Shermans' untimely deaths

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WARMINGTON: 'Window was left open' as Sherman home painted
Joe Warmington
Published:
December 17, 2019
Updated:
December 17, 2019 8:33 AM EST
Since it was a “targeted” double homicide, it was logical that Toronto Police interviewed some house painters who were in the Sherman mansion sometime in the day before the heinous slayings.
Not because the I Heard You Paint Houses book, turned into the hitman movie The Irishman, could be a metaphor for this bizarre mystery — but because actual painters were working in the home at 150 Old Colony Rd.
And that a window was left open after they left.
Toronto Police Homicide detectives have interviewed many people since the disturbing discovery of murdered Honey and Barry Sherman Dec. 15, 2017.
The number is at 243.
The home of the late Barry and Honey Sherman at 50 Old Colony Road at North York on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network)
Police have also sent 150 items to the Centre of Forensic Science and collected many hours of security video.
They are not done.
“We are still asking for help,” Insp. Hank Idsinga told a packed media gallery Monday.
“The family and the police urge anyone who has reliable information regarding the murders, no matter how small or unimportant that information may seem, to please contact the police through their usual channels.”
He also said the “private investigation” by former TPS homicide detective Tommy Klatt and his team has been “completed,” and all tips should now be sent to shermantips@torontopolice.on.ca.
As Idsinga said, someone may think something they know is not a big deal — but it could be.
“We have been given a lot of great information from a lot of sources,” said Idsinga.
He wants more.
Small details — like there were professional painters in that house or that a window was open — only help.
Barry and Honey Sherman were found slain in their Old Colony Rd. mansion on Dec. 15, 2017.
It puts more people in that house around the time, which includes cleaning professionals and real estate people.
It’s not saying they are suspects, but those who can assist police with information few others could.
“The window was left open to clear the smell of the paint from the area,” explained a family friend.
Could that detail show an entry or exit point in a home showing no forced entry?
Could information that there was also a door “never locked” mean there was another entrance or exit possibility?
New details like that offer a glimpse into a challenging police investigation.
It’s one Toronto’s biggest ever.
And now there’s just one.
For two years there had been two investigations.
SHERMAN MURDERS: Toronto cops, family make statement
WARMINGTON: Cops' probe into 2017 Sherman murders 'very active'
The family, through famed lawyer Brian Greenspan, had funded a second probe by Klatt who brought in top investigators and forensics people.
Their criticisms created tension with police, but hundreds of tips and pieces of evidence were passed over as well.
The private team also intended to light a fire under the police, and did just that.
The most important thing Idsinga has done is utilize his experience and skills to bridge the relationship with the family and police, which had soured since day one when it was announced there was no risk to neighbours and it was looking like a murder-suicide.
Six weeks later, police changed their minds but it has taken two years for the trust to rebuild with the four Sherman children.
Idsinga made that happen — as he did with the gay community in the originally troubled investigation into the McArthur serial murder case.
Idsinga turned that around and made an arrest.
He’s hoping for a repeat, and referenced how the Glen Davis murder took four years to solve as an example to show that two years is nothing to fear.
Wealthy philanthropist Davis was murdered by a hitman hired by godson Marshall Ross.
Idsinga didn’t suggest similarities other than it shows homicide won’t quit until they made their collar.
Dogged determination is his greatest quality, and for that reason the Sherman family has “confidence” in police they did not originally have.
Some credit must also be given to Klatt and Greenspan, who have been fierce on this as well and will keep their eyes peeled.
“I am still involved as an adviser, consultant and spokesperson,” said Greenspan.
Klatt is just a phone call away.
But going forward, the quest for justice for Honey and Barry Sherman is in the hands of Insp. Hank Idsinga, Det. Sgt. Brandon Price, and Detectives Kristy Devine and Dennis Yim.
They will determine who painted this house.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-police-renew-appeal-for-info-on-sherman-murders
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I thought it was the stock market that "wrecked" the British Pound.
The stock market doesn't brag about wrecking the pound, george soros does. AS he does with every other country he does it to. He owns coal he bought at a bargain because obama wrecked their whole industry with "global warming" too. That's how he rolls.

