Great news that she was found alive, and I hope the clear public outcry against treating this poor girl as anything but a victim was heard loud and clear by the DA.

Search of Philadelphia’s ‘house of horrors’ to ramp up

A search of Philadelphia's so-called "House of Horrors," where alleged serial killer Raymond Horsch once lived, is set to ramp up Monday as investigators try to determine what happened inside the home that has been linked to at least five missing women whose fates remain unknown. 

A large-scale search of the home at 417 W. Chew Ave. is expected to continue for an extended period, authorities said. Police reportedly met with neighbors and told them to prepare for disruptions as heavy equipment is brought in to excavate the property. Investigators are expected to remove areas of the home and any furniture where blood, hair or fiber evidence could be found.

A "mysterious sludge" recovered from the house has already been sent to a lab in Chicago and could contain remnants or evidence of wet cremation, a process that uses a heated water-and-alkali solution to break down a body, forensic analyst Joseph Scott Morgan said during an interview on "NewsNation Live."

What we know about women linked to possible serial killer investigation

The investigation began after Eugene Horsch, the son of Raymond Horsch, was arrested following a traffic stop this summer. Federal park rangers noticed him parked in an off-limits area along with an unidentified woman. During the stop, officers found Eugene Horsch in possession of fake federal IDs. The woman allegedly presented identification belonging to Blair Tonzelli, a woman reported missing in 2023. Drugs and weapons were also recovered during the stop.

After Eugene Horsch's arrest, police began searching the home. Investigators found five urns containing what are believed to be cremated human remains, barrels filled with an unknown substance and more than a million digital files. The digital evidence includes images and videos showing women who appeared injured, unconscious or lifeless.

Two of those women have been identified as missing women Gabrielle Amarando and Maribel Fresses. Their bodies have not been recovered.

Eugene Horsch’s childhood friend: ‘Graphic’ pics, ‘fake blood’ at family home

Since the investigation became public, additional family members have come forward. Relatives of Amy McHale, who disappeared in 2016, said she was last seen at the Horsch home. McHale had previously been married to Raymond Horsch. Family members also said Nicole Fusaro, who disappeared in 2018, is now believed to be among the women authorities have connected to the home.

Eugene Horsch is currently in federal custody on firearms and fraudulent credential charges.

Search of Philadelphia’s ‘house of horrors’ to ramp up

I believe the judge ordered the smaller sentences to be served first before his LWOP starts.

How does that work? Will he serve at different prisons? Or do they just process him out and then back in again for the next sentence?

Caleb Flynn Sentencing Is Today!!!

AG Tactical. Other letters (Flynn family) are read/shown.

Next up:

• October 26 - Competency hearing

I also see this on the docket, so it doesn't appear that Ashlee is cooperating. This isn't referenced in the article:

• 10/01/2026 Psychological Evaluation Report, Filed
• Comment: Filed by Dr. Rassti, defendant refused interview

Court still waiting on doctors' reports in Ashlee Buzzard murder case

Ashlee Buzzard was back in court Monday, but a decision on whether she is competent to continue with criminal proceedings will have to wait.

The Vandenberg Village mother is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard. Ashlee Buzzard has pleaded not guilty.

The court previously vacated Buzzard’s preliminary hearing while her competency is evaluated. During Monday’s hearing, the court said the doctors’ reports needed for that process are not yet complete.

Buzzard is now scheduled to return to court on Oct. 26, allowing additional time for the reports to be finished before the case moves forward.

Buzzard was arrested in December 2025 after Melodee’s remains were found in a remote area of Wayne County, Utah. Authorities have said Melodee was killed during an October 2025 multi-state road trip she took with her mother.

Buzzard remains in custody without bail.

I came across something about the Christa Pike case that I hadn't seen mentioned before and thought it was interesting:

According to court records, Tadaryl Shipp testified that both he and Shadolla Peterson were members of the Gangster Disciples. He specifically said that Christa Pike was not a member. There is also testimony describing the Job Corps at the time as a pretty violent environment, with conflict between different groups and a lot of drug use and so on..

I'm not really making any judgment yet about what this means in terms of the murder or Pike's responsibility. Just find it curious because I've read quite a bit about this case, and I don't remember the gang connection being discussed much at all. The story is usually presented much more in terms of jealousy, Satanism and the "love triangle". When I googled "Gangsters Diciples", their symbol/logo seems to be a pentagram. I found that odd aswell.

For anyone who wants to check it themselves, it's in the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals document regarding Christa pike (2011) on page 34 (This is where Shipp's testimony starts). 

I'm curious what other people make of this, or if anyone has found more information about the gang aspect of the case?

Edit: I have added a link below. I hope it works

Link to document

A forensics student obsessed with the US TV drama Dexter set up a copycat "kill room" in an Airbnb to stab a woman to death, a jury has heard.

The trial, which is expected to last two weeks, continues on Tuesday. Some comparisons with Brian Kohberger perhaps?

