DELAWARE WATER GAP, PA — The Pennsylvania State Police Troop N, Stroudsburg barracks, is seeking the public’s assistance in an unsolved homicide investigation. 

The victim, 46-year-old Edward (Eddie) James Jourbert, was discovered on Nov. 28, 1981, at his place of employment at the Bottom of the Fox Tavern in Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, PA. Joubert left the crowded bar at around 5 p.m. to retrieve firewood behind the establishment and was discovered murdered with an ax later that night. 

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Stroudsburg barracks at 570-220-8475 or anonymously contact the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Toll Free at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477) or online at www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=107.

All callers will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest, the solving of a crime/cold case, or the location of a wanted person, fugitive, or missing person.