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Barry and Honey Sherman
The family of a murdered Canadian billionaire and his wife offer a reward of 10 million Canadian dollars ($ 7.6 million) for information leading to arrest.
Barry Sherman, 75, and his wife, Honey, 70, were found strangled at home in Toronto on December 15.
The family's lawyer announced the award Friday after eight months of silence from the family and the police.
"We are trying to light the fire" for people to come forward, "said family lawyer Brian Greenspan.
Mr. Greenspan said that a phone line would be monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and that the leads would be checked before being forwarded to the Toronto police.
At first, it was thought that the death of the couple was murder-suicide.
Police say it was a double homicide targeted.
The interest sparked by the mysterious and violent death of two of the city's most prominent philanthropists remains high, despite the lack of news from Toronto police investigators since last January.
What do we know up here?
The couple was found strangled in their Toronto home on December 15, both fully dressed, hanging on the pool belt.
Autopsies revealed that they had died as a result of neck compression by ligature or strangulation with material.
Police investigators found no evidence of forced entry on the access points to the house.
Toronto police said the couple was last seen alive on the evening of December 13 and had no communication with their family after that time.
Who were the Shermans?
One of Canada's richest men, Mr. Sherman was the founder and president of the pharmaceutical giant Apotex, which sells generic drugs around the world.
A gifted student, Mr. Sherman entered the craft through his uncle's Empire labs, working for him while he was still in college before buying the company when his uncle was died.
He then sold Empire by creating Apotex, the company that made him a billionaire and now employs more than 10,000 people.
But he found himself involved in a family conflict, while his uncle's children were looking for a stake in Apotex, claiming that they had been deceived. A judge dismissed their claim at the end of last year.
Mr. Sherman was posthumously awarded the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honors, in December.
The couple were renowned philanthropists and Ms. Sherman was a board member of several hospitals, charities and Jewish organizations. The couple had four children and donated millions to a charity.
