Family request to demolish home where Barry and Honey Sherman were murdered is approved by Toronto authorities
TORONTO — The City of Toronto has approved a request from the family of Barry and Honey Sherman to demolish the home where billionaire philanthropists were killed.
The family had submitted an application to city authorities last month saying the two-story mansion where the pharmaceutical magnate and his wife were killed had bad memories and a stigma attached to it.
The letter, written by an unnamed agent on the family’s behalf, said the home had stood vacant since the couple’s bodies were found dead beside the house pool in December 2017, and no one would buy the residence.
A community council tasked with reviewing the family’s request approved it at a meeting Tuesday morning, saying the house can be demolished on condition that construction fences go up around the property if necessary and the lot is cleaned and resodded afterwards.
The family’s letter says they intend to put the lot up for sale once the house is gone.
The Shermans’ double homicide remains unsolved, and police have not provided any substantial updates on the case in more than a year.
Investigators with Toronto police previously said the Shermans, who were in their 70s, were found in a semi-seated position by the house pool, hanging from a railing with belts around their necks.
Autopsy results revealed the pair died by “ligature neck compression,” they said. Police also said there were no signs of forced entry to the home in an affluent corner of north Toronto.
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