How Did George Soros Break the Bank of England?
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/george-soros-bank-of-england.asp

BTW, people, and more recently algorithms, run the show, the stock market doesn't do anything - remember that when your pension(s) get eviscerated by negative interest rates.
 

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WARMINGTON: Did billionaire Shermans want to leave wealth to Bill Gates' charity?
Joe Warmington
Published:
December 19, 2019
Updated:
December 19, 2019 9:37 PM EST
In this Oct. 15, 2017 photo provided by the United Jewish Appeal via Canadian Press, Barry and Honey Sherman pose for a photo in Toronto, Canada.
Honey and Barry Sherman were known for giving millions to local charities.
But were they considering leaving their billions, after death, to Bill Gates’ The Giving Pledge?
Several friends close to them say yes. Others say nothing of the sort had been decided.
The issue came up after the British newspaper, The Daily Mail, reported Thursday that shortly before their brutal Dec. 13, 2017 murders in the couple’s Old Colony Rd. mansion, they talked about signing up with The Giving Pledge initiative started by Bill and Melinda Gates of Microsoft fame.
The initiative is designed to allow billionaires have their vast estates used to support projects they care about after their deaths.
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In the Sherman’s case, it would mean that the bulk of their estimated $5-billion estate would go The Giving Pledge and not to family members or designated beneficiaries as laid out in a last will and testament.
“My understanding is they spoke about it,” said a person close to them of the idea.
Whether it was their desire to set up something on their own or work with Gates is unclear.
The Gates part of it has not been talked about in Toronto circles. But Sherman’s cousin Kerry Winter said it was Barry’s wish to pursue something like that.
Winter said he knew about Barry’s wishes and it was an issue in the lawsuit the cousins filed against the Apotex giant.
“It’s nothing new,” said Winter. “He told me that more than once.”
But Barry, said Winter, “never mentioned Gates, The Giving Pledge.”
SHERMAN MURDERS: Toronto cops, family make statement
WARMINGTON: 'Window was left open' as Sherman home painted
WARMINGTON: Cops' probe into 2017 Sherman murders 'very active'
Another person close to the family says the notion the philanthropic couple was going to make such a covenant could offer police a potential motive to pursue. It also could end up being a
“It’s more gossip that newspapers are doing with this case to sell copies,” said a person close to the four Sherman children. “That they were generous is not new and that they would set up some legacy project to make sure their money was utilized to help people is hardly a stretch for them.”
The family confidant said “this is a great headline but as usual, it’s not backed up with any formal paperwork.”
http://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...ns-want-to-leave-wealth-to-bill-gates-charity
 

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Video released of suspect in Barry and Honey Sherman murder

The video shows the individual walking with an unusual gait in his right leg
Author of the article:
Scott Laurie
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Publishing date:
Dec 14, 2021 • 9 hours ago • 2 minute read •
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A screengrab from video released Dec. 14, 2021 by Toronto Police of a suspect in the 2017 slayings of Barry and Honey Sherman.
A screengrab from video released Dec. 14, 2021 by Toronto Police of a suspect in the 2017 slayings of Barry and Honey Sherman.
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In a major development, Toronto Police released a video of a suspect in the unsolved murders of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman.

A short loop of security video — released by police Tuesday — shows a person walking down a snowy sidewalk around the time that the couple was murdered on Dec. 13, 2017 in their upscale home in North York.

“This individual is a suspect,” said Det.-Sgt. Brandon Price, the lead investigator in the case.

The couple was found dead in their home by a real estate agent. Autopsies determined they had been strangled, and police have said there was no sign of a break-in.

Police released the images in hopes that someone will recognize the individual. They do not have an estimated age, weight, skin colour, or gender of the suspect.

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After scouring through four terabytes of video gathered from the area close to the Sherman’s now-demolished home, officers zeroed in on this person.

“We have been able to eliminate the vast majority of people captured on the video,” Price told reporters.

“I would ask that you pay particular attention to the gait, or the stride or walk style that this person has on the video.”

The time of day of the video recording has not been revealed. It is a street view taken by a security camera outside of a residence about 1.3 kilometres east of the Sherman’s home.

Barry Sherman, 75, was the founder of a major pharmaceutical firm Apotex. His wife Honey, 70, was deeply involved in charitable causes.

