Overview
- A U.S. park ranger’s intervention led to the arrest of Eugene Horsch after officers found him with a fake DEA badge and guns following a June 19 encounter in Center City.
- Searchers at Horsch’s three‑story home at 417 W. Chew Ave. recovered a large stockpile of hazardous chemicals, a 55‑gallon drum plumbed to water lines, multiple firearms and narcotics.
- Investigators reported finding a significant amount of blood inside the house and have begun sewer inspections and are preparing possible yard excavations while forensic testing proceeds.
- Horsch was arraigned on a federal firearms charge and U.S. Magistrate Judge Pamela A. Carlos ordered him detained until trial; Philadelphia prosecutors also charged him with illegal gun possession and drug offenses.
- Homicide detectives are probing connections to at least two missing women, including Amy McHale who was last linked to the Olney property in 2016, and investigators say final forensic results will guide any further charges.