Overview
- The probe began after a June traffic stop led to the arrest of Eugene Horsch and the discovery of a fake ID that pointed investigators to 417 West Chew Avenue.
- Police and the FBI have emptied the house of furniture, appliances and wall sections so those items can be tested, stored or disposed of as part of the next phase of the hunt for evidence.
- Teams will spray luminol at night to reveal microscopic or cleaned blood traces and then tear down a backyard shed and excavate the yard with heavy equipment to search for human remains or trace DNA.
- Investigators seized roughly one million digital files, which law enforcement says link at least seven missing women to the property, but authorities have reviewed only a portion of that archive and need lab corroboration.
- Cremated remains and corrosive chemicals were recovered inside the house but no bodies or DNA matches have been publicly confirmed and no homicide charges have been filed while specialist labs complete testing.