The reason behind their murders remains a mystery.
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Tuesday marked the first time homicide detectives have used the word “suspect” to describe anyone in relation to this case.

Police believe the person is between 5-foot-6 and about 5-foot-9.

“It is our hope that someone will come with a name when they recognize the individual’s walk,” said Price. “The way in which they kick up their right foot with every step.”

Investigators say they have thoroughly canvassed the Sherman’s neighbourhood near Bayview Ave. and Hwy. 401. They said police received 1255 public tips, have spoken to 250 witnesses, and taken 992 investigative actions, including cross-referencing cellphone tower information with the locations of people seen on video.
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“There may be a legitimate explanation as to what this person’s actions were in the area,” noted Price. “In my recent conversations with the Sherman family, they have asked me to remind the public that their private $10 million reward is still available.”

— With files from the Canadian Press
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HUNTER: Are cops hunting amputee in Sherman double murder?
Author of the article:
Brad Hunter
Publishing date:
Dec 21, 2021 • 11 hours ago • 3 minute read •
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A screengrab from video released Dec. 14, 2021 by Toronto Police of a suspect in the 2017 slayings of Barry and Honey Sherman.
A screengrab from video released Dec. 14, 2021 by Toronto Police of a suspect in the 2017 slayings of Barry and Honey Sherman.
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For four long seasons, Dr. Richard Kimble hunted a one-armed man he claimed murdered his wife.
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The good doctor — played by David Janssen in the 1960s TV show The Fugitive and later Harrison Ford in the movie — was relentlessly chased by cops who were certain he was the killer.

Eventually, in 1967, Kimble caught up with the mysterious amputee in one of the most-watched episodes of any TV series.

Now, Toronto Police homicide detectives may be approximating a similar experience.

Last week, cops released a grainy video of a suspect in the unsolved murders of billionaire generic pharma king Barry Sherman, 75, and his philanthropist wife, Honey, 70.

The short loop of CCTV footage reveals a person walking down a snowy sidewalk about the time the couple was murdered on Dec. 13, 2017, in their upscale home in North York. A hat is pulled over his face and his collar is pulled.
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“This individual is a suspect,” lead investigator Det.-Sgt. Brandon Price told reporters.

The Shermans were found dead in their home by a real estate agent, and they had been strangled to death. Cops said there was no sign of a break-in.
Toronto Police homicide Insp. Hank Idsinga speaks about the 2019 homicide rate, the Sherman family case and Danforth murders on Thursday, April 4, 2019. (Jack Boland/Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network)
Toronto Police homicide Insp. Hank Idsinga speaks about the 2019 homicide rate, the Sherman family case and Danforth murders on Thursday, April 4, 2019. (Jack Boland/Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network)

But the one thing the suspected killer could not — and did not — hide was a distinctive gait or stride.

“We have been able to eliminate the vast majority of people captured on the video,” Price told reporters. “I would ask that you pay particular attention to the gait, or the stride or walk style that this person has on the video.”

Michael Arntfield, a University of Western Ontario criminology professor and cold case expert, told the Toronto Sun that homicide detectives could possibly be dealing with an amputee as the possible killer of the Shermans.
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“I received a phone call from at least one physiotherapist. In their experience, the subject observed in the video is an experienced amputee,” Arntfield said, adding he doesn’t have the expertise to determine the veracity of the tip but wanted to make sure it was passed on to police.

“This would explain what I said when I indicated that given the efforts by the offender to otherwise conceal their identification, knowing full well there is CCTV in the area, he is not hiding how he walks.”
The home of the late Barry and Honey Sherman at 50 Old Colony Road at North York on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network)
The home of the late Barry and Honey Sherman at 50 Old Colony Road at North York on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network)

He added: “And the fact he has a distinct stride or gait… it is either an intentional misdirect or something the offender would be unable to conceal.”

You can cover your face, wear a balaclava, add glasses or a beard. It is difficult to hide the fact you’ve had a leg amputated.
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“It’s a reasonable explanation because there is a disconnect between that idiosyncratic trait and his efforts to conceal his identity,” Arntfield said. “It’s like having a tattoo on your face or a giveaway accent. You just can’t hide it.”

