Gregory Jouben was 36 when he was found shot to death in his jewelry and coin shop on East Main Street in Little Falls, New York, on the evening of October 17, 1991. Investigators reported he had been shot multiple times with a small-caliber handgun and that expensive merchandise was missing. The killing was described as a calculated act; authorities said the perpetrator had planned the robbery and killing in advance and that the town had not seen a homicide in sixty years.

Years later, attention turned to Gary Charles Evans, a prolific thief and burglar with a long criminal history. Evans reportedly confessed to a series of murders, including Jouben’s, saying he had spent two weeks casing the shop from the roof, entered on the day in question asking Jouben to price an item, and then fatally shot him. Evans was indicted in August 1998 on multiple murder counts that included Jouben’s death. The next day, while being transported after arraignment, Evans escaped from a police van and later jumped from a bridge into the Hudson River, dying there.

Does anyone have memories of Jouben’s shop or of Little Falls around 1991 that could add detail to this case?