The Billion Dollar Mystery

It's December in Toronto. It's snowing tonight.
A 12,000 square foot mansion stands dark. None of its windows are illuminated.
Not even the basement office. That's unusual.
This is the home of billionaire power couple Barry and Honey Sherman, owing to the wild success of his generic pharmaceutical company, Apotex. Barry is both a workaholic and an insomniac.
He does his best thinking at nighttime, and his employees are used to receiving emails and calls from Barry at all hours.

But on this night, the night of Wednesday, December 13th, 2017,

his employees received no late-night messages from Barry at all.

In fact, it's the first time they recall this ever happening.

What the employees don't yet realize, though, is that they'll never receive a message from Barry Sherman ever happening. What the employees don't yet realize though, is that they'll never receive a message

from Barry Sherman ever again.

And it's because deep within the bowels

of the Sherman Mansion, something gruesome is happening

and it'll haunt investigators in the community

for years to come.

Two days later, the sun rises on the Sherman's upscale neighborhood. It's no longer snowing.
It's the morning of Friday, December 15th, 2017. There's a for sale sign in the front of the Sherman's home, and it's been there for weeks.
The Sherman's realtor is scheduled to show their home to potential buyers at around 11 o'clock, but the Sherman's housekeeper, who arrives every Friday, is the very first to arrive at 8.30am. Immediately upon arrival, though, a few things strike her as slightly unusual.
First, the morning newspaper is still lying on the ground out front.

It hasn't been taken inside.

This only happens when the Shermans are out of town,

but the housekeeper can plainly see that the Shermans are home.

Honey Sherman's Lexus is parked in the circular driveway,

still dusted in snow from the storm Wednesday night.

The side entrance most commonly used to

enter the home is locked, second unusual thing. Even so, she knocks, expecting Honey or Berry to

come let her in. However, no one comes to the door.
Finally, she lets herself in with her key

and goes to disarm the home security system. But surprisingly, there's no need to.
It's disabled. This housekeeper has worked for the Shermans for three years, and this is the very first time she's ever seen the alarm system completely off.
Something is wrong. The housekeeper can sense it.

But she has a job to do, so she begins moving from room to room,

cleaning and tidying as she goes,

and dreading what she might find around the next corner.

The bed in the master bedroom is already made,

but Honey always leaves the bed unmade on Friday mornings for housekeeping to handle. In Honey's bathroom, the sink is dry, implying that Honey didn't go through her morning ritual at her mirror.
A thought occurs to the housekeeper. She remembers that Barry and Honey were planning a Florida vacation.
Perhaps those plans had changed and they simply left earlier than planned. Maybe as soon as it began snowing on Wednesday, the couple impulsively decided to bolt for warmer weather and overlooked a few things as they rushed out the door.
The housekeeper reassures herself that this is what happened and continues her work. Shortly before 11am, the Sherman's Realtor comes into the home with a pair of interested buyers.
And to start, their tour begins on the upper floors. Oddly, they find Honey's iPhone lying on the floor of a small powder room near the front of the house.
But otherwise, the house is tidy and the showing goes well. The buyers, at first, seem interested, but then it's time to show the basement.
The realtor has shown the house enough times to know that the basement portion of this tour is where buyers always get cold feet. So as they descend the stairs, the realtor braces herself for the worst.
The problem with the basement is that it makes people uncomfortable. It's almost completely devoid of color or decor.
It's just beige and gray surfaces everywhere. But there is one room in the basement that has decor, and that's the hobby room.
In the corner of it, two life-sized human statues sit on large speakers, with their legs and arms positioned in an attempt at being casual. The statues are so-called junk sculptures, constructed entirely of brightly colored trash.
They do stand out in the otherwise drab space, but not in a good way. There's no other way to put it.
The statues are creepy. So, when the tour group reaches the bottom of the staircase, the realtor rushes them past the hobby room and towards one that they think will make a better first impression.
The indoor pool room.

