One of five missing women connected to a notorious pervert pornographer was strangled on camera as part of a sickening homemade film, her family claimed. 

Nicole Fusaro, who disappeared in 2018 at the age of 27, was allegedly seen in a video shot by deceased adult film maker Ray Horsch after she vanished. 

A cousin of Fusaro told NBC10 that investigators told her they believe the woman in the video is Fusaro, however, they have not officially identified her.  

Fusaro is one of at least five missing women who have been connected to Horsch’s home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At least three of them are dead, police believe.

Authorities previously said last month that video evidence collected from a hard drive in Horsch’s home led investigators to believe two of the women, Maribel Fresses and Gabrielle Amarando, are also deceased alongside Fusaro. 

Fresses, 27, vanished in 2018 and Amarando, 22, disappeared in 2012. None of their bodies have been found.  

Horsch, who died last year aged 82, was known for publishing horrific snuff films and writing erotic, sadomasochistic books. 

His ex-wife, Amy McHale, also disappeared in June 2016, however a trail of sickening evidence connecting the women’s disappearances was not discovered at his home until after his death. 

Deceased adult film maker Ray Horsch is connected to at least five missing women, police say

Nicole Fusaro, who disappeared in 2018 at the age of 27, was allegedly seen in a video shot by deceased adult film maker, her family said 

Pennsylvania authorities said the investigation into Horsch began in June 2026, when his son Eugene, 44, was pulled over in his car near Independence Mall in Philadelphia. 

Police became suspicious when a woman in the car with Eugene gave identification of Blair Tonzelli, who disappeared in 2023. 

Inside the vehicle, cops also found two handguns and over $8,000 of illegal drugs, and Eugene was brought in for questioning. 

He allegedly suggested to investigators that Tonzelli would ‘never be seen again’, leading authorities to carry out several search warrants on the Olney home previously owned by his notorious pornographer father. 

Eugene has not been charged in connection with any of the women’s disappearances.

In an initial search of the home on June 20, police said they found at least one additional illegal gun, a fake FBI badge, a marijuana growing operation, and five urns containing cremated remains. 

In another search on June 25, investigators said they found over 50 hard drives holding over 600,000 images, 70,000 videos and 10,000 writings and drawings.

In one of the hard drives, police said they found images and videos appearing to show Fresses and Amarando alive inside the house, followed by ‘graphic and dark’ depictions of their dead bodies, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.  

Police said they notified the families of Fresses and Amarando in August, and Fresses’ father Ricardo told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he knew in his gut that his daughter had been dead for years.

A number of search warrants have been carried out on Horsch’s home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Police said Gabrielle Amarando, who disappeared in 2012 aged 22, among the women they believe is deceased 

Ray Horsch’s ex-wife, Amy McHale, also disappeared in June 2016

A woman travelling in a car with Horsch’s son Eugene allegedly gave her identification as Blair Tonzelli (above), who had been missing since 2023. Eugene allegedly told investigators that Tonzelli would ‘never be seen again’ 

Police also believe Maribel Fresses (above), who vanished in 2018 aged 27, is connected to the sprawling missing womens’ case

‘She called me every day. Absolutely every day she called me, and one day she stopped calling me,’ he said. ‘And as the years went by I knew she was gone.’

The women’s families said both girls had struggled with drug addictions, and Horsch reportedly often offered drugs, cash and shelter to women struggling with addictions in exchange for nude photo and video shoots, reports the Inquirer.

Horch had a reputation for creating violent pornography, and he also wrote books featuring serial killers who preyed on women.  

Computer parts and a home laboratory with various ‘containers of an unknown oily substance’ were also discovered in the home, reports NBC10. 

Investigators reportedly interviewed people who knew Ray Horsch who said that he had often bragged about killing people and melting their bodies with chemicals. 

The FBI’s Evidence Recovery Team was then drafted in to process the homemade laboratory, and another search warrant was served on the home on July 22 to excavate the property.

Investigators sent the oily substance to a Chicago laboratory, however it is not determined yet whether the substances contain human remains, reports say.

Pennsylvania authorities said the investigation into Ray Horsch began in June 2026, when his son Eugene, 44, (above) was pulled over in his car near Independence Mall in Philadelphia, and a woman with him gave identification of a missing woman 

Horsch, who died last year aged 82, was known for publishing horrific snuff films and writing erotic, sadomasochistic books

Police said said the investigation has been complicated because police have not recovered any human remains from the home, and forensics tests have failed to find any blood or DNA

In August, Philadelphia Police Inspector Raymond Evers said teams were scouring the huge trove of digital evidence from Horsch’s home. 

Evers said the cache represented just five percent of the evidence seized from the property.

However, Evers said the investigation has been complicated because police have not recovered any human remains from the home, and forensics tests have failed to find any blood or DNA.

Evers said without bodies, the Philadelphia Office of the Medical Examiner cannot officially declare the women dead.

Eugene Horsch has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the missing women, and Evers declined to say whether he or his father are believed to be the perpetrators. 

He told a press conference: ‘Eugene lived there. He lived there for a long time. His dad lived there for a long time.’ 

Eugene Horsch remains in federal custody on charges related to illegal gun possession. 

Anyone with information is asked to call Philadelphia police at 215-686-TIPS (8477).