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Investigators spent Wednesday digging up the back yard of a Philadelphia home at the center of an investigation involving seven missing women, five of whom police suspect are dead.
Philadelphia police and the FBI brought heavy equipment to 417 W. Chew Ave. in the city’s Olney neighborhood, excavating large portions of the property as investigators searched for evidence and any signs of human remains, according to law enforcement sources.
NBC10’s DroneForce10 captured the extent of the excavation from above, showing an excavator tearing through the backyard and large holes surrounding the home. Investigators also searched an area where a shed previously stood.
The home once belonged to Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, who died in 2025 at age 82. Police have said they have video and photo evidence suggesting Horsch might have been involved in the deaths of five women.
One of the women connected to the investigation is Nicole Fusaro, who disappeared in 2018 at the age of 27.
“It just ends up sending a chill down my spine every time I hear a new thing,” Fusaro’s cousin, Jonathan Halloran-Koren, told NBC10. “It’s a constant horror and not knowing.”
The digging behind the house was expected to continue through Oct. 21, according to a law enforcement source and new parking restrictions put in place Wednesday. Crews will also dig in a small yard in front of the property.
Investigators are also examining evidence recovered from inside the home.
Two law enforcement sources told NBC10 that searches this week revealed locations of DNA, though investigators have not determined whose DNA it is.
Investigators are also reviewing previously seized evidence, including lab equipment and chemicals removed from the basement, according to law enforcement sources. Testing on those items is underway.
Retired crime scene detective Peter Valentin said the significance of DNA depends not only on whose DNA investigators recover, but also where and how it was found.
“That same person’s DNA coming from blood versus it just being the transfer of DNA because you touched something, changes the way that you assess it completely,” Valentin said.
Several law enforcement sources told NBC10 that investigators previously sprayed luminol, a chemical that can detect traces of blood not visible to the naked eye, on the walls and floors of the home.
The Chew Avenue property has been under 24-hour surveillance since late June, after the arrest of Horsch’s son, Eugene Horsch, on separate charges of impersonating a federal agent.
According to the original police 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. That discovery eventually led investigators to the Chew Avenue property.
Since then, the investigation has expanded to include seven missing women.
For Halloran-Koren, each new development raises more questions about what may have happened to his cousin.
“My heart tells me to hope,” he said. “My brain’s telling me that the chances of there being something there is very slim.”
Halloran-Koren also questions whether investigators will find human remains buried on the property.
“I don’t think he would have buried the bodies,” he said. “I think it would have just been something obvious that neighbors would have been able to say, ‘Hey, what’s going on?’”
Police put up additional signs Wednesday indicating work at the property is expected to continue for several more days and into next week.
Three months into the investigation, authorities have not found human remains at the property, and the whereabouts of the missing women remain unknown.
Eugene Horsch, who inherited the property after his father’s death, remained in custody on federal charges connected to his June arrest involving false credentials and firearms. He faces no charges connected to the missing women. His attorney has told NBC10 his client had no involvement in relation to the raids and searches at the house.
Anyone with information is asked to call Philadelphia police at 215-686-TIPS (8477). To speak directly with a homicide investigator, call 215-686-3334.
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