This massive room is dark when they arrive.

The realtor flips on the overhead lights,

and immediately, there's a gasp from someone in the group.

A moment later, the realtor sees why.

Barry and Honey Sherman are in the room with them, across the way by the far edge of the pool. From this distance, the realtor can't tell what they're doing.
It looks as though they might be doing yoga, but whatever they're up to, it's strange that they're doing it in a completely dark room. The realtor quickly ushers the clients from the room and mentions the scene to a gardener working on the property.
In response, the gardener offers to go see what's up. The gardener enters the pool room and walks up to the Shermans.
However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the Shermans are not doing yoga at all. Barry is in his work clothes and Honey in her everyday attire.
Their legs and arms are positioned in an almost casual manner. They almost look like they're politely seated in a waiting room, except their posture is too unnatural.
They're both reclined too far back, and it looks uncomfortable if not impossible. Now right on top of them, the gardener can see exactly why berry and honey seem so uncomfortable.
Two leather belts, one around each of their necks, are tied tight like nooses, tethering them to one of the pool's low metal railings so that they're left dangling in their strange, half-sitting positions. In no time at all, the Realtor is on the phone with 911, frantically trying to explain the

grotesque scene to the dispatcher, trying to explain that Barry and Honey Sherman are dead,

murdered right inside their own mansion. One week later, the Toronto Police Department is settling into their investigation, but the case is making international headlines now, and the public wants answers.
Everyone wants to know who killed Barry and Honey Sherman. At this point, the police have a working theory, but they're keeping it under wraps until they're more certain.
So far, though, the facts are as follows. In November, Barry and Honey Sherman put their mansion on the market for just under $7 million.
Their plan was to build an even larger $20 million mega mansion closer to the city. The mega mansion wasn't anywhere near completion, however, so the Shermans were still using their current home as a primary residence at the time of their deaths.
Early Wednesday evening, just hours before they were believed to have been killed, Barry and Honey met with a team of custom home builders to go over the plans for their new dream home. The meeting was held at Barry's offices at Apotex headquarters near downtown Toronto, and their building security

cameras captured the three home builders arriving for that meeting around 5pm. Honey left Appatex a half hour later, around 5.30, did some shopping, then drove home in her Lexus.
Barry stayed behind for a few more hours to finish up his work that day. He sent his final work email at 8.23pm, then made his 25-minute drive home.
At 9.01pm, there was an incoming call to Barry's Blackberry, but Barry didn't answer it. And as a matter of fact, Barry never picked up a phone call ever again.
Weeks later, pathology reports will suggest that Barry and Honey likely died somewhere around this time, either late on Wednesday or early Thursday. The home shows no signs of forced entry.
There are no security cameras on the Sherman's property, but there is a home security system. Interestingly though, the security alarm is never triggered during the timeframe in question, and as we know, was discovered by the housekeeper two days later, unarmed and turned off.
In the kitchen, some items that Honey would have brought in from her car, such as her purse and shopping bags, are placed on the table, right where they normally would be. Honey's cell phone, however, was not with those items.
It was discovered in a completely different part of the house, in an out-of-the-way powder room where, according to the housekeeper, Honey never really went. At the indoor pool in the basement, the bodies of Barry and Honey are still dressed in the attire that they likely were wearing around 9pm Wednesday evening.
There's a wound on Honey's face as though she was struck, yet no such injuries exist on Barry. The housekeeper informs police that Honey had bad knees and that the steep basement staircase was too difficult for her to manage on her own.
As a result, Honey never went down there if she could help it. Two days after the bodies are found, police announce that, according to autopsies, Barry and Honey both had the same cause of death,

ligature neck compression, aka strangulation with a rope or constricting band.

The preliminary autopsy report for Barry notes that the fragile,

U-shaped hyoid bone in his neck is still intact, unbroken, which is odd because typically, deaths involving strangulation break it. Because of this, investigators see this as an indication that this case was not a double homicide, but rather a murder-suicide, in which Barry Sherman killed his wife, then took his own.

