Five years after a pharmaceutical company billionaire and his wife were found dead in their Toronto home, their family says they are now offering $35 million to help solve the Grisly murders.
Barry Sherman, who founded generic drug maker Apotex Inc., and his wife, Honey, were found dead in his mansion on Dec. 15, 2017. The two were suspended by sashes from a railing that surrounds their indoor pool and were in a semi-seated position on the pool deck.
While the suspect remains at large, the couple’s son, Jonathon Sherman, told CBC Toronto that he add $25 million to the reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. The family had previously offered a $10 million reward, bringing the total reward to $35 million.
“The closure will not be possible until those responsible for this diabolical act are brought to justice,” Jonathon Sherman said in a statement to CBC Toronto.
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Last year, police asked for the public’s help after free video of a suspect in the murders. Det. of Toronto Sgt. Brandon Prize said the suspect spent “a very suspicious time” in the immediate vicinity of the Shermans’ home around the time the Shermans were murdered.
Price provided the public with security camera footage of a man or woman walking down a sidewalk in a hat that appears to lift their right boot with each step. The video does not show the suspect’s face. Price estimated the person’s height between 5ft 6in and 5ft 9in.
Sherman, 75, was known for his litigious moves and aggressive business practices when he developed Apotex, which had about 11,000 employees worldwide. In “Prescription Games,” a 2001 book about the industry, he thought a rival might want to kill him.
Price said they largely eliminated anyone who captured security footage in the area. He said they had great confidence. The suspect is linked to the scene. Police have other videos of the suspect, but said the released video was the best footage.
“The actions of this individual are highly suspicious,” Price said.
The couple were among Canada’s most generous philanthropists, and their deaths shocked Canadian high society and the country’s Jewish community. They made many multi-million dollar donations to hospitals, schools and charities and had buildings named in their honor. They hosted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Liberal Party fundraiser in 2015.
The day after the bodies were found, some prominent media quoted unidentified police officials as saying the deaths appeared to be a murder-suicide. This upset the couple’s four adult children, who then hired their own team of investigators and a pathologist, who performed a second autopsy on the Shermans.
Police later said publicly that they believed the Shermans had been murdered.
Friends and family say the couple had made plans for the future. They had recently listed their home in Toronto for C$6.9 million ($5.3 million) and they were building a new home in the city.
Sherman has faced lawsuits from cousins who said they were kicked out of the business over the years. A judge dismissed the complaint just months before the couple were found dead.
“He fought for what he truly believed was right and provided generic drugs that allowed those who were not covered by drug plans to get the medications they needed to the ailments they were suffering from,” said Paul Godfrey, a longtime friend. told CBS News in 2018.
“It’s shocking and you know it leaves chills all over you,” he said.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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