Missing woman linked to Philly horror house said 'sociopath' owner spoke of melting bodies to flush down toilet: friend

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Missing woman linked to Philly horror house said ‘sociopath’ owner spoke of melting bodies to flush down toilet: friend

By Jared Downing, Reuven Fenton and Joe Marino Published June 30, 2026, 6:17 p.m. ET

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One of the missing women tied to a Philadelphia house of horrors once told a pal that a man in the home was a “sociopath” who talked about melting bodies with chemicals and flushing them down the toilet.

The chilling new detail surfaced Tuesday along with more information about the missing woman, Blair Tonzelli, who was 35 when she vanished from a Philly neighborhood in 2023.

Tonzelli was a drifter in and out of jail for drug and prostitution charges who fell in with a man named “Raymond” who sold marijuana, another friend told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Social media photo of the missing Blair Tonzelli, whom police have linked to Eugene Horsch. — Blair Tonzelli was 35 when she vanished from Philly in 2023. Blair Tonzelli/Facebook

Eugene Horsch, 44, who was arrested for drug and weapons charges before police linked him to two missing women. — Eugene Horsch, 44, has been linked to Tonzelli and another missing woman. Philadelphia Police Department

Mugshot for RC Horsch, an infamous producer of graphic photos and videos of women. — Eugene’s dad RC Horsch, who died last year, boasted online about taking sadistic porn photos of women. U.S. Marshal

Raymond is the first name of late pot-peddling fetish photographer R.C. Horsch — who used to live in the home along with his 44-year-old son Eugene Horsch.

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The first Tonzelli pal said the missing woman previously worked in the house as a “home healthcare aide” — and called Eugene “a sociopath” who discussed the chemicals needed to make a body “so small it could be flushed down a toilet,” the outlet said.

Tonzelli and Eugene ended up having a dispute over money while he had access to a CashApp account in her name, and although he didn’t harm her, he said things that suggested he had hurt others, the friend claimed.

The father-son duo’s home in the Olney nieghborhood of Philadelphia is now under investigation. Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP

Blair Tonzelli, who friends said had been in and out of jail on drug and prostitution charges. — Tonzelli had been in and out of jail on drug and prostitution charges, pals said. Blair Tonzelli/Facebook

Eugene has not been charged but is being eyed in the disappearance of Tonzelli and his dad’s much younger ex-wife, Amy McHale, 44, who vanished in 2016, law-enforcement sources have said. He has blamed his father for the women’s disappearance.

RC, who died last year in his 80s, had been arrested for growing illegal pot and made a name for himself photographing and filming graphic twisted images of nude women, boasting on his website about taking snaps of “scantily clad women in sadomasochistic settings.”

Eugene still lived in the home in Olney when police raided it earlier this month after finding a fake ID with Tonzelll’s name on it on his girlfriend during an encounter with a street cop, according to police documents viewed by the outlet.

Amy McHale, ex-wife of RC Horsch, who was 44 when she vanished in 2016. — Amy McHale, the ex-wife of RC Horsch, was 44 when she vanished in 2016. Facebook/Have you seen Amy Mchale

An FBI investigator carries evidence collected from the Horsch house. Anadolu via Getty Images

Cops later found Tonzelli’s name on bank cards inside the house — along with more fake IDs, drugs, weapons, vats of chemicals, urns of human ash, a document referencing infamous serial killer Ted Bundy and other items straight out of a horror movie set.

Eugene is being held on drug and weapons charges as cops continue testing 55-gallon drums and other suspicious items in the home — as well as local sewers — for potential DNA and other evidence.

Police vehicles block the Horsch house from the public as investigators scour it for evidence. Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock

As for McHale, she and RC stayed close after their divorce — possibly because he supplied her with drugs, the woman’s daughter Amanda Stofer told the Inquirer.

McHale, a grandmother, was last seen at the house before her disappearance a decade ago.

While Eugene has tried to put the blame on his father, neighbors described to The Post how the son, a convicted drug felon is a “psycho’’ who helped turn the once-quaint townhouse into an eyesore with boarded up windows, bars on the doors and security cameras.

Eugene would lurk in a back shed “doing I don’t know what,” said neighbor Yana Smith, 50.

Her husband got into an argument with the man after he tried to point a security camera at their bathroom window, she said.

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Blair Tonzelli was 35 when she vanished from Philly in 2023. Blair Tonzelli/Facebook

Eugene Horsch, 44, has been linked to Tonzelli and another missing woman. Philadelphia Police Department

Eugene's dad RC Horsch, who died last year, boasted online about taking sadistic porn photos of women. U.S. Marshal

The father-son duo's home in the Olney nieghborhood of Philadelphia is now under investigation. Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP

Tonzelli had been in and out of jail on drug and prostitution charges, pals said. Blair Tonzelli/Facebook

Amy McHale, the ex-wife of RC Horsch, was 44 when she vanished in 2016. Facebook/Have you seen Amy Mchale

An FBI investigator carries evidence collected from the Horsch house. Anadolu via Getty Images

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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani Scratched From Scheduled Pitching Start on Wednesday

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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani won't be pitching in Wednesday's series finale against the Athletics, the team announced on Tuesday.