Self-strangulation is an extremely difficult way to kill oneself.

Remember, Barry did not hang himself.

His feet were touching the floor,

meaning that he could have reflexively stood up at any time once he became desperate for oxygen.

This is why ligature neck compression is such a rare way for one to commit suicide, yet it's not completely unheard of. Police investigators are intrigued by the murder-suicide theory because it fits with so much of the evidence they've gathered.
If Barry Sherman is their killer, it would explain why there was no sign of forced entry, why the home security system never went off, and why no unexpected DNA or fingerprints were found in the house. And also, if Barry attacked Honey, it would explain why Honey's face showed signs of violence while his didn't.
On top of everything though, another reason the police are pursuing this theory so aggressively is because of its potential motive. Barry and Honey's 40-year marriage, as it turns out, was secretly on the rocks.
According to those who knew the Shermans well, Honey and Barry were a completely different couple in private than they were in public. Outside their home, Barry and Honey presented

themselves as a happily married couple, constantly attending fundraisers and events on each other's

arm. But within the privacy of their own home, Honey and Barry reportedly kept their distance.

There were rumors that they'd begin sleeping in separate beds,

and that Barry spent nearly all of his time at home, working in his basement office. These rumors were bolstered by emails and text messages obtained by police.
Honey seemed frustrated with Barry's workaholic tendencies, while in return, he accused her of being, quote, abusive to him and their children for years.

And so, the Toronto police quietly adopt the idea that Barry Sherman killed Honey and then himself as their working theory,

proceeding to investigate this as a murder-suicide.

But police aren't quite ready to present their working theory to the press,

as there are still some pieces of evidence that don't quite fit with the murder-suicide narrative. And investigators know they'll need to get them cleared up before they publicly accuse the legendary businessman and philanthropist Barry Sherman of something so heinous.
That's the plan anyway, but it doesn't quite work out that way. Instead, the investigator's working theory gets leaked almost immediately, leading to all hell to break loose.
The funeral is massive. More than 6,000 people show up to give their respects, including the Canadian Prime Minister.
Also in attendance are Barry and Honey's four adult children, Lauren, Jonathan, Alexandra, and Kaylin, all of whom are now set to inherit an equal share of their parents' multi-billion dollar empire. Their son Jonathan stands at the podium and delivers a heartfelt eulogy.
Today, he allows himself to grieve, because tomorrow, the battle to salvage his father's legacy and good name begins in earnest. The police's leaked murder-suicide theory is already being reported across the globe,

but Jonathan and his siblings don't buy it for a second.

They know that their father could never have done this.

They don't understand why the police are investigating this case as anything but a double homicide.

After all, their father has many enemies.

As a businessman, Barry Sherman was notoriously aggressive and litigious. There are many, many individuals who would benefit from his death, some of whom are in attendance at this funeral.
It would be fair to label Barry Sherman's company, Apotex, as Big Pharma. Apotex's business model is to make generic versions of brand-name drugs, then sell their version of the drug for less.
It's all common practice and completely legal, so as long as they wait for the brand-name drugs patent to run its course. You see, in the pharmaceutical industry, patents are a big deal.
When a new drug gets invented, the inventor may be awarded a patent which gives them the exclusive right to sell that drug for a period of time, often for 20 years. Once the period of exclusivity ends though, generic drug manufacturers like Apotex are allowed to flood the market with cheaper, virtually identical replicas.
But Apotex doesn't always wait for the period of exclusivity to expire. Instead, they, like many other generic pharmaceutical companies, often introduce their products at risk.
This means that they release their copycat drug before the original drugmaker's patents expire, then try to invalidate the original patents in court in the meantime. If the original manufacturer loses in court, the generic manufacturer keeps the money they make from selling their drug.
But if they lose, then they must pay the original drugmaker damages. This is the risk Appatex and companies like to take on.

