Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Bones were discovered outside the so-called house of horrors in the Olney section of Philadelphia, but it's unclear whether they are related to the ongoing investigation into Raymond "R.C." Horsch, a
who died last year, sources told CBS News Philadelphia on Thursday.
uncertain
sources → discover → Thursday
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office responded to the house at
on Thursday, sources close to the investigation confirmed.
asserted
sources → respond → investigation
The bones were found in the backyard, where agents and detectives have been painstakingly searching for any sign of human remains and any evidence of at least
and the house, some of whom are feared dead, sources told CBS News Philadelphia.
asserted
sources → find → News
It's not clear whether they were human or animal bones, sources stressed.
asserted
sources → stress → ?
More testing is needed to determine the bones' origin and whether they are connected to the investigation.
asserted
they → need → investigation
Richard Marx, a retired FBI supervisory agent who specialized in evidence collection, said the presence of the medical examiner is a significant development.
asserted
presence → specialize → examiner
"If they find something related to the body, then that's when they would want to call the medical examiner, bring them aboard, have them collect it, and have them take it to their office for examination," Marx said.
asserted
Marx → find → examination
Investigators have been methodically sifting through the soil in layers, going down about 3 feet.
asserted
Investigators → sift → layers
Investigators
when they used luminol to search the home, police sources confirmed earlier this week.
asserted
sources → use → home
A source also said investigators had found opossum carcasses near the house.
asserted
investigators → say → house
The remnants of a brick outhouse were also uncovered in the yard.
asserted
remnants → uncover → yard
The investigation at the house is expected to continue until at least the middle of next week, sources said.
asserted
sources → expect → week
Investigators are set to dig up the front yard when they are finished in the back.
asserted
they → set → back
Investigators believe Horsch used a process known as alkaline hydrolysis to
, law enforcement sources said.
asserted
sources → believe → hydrolysis
He detailed the steps in in which he called himself an empathetic serial killer.
asserted
he → detail → himself
Before his death, Horsch lived in the house with his son,
, whose arrest during a traffic stop in June kicked off this massive investigation.
asserted
arrest → live → investigation
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