Toronto homicide chief Det.-Insp. Hank Idsinga isn’t dismissing the possibility his detectives are hunting an amputee. But he’s not endorsing it, either.

“We’re open to all possibilities,” Idsinga said. “Unfortunately (short of Harrison Ford tackling the suspect) we wouldn’t be able to be definitive from the video alone.”

Still… the killer’s identity remains just one of the question marks in the investigation that has vexed detectives.

Yet, the biggest question looming over the probe remains: Why? What was the motive? Who benefited?

“It is our hope that someone will come with a name when they recognize the individual’s walk,” Price said, “the way in which they kick up their right foot with every step.”

Time to call in Dr. Richard Kimble.

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Family of murdered Barry and Honey Sherman split by lawsuit over money
Author of the article:Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ari Altstedter
Published Jan 16, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

The niece and nephew of murdered billionaire Barry Sherman are suing his other heirs over a trust they say may be worth more than $500 million, the latest twist in a bitter family drama that’s erupted in the six years since the crime.


Matthew and Rebecca Shechtman are taking legal action against their cousins, Sherman’s children, as well as other family members and the administrators of the trust, according to documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. They claim the administrators breached their fiduciary duties by refusing to share information on the trust and are asking the court to appoint new trustees.


The Shechtman siblings are the children of Mary Shechtman, the sister of Honey Sherman, who in 2017 was found dead alongside her husband Barry in their Toronto home. With a net worth of about $3.6 billion at the time of their deaths, they ranked as two of the wealthiest people in the world ever to be murdered, and the crime remains unsolved to this day.


With the killers still at large and their motivations unknown, relations among family members have grown strained, with the couple’s children falling into conflict with each other and some of their parents’ closest confidantes.

According to the lawsuit, which was filed last month and reported over the weekend in the Toronto Star, Barry Sherman established the trust in 2016 to benefit his four children, along with those of Mary Shechtman and of Sandra Florence, his own sister. The trust’s main assets were shares in a holding company called Shermco, which was meant to “capture the growth in the value of Sherfam Inc. from 2016 forward,” according to the lawsuit. Sherfam is the family’s main holding company, which once encompassed Apotex Inc., the pharmaceutical manufacturer that constituted the bulk of Barry Sherman’s net worth.


Last year, Apotex was sold to a New York-based private equity firm for between $3 billion and $4 billion, people with knowledge of the transaction told Bloomberg Businessweek.

The trustees accused of breaching their duty, whom the lawsuit seeks to replace, are Barry and Honey Sherman’s son, Jonathon Sherman; Alex Glasenberg, who runs the holding company; and Brad Krawczyk, the ex-husband of one of the Shermans’ daughters. The two Shechtman siblings say these trustees have violated their duties by refusing to meet with them or share the trust’s accounts, including the value of the Shermco shares, which they say may be worth more than $500 million.

They claim this refusal is due to a breakdown in the relationship between the two branches of the family in the aftermath of the murders. After the Shermans’ deaths, Mary Shechtman claimed her sister had intended to leave her and her children hundreds of millions of dollars — but because Honey did not leave a will, the Sherman children declined to give her the money, an investigation by Bloomberg Businessweek showed last year.


‘Personal Animosity’
In the lawsuit, the Shechtman siblings say the conflict between their mother and the Sherman children now extends to them. They say they are no longer on speaking terms with their cousins, which is affecting the disbursement of the trust. In the years since the killings, they say they’ve received nothing from the trust, which they allege in their suit is because of the “personal animosity” of the trustees.

The suit also says the relationships between the trustees has become dysfunctional, and that the various trustees are otherwise compromised. Jonathon Sherman is no longer on speaking terms with the other two trustees and has disavowed their communications, it says. And Glasenberg and Krawczyk have encouraged and helped Matthew and Rebecca Shechtman’s brother, Noah Shechtman, to sue them and their mother over a separate trust, which they say constitutes a conflict of interest and breach of fiduciary duty.


When reached by email, the attorneys representing the three trustees said they disagreed with the allegations in the application, but declined to comment further.