They understand that they'll then they must pay the original drugmaker damages. This is the risk Apotex and companies like to take on.

They understand that they'll win some court battles and lose others.

But as long as they win more than they lose,

they stand to make incredible amounts of money.

It's a legal strategy that Barry Sherman,

who is neither a doctor or lawyer,

was able to exploit again and again and again for years.

Shortly before Barry's death, though,

Apotex would lose a massive $500 million lawsuit,

and this was hardly the only court battle

Barry engaged in around this time.

There are dozens, including one against members of his own family. In 2007, Barry's cousins claimed that they were owed a 20% ownership in Appatex and filed a lawsuit against Barry.
On December 6th, 2017, a decade after the court battle began, and just seven days before Barry is last seen alive, a Superior Court judge dismisses the cousin's lawsuit and orders them to pay Barry $300,000 to cover his legal fees. So with this in mind, to Jonathan and his siblings, the police's murder-suicide theory feels improbable, irresponsible even.
In their eyes, not only are the police wrong, but their theory is also destroying a great man's legacy in the process. No matter how you look at it, a targeted double homicide simply cannot be ruled out.
Barry had too many powerful enemies and bitter business rivals who lost against him in court. And besides, who on earth commits suicide by ligature neck strangulation? It's outlandish.
If they were a family of average means, Jonathan and his siblings might have had no choice but to quietly sit by and let the Toronto PD's investigation run its course.

But Jonathan and his siblings are billionaires.

They have the means to hire a completely independent team of experts and private investigators.

They have the means to fund their own investigation.

One that'll bring the truth to light and restore their father's good name.

Jonathan and his siblings act quickly. They hire criminal defense lawyer Brian Greenspan to lead a private, parallel investigation into their parents' deaths.
Greenspan's first order of business is to arrange a second set of autopsies. For this, he taps Dr.
David Chason, a veteran forensic pathologist with an excellent reputation. Greenspan knows that it's crucial that his investigation is done by the book and in the light of day.
And so he invites everyone who was present at the initial autopsies to attend the second autopsies, including a number of Toronto police officers and detectives assigned the Sherman case. Oddly, though, every single one of them declines.
The Toronto PD, it seems, doesn't appreciate having their work picked over. Even so, however, there is one person who accepts Greenspan's invitation.
Dr. Michael Pickup, the young staff pathologist who performed the initial autopsies of Barry and Honey Sherman.
To Greenspan's surprise, Dr. Pickup takes no offense to having his work double-checked.
Rather, he's eager to help. Pickup explains that he delivered his preliminary reports days after the Sherman's bodies were found, but the official autopsy report would take about a month to complete.
So the preliminary report was precisely that, preliminary. The only conclusion Dr.
Pickup reached in his preliminary reports was the medical cause of death, ligature neck compression for both berry and honey. But what this preliminary report didn't reach any conclusions about was the manner of death.
The manner of death refers to the circumstances surrounding a death, whether it was natural or intentional, a suicide or homicide, etc. And in this section of his preliminary report, Dr.
Pickup merely listed out the three possible options, murder-suicide, double-homicide, and double-suicide, with the intention of narrowing the list down in his final report. And so, on December 20th, Dr.
Chason carries out the second set of autopsies with Dr. Pickup and Greenspan's small team of private investigators in attendance.
With this, Dr. Pickup proves to be invaluable.
He takes Dr. Chason through his thought process and the incisions he made in his initial autopsies.
He also brings crime scene photos that show Barry and Honey's bodies exactly as they were found on the morning of December 15th. Photos that Greenspan's investigation would not have had access to otherwise.
Four weeks later, on January 19th, the Toronto Star publishes the findings of the second autopsies. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, it obliterates the Toronto Police's working theory.
First off, it's clear that Barry and Honey were not strangled to death with the thick leather belts found around their necks. The thin markings left on their throats indicate that they were both strangled by a very thin rope or strap, likely a garotte as seen in Mafia movies.
This means that the leather belts were likely put around both Barry and Honey's necks after they were already dead. But no garotte or thin rope was found anywhere in the house, so the idea that Barry could have killed himself was out of the question.
Barry couldn't have strangled himself, then gotten rid of the garrote afterwards. It's simply impossible.
On top of this, there were thin markings on both Barry and Honey's wrists, indicating that their hands were bound at some points, possibly with zip ties. Once again, nothing of the sort was found anywhere in the house, implying that whoever bound them took that evidence with them when they left.
Dr. Chason's report also addresses the matter of Barry's intact hyoid bone.
Chason, who happens to have researched this exact topic extensively, points out that the hyoid bone doesn't always break during strangulation. His report also re-emphasizes a key fact that may have been overlooked in Dr.
Pickup's preliminary report, that berries isn't the only hyoid bone that's intact. Honey's is fully intact, too.
Likewise, Greenspan's team makes sure the press hears about certain pieces of crime scene evidence that haven't been properly emphasized by the Toronto police. Like the fact that an exterior door leading to the basement was found unlocked at the crime scene, and that one of the home's windows was found ajar.
The fact that there was no sign of forced entry doesn't necessarily make Barry Sherman the killer, as the Shermans lived in an extremely upscale and safe neighborhood, and they were evidently a bit lax about home security. For all they knew, their killer could have simply walked inside that evening, completely undetected.
Greenspan's team also discovers that Toronto Police failed to collect all of the fingerprints and potential DNA at the scene, and their private team discovers at least 25 new palm or fingerprints that the police missed. In light of all of this new information, Greenspan's team asserts that Toronto police are headed down the wrong path, and that perhaps Barry and Honey were actually the victims of a targeted

