u/undergroundmysteries

PHILADELPHIA NEWS: I put a tip in on Raymond Horsch (RC Horsch) two years ago, in 2024. Raymond lived on Chew Avenue in Philly. I had already connected the dots to Raymond and a few missing women, particularly Amy McHale, in 2024. Raymond passed away in Philly last year. Before his passing, he wrote publicly that he killed women. I informed detectives of all of the information I found, and I found info that runs much deeper than Google, background checks, etc. Of course I ran several background checks, manually checked his prison records, and checked all public archives. However, I did a lot more than that. I went through his photos and identified some of the women, none of which he used real names for. Aside from that, I pieced together a timeline of his whereabouts and found a pattern in the women he targeted. I gathered every single email he used and found so many of his accounts. I gathered lists of all of his contacts on social media. I looked into him extensively.

I found a distressing photo of Amy McHale, his ex-wife, whom he was with the last day she was seen. He used her photo in material on one of his now-defunct websites.

I captured all of his old websites' info in case he was ever to delete them.

I placed a tip to law enforcement, stating how dangerous this man is and how he needs to be checked into. I explained that he was a self-proclaimed sadist and psychopath who admitted publicly to murdering women.

Police talked to Raymond in 2024, but he denied involvement in Amy McHale's disappearance. However, it was not enough to indict him.

The main case I was advocating for to connect him to was of Amy McHale. She was photographed by him, and I still have her photograph that I found in 2024. I have many photos that he took that trace back to vulnerable women, some who were later found deceased.

Raymond only targeted Kensington prostitutes, according to his own statements before he passed away. He was very outspoken about his crimes and even wrote books that he called "semi-autobiographical."

I identified a Jane Doe in Philly a few years ago, and I had wondered if she was a victim of his. She was also a Kensington prostitute. She was found in a body of water, and her death was suspicious.

I've identified a "cluster" of missing Philadelphian women who I've been researching for years. I can't share all of their names yet until I hear back from law enforcement. They are not disclosing all names yet. However, I've shared many of them publicly, and it only takes a Google search or search through NamUs to find most of them. Then, there are some that aren't even reported missing and aren't found in NamUs or anywhere online. I'm working on bringing awareness to one that also had disturbing photos taken of her before her disappearance from Kensington.

Raymond talked openly about killing Kensington prostitutes -- and much more.

Could progress have been made had my research and tips led to a search warrant? Does this open up a bigger dialogue of caps on what law enforcement is able to do, or does it speak volumes about what is considered "evidence"? Maybe what I found and originally reported was not looked at as "sufficient evidence." Then what about her distressing photo posted around the time of her disappearance? What about his own confessions? People always say to report the red flags... but when you do report them, there's not much law enforcement can do to get a search warrant. Maybe our laws need to be changed.

Amy's detective has worked tirelessly and diligently at trying to locate her and had already talked to Raymond, as aforementioned. He took my tip seriously, communicated with me, and did all he could. Somehow Raymond's vices weren't enough to allow detectives to do a search warrant at that time, though, likely due to legal constraints.

More to come...

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