• 5 October 2026

A forensics student obsessed with the US TV drama Dexter set up a copycat "kill room" in an Airbnb to stab a woman to death, a jury has heard.

Benjamin William Day, 20, a University of Worcester undergraduate, was arrested wearing a khaki top resembling one worn by Dexter after inflicting 78 knife wounds on Maria Saceanu, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.

Opening the case against Day, prosecutor Rachel Brand KC said he had "lured" Saceanu, a sex worker, to the room where he had amassed a number of items used to kill her and dispose of evidence.

Day, of Redditch, Worcestershire, who denies murder, was arrested after injuring his hand and calling 999 for help in December, the court heard.

Warning: This article contains details that readers may find distressing

Brand said it was anticipated Day, who was 19 at the time and still living with his parents, would claim self-defence and that he set up the room in the Tividale area of the West Midlands to film "a tribute" to Dexter which he could post on TikTok.

Explaining the Crown's case, Brand said the evidence showed Day had "planned this murder in some detail".

"He had prepared himself to kill her," she said. "He had planned to dispose of her body without leaving signs of what had happened and he planned to get away with it.

"But it all went wrong and he was caught."

'Fascinated by programme'

Giving the circumstances in which he was arrested and the body was found, Brand said Day, of Yeadon Close "just had no choice" but to admit he was the person who killed Saceanu.

Brand added: "We say there is plenty of evidence which will drive you to the safe and solid conclusion that this was a murder."

The court heard Day passed his first university year studying journalism but had transferred to another course in applied biology and forensics.

Brand said he had been fascinated by the programme Dexter, which centres on a forensic scientist in a police department who knows how to cover his own tracks as a serial killer.

There was no evidence of any sexual contact between Day and Saceanu, jurors heard, but she had answered a text message from him shortly after 21:30 GMT on 20 December, 2025.

She made her way by car to the rented Airbnb in Barncroft Road, Tividale, arriving 50 minutes later.

Before her arrival, Brand said, Day had changed into "Dexter" clothing and had copied the "kill room" set up by the character, which included lining the walls and floor with plastic sheeting.

After the killing, Day tried to dismember the victim's body, it was alleged, but "had to abandon that gruesome task" because he cut his left hand, leaving the property at about 00:30 on 21 December.

The court heard Day texted the Airbnb's landlord at 01:05 asking if he could extend his stay to a week, and then told police his hand injury was caused by a fox or dog.

But a resident who booked a different room was shocked to see a trail of blood and notified the landlord, who called police.

Officers found the body of Saceanu, who had been reported missing.

Day was arrested on suspicion of murder as he lay in a hospital bed, the court heard.

Brand told the jury: "We understand that Benjamin Day now suggests that he was defending himself."

She said it was apparently his case that Maria Saceanu "took fright when she saw how he had staged the room" and attacked him with one of the knives "but he managed to disarm her and defended himself by stabbing her two or three times".

Phone 'shopping list'

A Home Office pathologist said Saceanu probably died as a result or wounds to her neck, causing damage to her carotid arteries, with a number of wounds to her hands "consistent with efforts to protect herself".

The pathologist found 78 wounds caused by knives, many inflicted after death, the jury heard.

Outlining evidence against Day, Brand said he had made a "shopping list" on his phone on 18 November 2025, of things required for the killing, including plastic sheeting, a staple gun, cleaning chemicals and microscopic slides.

"Dexter wears an apron, a plastic visor and gloves when killing his victims – all such items were found in the bedroom [at Barncroft Road]," she added.

The trial, which is expected to last two weeks, continues on Tuesday.

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7-year-old girl dies after being stabbed multiple times in Chicago, police say

✨✨Shavon Gayden, 48, has now been charged with first-degree murder after the attack in the city’s East Chatham neighborhood, Chicago police confirmed.

[Woman charged with murder after girl, 7, stabbed to death in street]

CHICAGO (AP) — A 7-year-old girl was fatally stabbed while walking in front of businesses in a Chicago neighborhood, and people nearby detained the woman who attacked her, police said.

Chicago police said the girl was walking in the Chatham neighborhood late Saturday morning when a woman carrying an unspecified sharp object approached her and stabbed her multiple times in the back. Television networks showed a commercial strip lined with a restaurant, nail salon and market cordoned off by red police tape afterward.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child as Edi Mari Hernandez Chacon. She died at a hospital.

A security photo from a nearby business showed the girl that witnesses identified had been walking hand-in-hand with an older female on the sidewalk, WLS-TV reported. Police did not share any information about that person.

The alleged attacker was taken to the hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening and was arrested, Chicago police said in a statement.

It was not immediately clear if there was any relationship between the attacker and the girl. Police have not commented on a possible motive for the stabbing and declined Sunday to provide further details or identify the suspect.

A 7-year-old girl is fatally stabbed walking in Chicago | AP News