double homicide. The private investigation's findings begin to turn the tide, just as Jonathan

and his siblings had hoped it would. And now, the pressure is on the Toronto police to respond.
A week later, the Toronto PD calls a press conference. They walk back their murder-suicide theory and announce that they're now investigating the Sherman's deaths as a targeted double homicide.
With this, Jonathan and his siblings are relieved, but not satisfied. Their father's reputation might be saved, but justice has not been served.
And so, they announce a $10 million reward to anyone with info leading to the arrest of their parents' killer, and wait to see what comes of it. But what about Honey Sherman? Why was she killed? If her husband was targeted by a business rival or something along those lines, then why did Honey become wrapped up in all of it? If a lifelong killer really did gain access to the home through their basement, the very basement where Barry was most certainly working, then why did they go upstairs in search of Honey? It's not like Honey could have accidentally stumbled in on a murder in progress in her basement.
Her knees were far too weak to even come down the stairs. No, if Barry was the only target that night, then the killer could have strangled them,

then left without bothering Honey at all. I don't know, it just feels like something else

is at play here. Something personal, perhaps.
After all, it isn't just Barry's enemies who

stand to benefit from his death, as some people very, very close to them stand to benefit most of all. At the time of his death, Barry Sherman has his hands in a number of business ventures besides Appetix.
He regularly loans his money to friends, associates, and family members. Massive amounts of money in the tens of millions of dollars.
The so-called Bank of Barry is extremely generous to those in his orbit, and as a result, more than a few people have become dependent on the Bank of Barry to finance their reckless lifestyles and business ventures. One such person is Frank D'Angelo, someone who met Barry in the year 2000 and quickly became friends.
The Bank of Barry starts lending Frank massive amounts of money to open restaurants and launch a line of energy drinks. But in the end, Frank squanders all of it, and in 2007, his company files for bankruptcy.
It's at this point also where Frank owes Barry more than $100 million. But Barry still doesn't stop lending Frank money for some reason, as he can't seem to say no to him.
Frank continues to use the money to fund a series of terrible B-movies, and to defend himself against sexual assault and obstruction of justice charges in court. Expectedly, Frank becomes more indebted to Barry by the day.
But because Barry considers Frank a friend, he never stops lending. But Frank is far from the only bottom feeder drawn in by Barry's generosity.
There are others, many others in fact, and they're slowly sucking Barry's fortune dry. Meanwhile, Barry and Honey's four children are not happy about this.
From their perspective, Barry is squandering his fortune. A fortune that they will one day inherit.
But Barry's children have little room to complain. After all, they're dependent on the Bank of Barry too.
Jonathan himself has accepted over $100 million in loans from his father to fund his own business ventures. But out of nowhere, in July of 2017, the situation changed.
The Bank of Barry stops lending.

