43 y.o.thief/robber confesses to serially killing 5 men,2 of them childhood friends,over past 9 yrs,in NY
Joe1orbit
It's always nice to find a BRAND SPANKING NEW serial killer in my news wire
explorations, and guess what? Such a fellow has indeed popped up on this
morning's Reuters news wire. Police in New York have a 43 fellow named Gary
Charles Evans under arrest, and they say it looks like Gary MAY very well have
serially killed at least FIVE humans. There appears to be little doubt that he
is a multiple/serial murderer, Gary has already LED police to the murdered and
dumped bodies of two childhood friends of his. Next week police in FL will try
to locate the body of a third victim. He has now confessed to slaughtering TWO
additional people, both men who owned coin and jewelry stores. So, we have two
confirmed killings, and three very likely killings, and there is no reason to
believe that they were committed by anybody other than our brand new serial
killer, Gary Evans.
Robbery/theft does seem to have been PART of Gary's motive, in committing
some of these 5 murders, but that does not detract from the fact that he is a
genuine serial killer, and that IMO, personal rage and hate and an internal,
emotional desire to kill human beings, was the PRIMARY reason that Gary chose
to embark upon this killing binge.
Police are continuing their investigation of Gary, but right now they have no
good reason to think that he killed any more than these 5 humans, who
apparently were all males. Despite police statements that Gary is a 'robber who
killed, rather than a "killer who robbed", I remain convinced that a person who
undertakes this type of a serial killing spree is motivated more by internal
RAGE and hate, than any simple monetary gain desire.
These killing stretch back for 9 years, and NO actual murder charges have yet
been filed against Gary. But it is clear that hey WILL be filed, and probably
very soon. Gary did travel across the country quite extensively over the years.
Of the 5 victims, 4 were killed in NY, one in FL.
Gary has been VERY talkative in recent days, in recent days, admitting to the
killings. He was arrested on May 27th, but only faced a charge of criminal
possession of stolen property. But he does have a lengthy arrest record and
faced a long prison term if convicted of this relatively minor stolen property
charge. Still, I think it was foolish of him to start blabbering his mouth off,
especially BEFORE his criminal possession trial was held.
Gary shot most of his victims to death, and DISMEMBERED some of the dead
bodies. In his confessions, he is rather contrite and does express remorse. It
does sound like he is not a "classic" serial killer, and robbery MAY have
played more of a role in his killings than it does for most other serial
killers. Oh well, every killer is unique, and Gary certainly was more than
happy to kill 5 humans, in serial fashion, and even to get "down and dirty" &
dismember a body or two.
Okay folks, now that I've informed you about our latest and newest serial
killer, I must shut down the 'puter and head out for 8+ hours of tasks &
chores.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of today's Reuters news wire:
Evans Linked To More Murders
07/09/98
Reuters
(LOUDONVILLE) -- State police say accused serial killer Gary Evans has admitted
to murdering two more people. The antiques thief apparently confessed to
killing Douglas Berry, of Watertown, and Gregory Juben, of Little Falls, while
he robbed their stores. The victims both owned coin and jewelry businesses.
Evans has already led police to the bodies of two friends, and police will head
to Florida next week to find the body of a third.
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The following appears courtesy of the 7/9/98 online edition of The Albany
Times-Union newspaper:
Evans death count at 5, police say
Colonie-- Officials say antiques thief linked to 3 slayings now admits killing
2 shopkeepers
CAROL DeMARE
Staff writer
07/09/98
Gary Charles Evans, the suspected killer of three former associates, has
admitted to killing two more men, officials said Wednesday.
Police said Evans acknowledged killing jewelry store owners in Jefferson and
Herkimer counties who got in the way of planned thefts at their stores.
Evans earlier had admitted to killing childhood friends who participated with
him in burglaries and other crimes, officials have said. Police believe the
associates were killed so they wouldn't testify about crimes linked to Evans.
Police say they know of no other killings linked to Evans, although they are
continuing to investigate.
The murders are "part of the job,'' State Police Senior Investigator James
Horton said. "His job is burglary.''
Evans has given State Police written statements admitting to the killings of
the store owners, officials said.
For nine years the Watertown and Little Falls cases had remained unsolved
homicides. On Tuesday, Evans provided information that only the killer would
know, State Police Capt. John A. Byrne said at a Wednesday news conference.
"Investigators handling the cases are convinced he's the perpetrator,'' Byrne
said.
Evans has yet to be charged in any of the murders. District Attorney Ken Bruno
of Rensselaer County, where three former Evans associates were murdered, has
said he is reviewing the cases and plans to bring charges. Prosecutors in
Jefferson and Herkimer counties will also contemplate murder charges based on
the new information, police officials said.
"Right now we don't have anything to lead us to believe there are more out
there,'' Horton said. "Although we are not closing the door on additional
murders. Right now all we have is five.''
Horton said he will continue to talk to Evans, who will speak only to Horton.
Evans was a frequent traveler throughout the country, and information on how he
operated and his likely targets will be transmitted to police agencies
nationwide, Horton said.
For instance, Evans, 43, a Troy native and antiques thief by trade who dealt
mostly in stolen jewelry, frequented second-hand shops where he attempted to
sell the proceeds of his burglaries, officials said.
