Barry Sherman

Money can buy a lot of things but one thing that doesn't have a price is justice.

Most families of murder victims cannot afford their own separate organization. Cops called the man a suspect and experts told the Sun the killer is likely an amputee. Sherman made billions as the founder of generic drug giant Apotex. The pharmaceutical titan had no shortage of enemies in Big Pharma and various other alleys of his convoluted financial life. “My parents deserved to enjoy the fruits of their labour, and spend their twilight years as any grandparent should, with their family. The pair had been strangled and it’s believed they had been dead for two days.

Barry and Honey Sherman found dead in Toronto home five years ago but family frustration mounts as crime remains unsolved.

“This immeasurable pain is felt every day when I realize that my own two children will never have the privilege of meeting my parents who made their lives possible for me and my husband,” he said. “Closure will not be possible until those responsible for this evil act are brought to justice,” Jonathon Sherman, the couple’s son, said in a statement shared with CBC Toronto. The Toronto police have said the investigation remains open and they remain “committed to resolving this case and bringing closure to the family and friends” of the Shermans. [found the couple in the basement pool area of their home](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/16/pharma-billionaire-and-wife-found-dead-in-suspicious-case) two days later, with belts looped around their necks and attached to a pool railing. [later determined the couple were victims of a “targeted” double homicide](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/26/billionaires-barry-and-honey-sherman-were-murdered-canada-police-say), but five years on, the crime remains unsolved. [murdered five years ago](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/08/sherman-billionaire-murder-unsolved-appeal-evidence) has tripled a cash reward for information about the unsolved crime amid frustration over a lack of progress in the investigation and deep rifts within the family.

Jonathon Sherman told CBC in a statement Sunday that he is personally adding $25 million to the $10 million put up by the family in late 2018.

With four Sherman children, and two of them releasing separate statements, this is another example of a rift that has developed in the family. “My parents deserved to enjoy the fruits of their labour, and spend their twilight years as any grandparent should, with their family. Jonathon has told the Star he did not. Jonathon and his husband Fred Mercure welcomed two children through surrogacy two years after the murders. Barry had been supporting them financially in their plans for a family. That team and the panel are no longer involved in the case. Initially thought by police to be a murder suicide, police announced six weeks later it was a “targeted” double homicide following the Star’s publication of the results of The Shermans were in a seated position in their basement swimming pool room, located in the farthest spot away from the front entrance. “I have been overwhelmed with pain, loss, and sorrow and these feelings only continuously compound,” he said. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]),” Krawczyk said in her statement. Barry and Honey Sherman were last seen alive in the early evening hours of Wednesday, Dec. Their strangled bodies were found 36 hours later by a realtor touring clients through their house, which was for sale.

It's been five years since Toronto billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman were murdered -- and the case remains unsolved.

Barry Sherman and his wife Honey Sherman were strangled to death in their Toronto home five years ago. Their murder mystery remains unsolved even as their ...

The high-profile murder occurred on December 15, 2017, and the police still cannot solve the case or name a suspect. The following year, their son offered a cash reward for any information about the homicide. The Canadian businessman and his wife were found strangled in their home in late 2017.