And Barry sends an email to Jonathan, warning his son that he may be facing a liquidity issue soon. As it turned out, the $500 million judgment from the Apotex lawsuit was looming.
And on top of this, Barry's misguided loans to the likes of Frank D'Angelo were hurting him tremendously. It all comes to a head about a month before Barry and Honey's deaths, as Barry informs Jonathan that he needs his son to repay everything he owes, more than $50 million.
Years later, Jonathan confesses to the Toronto Star that a rift had formed between him and his sister, Alexandra. According to Jonathan, Alexandra had accused him of being involved in their parents' murders, at which point he cut off communication with her.
Jonathan, for his part, maintains that he had nothing to do with his parents' deaths whatsoever. Arguably, Jonathan stood more to gain from his parents' deaths than anyone,

as Barry's financial troubles were about to drag Jonathan down with him.

But when Barry and Honey died, it magically solved everything for him.

He not only retained his $50 million, he secured his windfall inheritance before Barry could manage to fetter it all away. If this theory were true, it would help explain why both Barry and Honey were killed.
Barry's will stated that his entire fortune would fall to Honey in the case of his death. But should Honey die as well, the fortune was to be split evenly among their four adult children.
Alexandra never publicly accuses her brother of being involved in the killings, but she does hire additional security guards for herself, just in case she's next on the killer's list. A year and a half passes.
The $10 million reward does not get claimed and the murders remain unsolved. But out of nowhere, in 2019, security camera footage that supposedly never existed begins to surface.

While it's true that the Shermans had no security cameras on their own property, one of their neighbors did.

Because of the way the neighbors' cameras were positioned,

they captured footage of the street

in front of the Shermans' home.

And on the night of the murders, these cameras were running.

No, this footage was available to Toronto police officers from day one of their investigation. On the morning of December 5th, 2017, when police first taped off the crime scene at the Sherman's home, the neighbor walked over and told a Toronto police officer about his cameras.
But because the Toronto PD believed the case to be a murder-suicide, they dragged their heels. The neighbor actually had to remind the police about the footage on four separate occasions before they finally came to retrieve it days later.
But even then, they still didn't review it right away and the footage became lost in the shuffle. But in 2019, and now that the case is being investigated as a double homicide by both the Toronto PD and Greenspan's private investigation, this footage gets dug up and finally receives the attention it deserves.
And let me tell you, it definitely deserved it. According to investigators who have seen this footage, the most shocking portion takes place on the morning of December 14th, just hours after the Shermans were likely killed and a day before their bodies were discovered.
A man parks his four-door sedan on the street in front of their home, and the car remains there for over an hour. During this time, a man takes three separate trips into the Sherman's home, and not just to the front porch, he physically goes inside their home three separate times.
This unidentified man spends a total of 29 minutes inside the mansion, his facial features and the car's license plate too grainy to make out. But it's a shocking revelation.
Could this man have been involved in their murders? Did he clean up or otherwise tamper with forensic evidence while inside? Was he the one who staged the bodies in their bizarrely casual cross-legged positions?

If the police have any answers, they sure remain tight-lipped.