Horton said he doesn't know why Evans decided to talk. He's been doing so
almost daily since June 19 when he first appeared before Albany County Judge
Thomas A. Breslin and waived his constitutional rights against
self-incrimination. He has gone to court two more times to tell a judge he
wished to talk to State Police.
"I can't really speculate as to why, other than when arrested for possession of
stolen property he faced 25 years to life'' in prison, Horton said. If
convicted, Evans would be deemed a persistent felony offender because of his
lengthy criminal record and the four stretches he served in state and federal
prisons, beginning in 1977.
"There was no light at the end of the tunnel,'' Horton said. "He had nothing to
gain or lose.'' In nearly 20 hours of conversations, Evans has acted like "a
great weight has been lifted off his shoulders,'' the investigator said.
Currently, Evans is facing only a charge of criminal possession of stolen
property in Albany County in connection with two stolen gold cuff links he sold
at a second-hand shop last summer. He also is charged with violating his
federal probation.
He is being held without bail at the Rensselaer County Jail. He was arrested
May 27 in St. Johnsbury, Vt. For nearly eight months before that, he had
traveled around the West Coast and worked on a fishing vessel in Alaska and
South America.
Meanwhile, State Police were taking steps to avoid traveling to Florida with
Evans to locate the remains of Michael Falco, believed to be buried in Palm
Beach County outside the city of Lake Worth.
Evans is considered a flight risk, having escaped in June 1980 from the old
Rensselaer County Jail. It would be a "logistical nightmare'' to get court
orders to remove him from this state and this federal jurisdiction and arrange
for a non-commercial plane to fly him to Florida, officials said.
A detailed map drawn by Evans was faxed Tuesday night to the Palm Beach County
Sheriff's Department, Horton said.
"He didn't know street names, but he was well aware of landmarks,'' Horton
said. Evans visited Florida frequently and was familiar with the Lake Worth
area, the investigator said.
Authorities in Florida commissioned a helicopter Wednesday to take aerial
photos of the location depicted on Evans' map. The photos will be shown to
Evans so he can better pinpoint the grave, Byrne said.
Horton said Evans told him he killed the 30-year-old Falco in Troy in July 1985
and drove the body, secured in Evans' car trunk, to Florida where Evans buried
it. It was unclear Wednesday whether prosecutors in Rensselaer County or Palm
Beach County, Fla., would handle the case.
In the last month, Evans has led investigators to the remains of two of his
victims -- the dismembered remains in Brunswick of Timothy Rysedorph, 39, of
Saratoga Springs, and the grave in Troy of Damien Cuomo, 28, of Troy. Rysedorph
disappeared Oct. 4. He and Evans were seen together in Colonie the night before
Rysedorph disappeared. Both victims were shot several times in the head.
Cuomo disappeared Dec. 27, 1989. Three months earlier, on Sept. 8, 1989, Cuomo
had accompanied Evans to the city of Watertown where in the middle of the night
they broke into the Square Lion Coins & Jewelry to burglarize it, Horton said.
The owner, Douglas J. Berry, 63, who was sleeping in the shop, awoke, officials
said. Evans shot him to death with a 22-caliber handgun as Cuomo watched,
Horton said. Evans said he knew the owner frequently slept in the store, the
investigator said.
On Oct. 17, 1991, Evans, acting alone, shot and killed Gregory Jouben, 36,
owner of Greg's Coin Shop on Main Street in Little Falls, police said.
State Police Investigator Stanley Weidman of Troop D, Oneida County, worked on
the case. He said Jouben was last seen about 5 p.m. on the street outside his
business. His body was found in the store at 8 p.m.
Evans was waiting for Jouben, with whom he had done business previously, to
return from the bank and reopen the store, Horton said. Jouben was shot in the
head while sitting at his desk examining a piece of jewelry Evans had given
him, Horton said. Evans then robbed the store, police said.
Evans had details and a layout of the stores -- both dealt with precious
metals, jewelry and coins -- that only the person responsible for the murders
would know, Byrne
Watertown detectives and State Police investigators from Troop D, the two
agencies that investigated the separate cases, traveled to Loudonville on
Tuesday to be on hand as Evans was interviewed for hours, Byrne said.
Evans wanted to eliminate any witnesses to those two crimes, Horton said. He
killed his friends because "they may be called upon to testify against him,''
the investigator said.
In detailing his slayings, Evans has "been cooperative throughout,'' Horton
said. "He was not bragging. I would call him remorseful.''
State Police are searching for two .22-caliber handguns allegedly used by Evans
-- one that he apparently dropped in the Hudson River near Troy and the other
he buried on land.
Byrne displayed at the news conference a $6,000 antique gold and sapphire
bracelet that was found on Evans when he was arrested.
The bracelet was traced to a burglary at the Jennifer House Commons at Great
Barrington, Mass., in 1977. Evans admitted burglarizing two barns at Jennifer
House which housed crafts, art and antiques stores and then torching them to
cover the burglaries, police said.
First published on Thursday, July 9, 1998
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PT
Joe1orbit
>You forgot to say "slave"...slipped right through my kill file.
Hello PT,
Then your kill file is inferior, as befits your status of being an inferior
human being.
Take care, JOE
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