Bloomberg Businessweek reported last year that Jonathon Sherman has himself accused Glasenberg of withholding information from him, and that has contributed to a breakdown in his relationship with his sister Alexandra — Krawczyk’s ex-wife — who at one point had come to suspect Jonathon of being involved in their parents’ deaths. It’s unclear what drove her to that suspicion, and the police, according to a person with knowledge of their investigation, didn’t view it as being based on any evidence.
 

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Family of murdered Barry and Honey Sherman split by lawsuit over money
Author of the article:Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ari Altstedter
Published Jan 16, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

The niece and nephew of murdered billionaire Barry Sherman are suing his other heirs over a trust they say may be worth more than $500 million, the latest twist in a bitter family drama that’s erupted in the six years since the crime.


Matthew and Rebecca Shechtman are taking legal action against their cousins, Sherman’s children, as well as other family members and the administrators of the trust, according to documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. They claim the administrators breached their fiduciary duties by refusing to share information on the trust and are asking the court to appoint new trustees.


The Shechtman siblings are the children of Mary Shechtman, the sister of Honey Sherman, who in 2017 was found dead alongside her husband Barry in their Toronto home. With a net worth of about $3.6 billion at the time of their deaths, they ranked as two of the wealthiest people in the world ever to be murdered, and the crime remains unsolved to this day.


With the killers still at large and their motivations unknown, relations among family members have grown strained, with the couple’s children falling into conflict with each other and some of their parents’ closest confidantes.

According to the lawsuit, which was filed last month and reported over the weekend in the Toronto Star, Barry Sherman established the trust in 2016 to benefit his four children, along with those of Mary Shechtman and of Sandra Florence, his own sister. The trust’s main assets were shares in a holding company called Shermco, which was meant to “capture the growth in the value of Sherfam Inc. from 2016 forward,” according to the lawsuit. Sherfam is the family’s main holding company, which once encompassed Apotex Inc., the pharmaceutical manufacturer that constituted the bulk of Barry Sherman’s net worth.


Last year, Apotex was sold to a New York-based private equity firm for between $3 billion and $4 billion, people with knowledge of the transaction told Bloomberg Businessweek.

The trustees accused of breaching their duty, whom the lawsuit seeks to replace, are Barry and Honey Sherman’s son, Jonathon Sherman; Alex Glasenberg, who runs the holding company; and Brad Krawczyk, the ex-husband of one of the Shermans’ daughters. The two Shechtman siblings say these trustees have violated their duties by refusing to meet with them or share the trust’s accounts, including the value of the Shermco shares, which they say may be worth more than $500 million.

They claim this refusal is due to a breakdown in the relationship between the two branches of the family in the aftermath of the murders. After the Shermans’ deaths, Mary Shechtman claimed her sister had intended to leave her and her children hundreds of millions of dollars — but because Honey did not leave a will, the Sherman children declined to give her the money, an investigation by Bloomberg Businessweek showed last year.


‘Personal Animosity’
In the lawsuit, the Shechtman siblings say the conflict between their mother and the Sherman children now extends to them. They say they are no longer on speaking terms with their cousins, which is affecting the disbursement of the trust. In the years since the killings, they say they’ve received nothing from the trust, which they allege in their suit is because of the “personal animosity” of the trustees.

The suit also says the relationships between the trustees has become dysfunctional, and that the various trustees are otherwise compromised. Jonathon Sherman is no longer on speaking terms with the other two trustees and has disavowed their communications, it says. And Glasenberg and Krawczyk have encouraged and helped Matthew and Rebecca Shechtman’s brother, Noah Shechtman, to sue them and their mother over a separate trust, which they say constitutes a conflict of interest and breach of fiduciary duty.


When reached by email, the attorneys representing the three trustees said they disagreed with the allegations in the application, but declined to comment further.

Bloomberg Businessweek reported last year that Jonathon Sherman has himself accused Glasenberg of withholding information from him, and that has contributed to a breakdown in his relationship with his sister Alexandra — Krawczyk’s ex-wife — who at one point had come to suspect Jonathon of being involved in their parents’ deaths. It’s unclear what drove her to that suspicion, and the police, according to a person with knowledge of their investigation, didn’t view it as being based on any evidence.
Quite the empire for starting with street drugs.