But even stranger, as it turns out, this is not the only camera footage the police have been sitting on. In 2021, on the four-year anniversary of Barry and Honey's deaths, the Toronto PD released a second clip of security camera footage that has left them equally baffled.
It comes from a different home in the area, located 1.3 kilometers away from the Sherman home. In this 20-second clip, an unidentified man is seen walking in the direction of their home.
During the time window, police believe Barry and Honey were killed. And after pouring through 2,000 hours of security camera footage taken from the area that night, this unidentified man is the only individual whose presence in the area police can't explain.
It's unclear whether it's the same man who parked his sedan on the street on December 14th. The walking man, as he'll come to be known, is bundled up against the cold,

making it impossible to see his face clearly.

But it is strange that he would be out walking alone at night in below freezing temperatures

with no apparent reason in such a suburban area. The police have used cell phone location data to review the movements of everyone in the vicinity of the Sherman's home that night.
Everyone else captured on security camera, the police are able to match to a cell phone. But the walking man evidently has no cell phone on his person.
Cell towers cannot track his movements or verify his identity, and the Sherman's neighbors don't recognize his distinctive gait, in which the walking man kicks up his right foot with every step. At last, investigators have a suspect, but unless they find him, he will forever exist as nothing but a phantom.
Years pass. The investigation loses steam and the media frenzy dies away.
The Sherman's mansion is demolished, from Jonathan and the siblings' request. No one comes forward to identify the walking man, and no other breakthroughs pop up.
Based on the tireless efforts of many people, including the Toronto PD, Brian Greenspan's private investigation team, internet sleuths, and the Toronto Star's chief investigative reporter, Kevin Donovan, who followed the case closely for years and wrote a book called The Billionaire Murders. The general consensus about the case is this.
The police's initial theory that Barry Sherman killed Honey in an act of murder-suicide is not widely regarded as viable. While it's true that the Shermans were having marital issues around the time of their deaths, the pathology reports essentially prove that Barry couldn't have done it.
Given that both Barry and Honey were strangled with a thin cord before the belts were placed around their neck, there simply had to be a third party involved. And for what it's worth, there was no suicide note either.
In the months preceding the Shermans' deaths, there were a number of residential break-ins in the area, and it's been theorized that the Shermans could have been victims of a home invasion turned double homicide. But nothing of value was taken from the Sherman's home, and the method by which they were killed, strangulation by Garrotte, feels awfully personal, awfully premeditated.
There were no ropes or zip ties matching Barry and Honey's wounds found anywhere in the home. So these restraints were likely

brought to the scene by the killer. Many believe that someone in Barry's orbit likely hired a

professional hitman. Even Barry himself acknowledged that an attempt on his life was a very real

possibility. In an interview in the late 1990s, he was quoted as saying,

For a thousand bucks paid to the right person, you can probably get someone killed. Perhaps I'm surprised that hasn't happened.
But who ordered the hit, and whether or not Barry was the only intended target, is still heavily debated. As for the strange, casual poses that Barry and Honey's bodies were found in, the police are still seeking answers.
But many believed there to be a connection between Barry and Honey's bodies by the pool and the creepy junk sculptures in the hobby room. Both pairs, the two statues and the two humans, were posed with eerie similarities.
Whatever the connection or significance is, it may have been a cryptic clue left by the killer for some unknown purpose. A clue that, to this day, still taunts investigators.
As of 2021, the rift between Jonathan and Alexandra continues, and on the five-year anniversary of his parents' deaths, Jonathan Sherman announced that the reward was being raised to $35 million. To this day, it remains unclaimed, and the Sherman case remains one of the most high-profile murder mysteries

of this century. By me, Mr.
Balan, Nick Witters, and Zach Levitt. Our head of writing is Evan Allen.
This episode was written by Luke Baratz. Copy editing by Luke Baratz.
Audio editing and sound design by Alistair Sherman. Mixed and mastered by Brendan Cain.
Research by Abigail Shumway, Camille Callahan, Evan Beamer, and Stacy Wood. Fact-checking by Abigail Shumway.
Production supervision by Jeremy Bone and Cole Locasio. Production Thank you for listening to Late Nights with Nexpo.

I love you all. And good night.