The deaths of a billionaire Canadian couple found hanging side by side in their lavish Toronto mansion are being treated as “a targeted double homicide,” local police announced Friday.
Private investigators hired by the family had already deemed the deaths of Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey, as murders, and cops now concur, according to CBC News.
“Both Honey and Barry Sherman were, in fact, targeted,” Toronto police Detective Sgt. Susan Gomes said at a press conference.The couple were discovered Dec. 15 hanging by belts from railings around their indoor pool in the basement of their home, which was listed for sale at $5.4 million.
There were no signs of forced entry, Gomes said.
Police didn’t identify any specific suspects, but Gomes said there is an “extensive list” of people they want to interview, according to the CBC.
The Sherman family’s own investigative team believes it was actually the work of multiple killers, sources tell the news outlet.
Those gumshoes believe the pair were killed two days before they were found, and Honey, 70, likely struggled with her killer, as she had cuts on her face and was found in a pool of her own blood, the outlet reports.
Barry, 75, founded the drug company Apotex, and was worth about $3.65 billion — making him one of the richest people in Canada.
But the couple had also faced some financial woes, and Barry was fighting dozens of lawsuits connected with the family fortune and Apotex.