{
  "id": 7902252,
  "title": "Father and Son Investigated as 5 Women Appear Dead in Photos, Video: Police",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/father-and-son-investigated-as-5-women-appear-dead-in-photos-video",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T00:01:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/father-and-son-investigated-as-5-women-appear-dead-in-photos-video-police-12453103"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Philadelphia police are investigating a home in the Olney neighborhood after discovering images and videos that allegedly show five women appearing unconscious or lifeless. The investigation involves 58 people identified from more than 1 million digital files recovered from the home on Chew Avenue. The home, dubbed a \"house of horrors,\" is connected to Eugene Horsch and his late father, Raymond \"R.C.\" Horsch. Police have linked missing women Gabrielle Amarando and Maribel Fresses, who disappeared in 2012 and 2018 respectively, to the investigation. Images show Amarando and Fresses inside the home appearing unconscious with injuries. Authorities have not recovered bodies or physical evidence connecting the women to the home. Video from 2017 shows R.C. Horsch handcuffing an unidentified woman, placing a zip tie around her neck, and she appears to become unconscious. The FBI is assisting in the investigation and has recovered an \"exceptionally large and diverse amount of material,\" but it remains unclear whether the videos are staged or real. Authorities have identified four people in the videos and images who appear lifeless, and ten others who have overdosed. Police have also recovered five urns from the home, believed to contain the remains of R.C. Horsch, his sister, a friend, and two unidentified individuals. The police chief stated there is no current threat to the community, and the investigation remains active.",
  "summary": "Police identified 58 people in more than 1 million digital files recovered from the home in the “complex” investigation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "The investigation into the Horsch home reveals a deeply troubling pattern of alleged abuse and potential violence against women, with authorities now probing connections to at least two long-standing missing persons cases.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}