Philadelphia home search uncovers possible human ashes, images of 7 missing women: police

Philadelphia police found images of seven missing women , including two who appear unconscious and injured, while searching more than 1 million images recovered from a home where investigators also found five urns believed to contain human ashes, authorities said Wednesday.

Initial analysis of the images showed two missing women – 27-year-old Gabrielle Armando and 26-year-old Marabel Fresses – lying unconscious in the Chew Avenue home with apparent injuries, Philadelphia Police Department Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said in the press conference.

Metadata from the images show they were taken in 2017.

"Both women remain missing and have not been seen," Vanore said, adding "to date, neither their bodies nor any DNA evidence have been recovered." The home belonged to deceased pornographer Raymond "R.C." Horsch and was occupied by his son, Eugene Horsch, whose June arrest sparked the investigation.

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"During the course of that investigation, officers recovered two firearms, narcotics, and identification impersonating a federal law enforcement officer, and he was charged.

Task force officers from the DEA were able to develop probable cause that same day and serve a warrant on Mr.

Horsch's residence," Vanore said.

The female passenger presented police with a false identification using the name Blair Tonzelli, a woman who has been missing since 2023, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.

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Tonzelli's whereabouts remain unknown.

After obtaining a warrant, investigators found "a homemade laboratory of some kind in the basement area, five urns believed to contain human ashes , and a large amount of digital evidence — including computers, hard drives, flash drives, DVRs, cameras, and phones," Vanore said during the press conference.

Investigators have identified 58 total people in the videos and images they found in the home.

Vanore said "four of those identified appear lifeless, with video depicting what may have happened to one of them." NEW CALIFORNIA LAW EXPANDS DNA TOOLS FOR MISSING PERSONS INVESTIGATIONS One video shows R.C.