Billionaire and wife were murdered, say police

CANADIAN drug-company billionaire businessman Barry Sherman and his wife were both murdered, police said.

Detective Sergeant Susan Gomes said investigators came to the conclusion after six weeks of investigation, but declined to discuss possible motives or suspects.

The founder of generic drugmaker Apotex and his wife, Honey, were found dead in their mansion on December 15.

Police said then the deaths were suspicious, but said there were no signs of forced entry and they were not looking for suspects.

The day after the bodies were found, prominent media outlets quoted unidentified police officials as saying it appeared to be a murdersuicide.

But that theory was never publicly confirmed by authorities and family said that would have been wildly out of character.

Gomes said: “We have sufficient evidence to describe this as a double homicide investigation and that both Honey and Barry Sherman were in fact targeted.”

She said they were last seen alive in the evening hours of Wednesday December 13 and were not heard from again until their bodies were found late Friday morning.

Gomes said there were no signs of forced entry at access points of the home. She declined to discuss the evidence, possible motives or suspects.

The couple’s four adult children have hired their own team of investigators and a pathologist, who conducted second post mortems.

Sherman was a fiercely competitive businessman, once musing that a rival might want to kill him.