In the days following the discovery of Barry and Honey Sherman’s bodies, Toronto police vigorously pursued a murder-suicide theory, despite forensic evidence to the contrary. The theory was only abandoned six weeks later following the Star’s publication of the results of a second set of autopsies revealing it was a double murder.
Why did homicide detectives stick to the murder-suicide theory for so long? That’s a question the Star has been trying to answer since the high-profile case began nearly seven years ago. From day one, police were scouring the Sherman home and their electronic devices, looking for a suicide note, while at the same time asking family and friends why Barry would have done such a thing, according to police documents.
