and did three searches during the day. We looked over several fields and, on the last one, we were looking down beside the river when another searcher told us that a body had been found in the water.’

Former office worker Mrs Shears added: ‘I can’t imagine what the family of the little boy are going through. He was like a little angel face, so beautiful.

‘It was amazing that were so many people were searching. There were even young women carrying babies and pushing children in buggies. People were donating food and drink for people who were out looking.’

Sergeant Claire Connick, of Suffolk Police’s community policing team covering Brantham, also praised volunteers who had gone out searching for Noah

Speaking at Brantham Leisure Centre, she said: ‘When I arrived at the village hall yesterday, it was absolutely full of volunteers and many of them had been up all night. It was wonderful to see so many people wanting to help.’

Sergeant Connick said she set up a portal using existing police software to register the names and details of people and the areas they were searching, to ensure all areas were being covered efficiently.

The portal recorded the details of 1,600 people, but the actual number of people searching was higher because some who went out earlier had not registered, she added.

Sergeant Connick said: ‘I thought everyone was so supportive. I was so impressed by the community spirit. It was beautiful that they wanted to help the police and we were so grateful. It is just very sad that there was this outcome.’

A Just Giving appeal set up on behalf of Noah’s family had raised more than £31,000 from more than 2,200 people by 1pm today.

A statement with the appeal, organised by the Good Dads Club, stated: ‘In light of the news regarding three-year-old Noah Woods, Good Dads Club is calling on our community to give whatever they can to ease the overwhelming burden on his family during this heartbreaking time.

‘While no amount of money can undo these life altering events, every single financial contribution will go directly toward helping Noah’s family’s expenses, navigate daily bills, and take the necessary time off work to grieve without the added strain of financial worry.

‘Please consider donating today, no contribution is too small and share this campaign so we can surround Noah’s loved ones with the solidarity they desperately need.’

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/gooddadsclub