A fifth missing woman may now be linked to a Philadelphia home at the center of an investigation into what may be a serial killer, according to new information from police and family.
Nicole Amanda Fusaro, 27, who disappeared in July 2018, was last seen in the city's Kensington neighborhood and has been tied to the case, her cousin, Jonathan Halloran-Koren, told WPVI-TV.
The investigation, which involves local and federal authorities, including the FBI and DEA, centers around a home in the city's Olney neighborhood owned by Eugene Horsch, 44.
Horsch was arrested this summer by National Park Service police on drug and firearm charges, court papers reviewed by USA TODAY show. His late father, Raymond Horsch, also lived in the home before he died
in 2025.
The new information comes as Philadelphia police Cpl. Jasmine Colón-Reilly told USA TODAY that an update in the disturbing case was expected later on Sept. 16.
"We still do not know how many women may be involved," Halloran-Koren wrote in a post on social media last week after he launched a petition calling for expanded FBI assistance in the investigation. "My goal is simple: Find every woman. Follow every credible connection. Give every family the best possible chance at an answer."
Eugene Horsch was taken into custody at the beginning of the investigation in June on weapons and narcotics charges, before federal prosecutors took over the case.
He is due in court on Nov. 3 for a hearing on those charges, online court records show, and remained in federal custody on Sept. 16.
USA TODAY has reached out to his attorney.
Missing women in the Olney home case
Last month, investigators began scouring more than 600,000 images, 70,000 videos and some 10,000 pages of writing and drawings taken from the home after a search warrant was obtained, Philadelphia police Capt. Raymond Evers said during an Aug. 12 press conference.
Some of the evidence shows two women who appear to be dead, Evers said, who officials identified as Maribel Fresses, 27, last seen in 2018, and Gabrielle Amarando, 22, last seen in 2012.
"This is new territory for the homicide unit in Philadelphia," Evers told reporters. "Usually when we have a homicide investigation, we have a body. We have body parts. This time we do not."
Officials previously identified two other missing women linked to the case as Blair Tonzelli, who disappeared in 2023, and Amy McHale, who disappeared in 2016 and was married to Ray Horsch.
This is a developing story.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fifth missing woman linked to suspected serial killer case in Philly