While Ohtani was initially scheduled to start on Wednesday, the team will now use a bullpen game instead, per Katie Woo of The Athletic.

Ohtani's next pitching start has been pushed back to Friday against the San Diego Padres. That is the second game of a four-game set with the Padres at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium.

Shohei Ohtani will not start tomorrow against the A’s and will pitch Friday against the Padres.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 30, 2026

Why Isn't Shohei Ohtani Starting on Wednesday vs Athletics?

It's currently unclear why Ohtani isn't making his start on Wednesday, and is instead pitching Friday.

Manager Dave Roberts recently said Ohtani still isn't 100 percent in his recovery from a knee injury. However, that hasn't stopped him from pitching the last couple of weeks.

Ohtani has been on a once-a-week pitching schedule, starting every Wednesday for LA. It remains to be seen how this change shakes up his schedule moving forward.

It's possible that the Dodgers wanted Ohtani to get some extra rest because of his knee. It's also possible the team planned on pushing him back at this point in the year with them playing 13 games in 13 days.

Ohtani has only pitched on less than six days' rest once this season. In order to keep that going, he would have had to be pushed back at some point in this stretch.

Shohei Ohtani Struggling After Dominant Start to Season

Ohtani's last three starts have been significantly less sharp than his first 10 this season.

Through 10 starts in 2026, Ohtani had allowed just five earned runs and sported a 0.74 ERA.

In his last three starts, he's allowed nine earned runs, and has seen his ERA rise to 1.58.

Ohtani has not only been pitching with a blister on his hand, but he's also thrown to Dalton Rushing in his last three starts since Will Smith went on the injured list.

Shohei Ohtani with Will Smith as his catcher this year: 10 G, 5 ER, 0.74 ERA

Shohei Ohtani with Dalton Rushing as his catcher this year: 3 G, 9 ER, 4.34 ERA pic.twitter.com/BltB2rBqxF
— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) June 25, 2026

Ohtani and Rushing weren't on the same page in his start last week, leading to some viral disagreements and more publicity than the team would have wanted.

For what it's worth, Rushing took accountability for his actions after the fact, and vowed to be better moving forward.

“Look, he’s the greatest player to play this game,” Rushing said to the California Post. “And he has every right to, one, call whatever he would like, and two, just attack the way that he wants to on the mound. Because no one on this earth can tell him that he doesn’t know what he’s doing out there.

“So we’re gonna move forward from it. I’ve talked to him a lot. Never in a million years could you ever have a bad thing to say about a guy like that. Never in a million years could you ever feel like a player like that is in the wrong. So it’s kind of up to me, as a young guy, to wear the situation, wear it on my chest, get over it, move past it, and make sure that we allow a guy like that to do what he wants to do.”

Roberts said earlier this week he hadn't yet decided if Rushing would catch Ohtani's next start. That decision has now been pushed back a couple days.

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Noah Camras graduated from the University of Southern California in 2022 with a B.A. in Journalism and a minor in sports media studies. He was born and raised in Los Angeles and has extensively covered Southern California sports in his career. Noah is the publisher of Dodgers on SI after contributing as a writer and editor over the last three years.

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Largest US Power Grid Declares Emergency To Prevent Blackouts

A mega heat dome is set to descend on the eastern half of the U.S., prompting the Energy Department to issue two emergency orders to reduce the risk of rolling blackouts in the Mid-Atlantic area as PJM Interconnection braces for record power demand.

DOE's first order directs the PJM region, which serves 67 million people across 13 states, "to dispatch specified units and to order their operation as needed to maintain reliability."

PJM has implemented several alerts and actions to maintain reliable system operations throughout this week’s forecasted extreme heat and humidity. A Hot Weather Alert is currently in effect for the entire region PJM serves through July 3. PJM has also issued a Maximum Generation… pic.twitter.com/Ho1txMZBIh
— PJM Interconnection (@pjminterconnect) June 30, 2026

The second order states that PJM, working with transmission owners and electric distribution companies, must use backup generation as a last resort before or during a Level 3 energy emergency.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, "Maintaining affordable, reliable, and secure power in the PJM service territory is non-negotiable."

Bloomberg's forecast for maximum temperatures across the Washington, D.C., metro area could average in the low triple digits through Saturday.

The hot temperatures, beginning tomorrow, will increase cooling demand and boost power demand on the PJM grid, potentially straining the system during peak late-afternoon hours. Concerns about grid reliability have risen as data center buildouts are blamed for soaring power bills - yet aging grids and climate policie should also be blamed.