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Eugene

(62,659 posts) Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:01 PM Dec 2017

Billionaire couple found dead in their basement had been strangled, Canadian police say

Source: Washington Post

Billionaire couple found dead in their basement had been strangled, Canadian police say

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. December 18 at 8:56 AM

The billionaire couple were found strangled, their bodies dangling from the railing around their basement lap pool.

Honey and Barry Sherman died of “ligature neck compression,” a form of strangulation in which a cord or rope is used to exert fatal pressure on a person’s neck, Toronto police said.

It was a gory and puzzling detail in the deaths of the Shermans, who made billions in the pharmaceutical industry, then gave a significant chunk of their fortune away to charity.

Shocked neighbors called the Shermans “lovely people.” Now, their deaths are being probed by homicide investigators.

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Billionaire couple found dead in their basement had been strangled, Canadian police say (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2017 OP

"who made billions in the pharmaceutical industry" dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #1

Stopped reading there huh? tymorial Dec 2017 #3

That's the problem with assumptions...usually quite wrong. n/t dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #8

Indeed. Like assuming their careers led to their death. Nt tymorial Dec 2017 #9

I didn't assume, nor say that, either. n/t dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #10

That caught my attention too. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #6

I expect the "Mounties" saidsimplesimon Dec 2017 #2

Someone with strength and more than one perp? Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #7

Put one under restraints saidsimplesimon Dec 2017 #11

The one spouse you are restraining is fighting you. Gives the other spouse the time to call 911. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #12

strangled & can't say foul play involved?????? Motley13 Dec 2017 #4

Because they consider suicide a possibility, perhaps. nt tblue37 Dec 2017 #5

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)

1. "who made billions in the pharmaceutical industry"

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:08 PM

Dec 2017

hmmmmm....

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

3. Stopped reading there huh?

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:18 PM

Dec 2017

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)

8. That's the problem with assumptions...usually quite wrong. n/t

Reply to tymorial (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:56 PM

Dec 2017

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

9. Indeed. Like assuming their careers led to their death. Nt

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 03:29 PM

Dec 2017

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)

10. I didn't assume, nor say that, either. n/t

Reply to tymorial (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 05:31 PM

Dec 2017

Irish_Dem

(57,619 posts)

6. That caught my attention too. nt

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:34 PM

Dec 2017

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)

2. I expect the "Mounties"

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:12 PM

Dec 2017

to solve the murders. Death by strangulation often indicates a personal motive, family members, or so the crime writers say.

Irish_Dem

(57,619 posts)

7. Someone with strength and more than one perp?

Reply to saidsimplesimon (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:36 PM

Dec 2017

How else could you subdue two people while you strangle them one at a time?

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)

11. Put one under restraints

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 07:24 PM

Dec 2017

and further terrorize both. It is proven, people like Bundie used fear to manipulate his victims. What do I know?

Irish_Dem

(57,619 posts)

12. The one spouse you are restraining is fighting you. Gives the other spouse the time to call 911.

Reply to saidsimplesimon (Reply #11)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 07:36 PM

Dec 2017

Unless you wait until the spouses are in separate parts of the house.
You grab the wife first and use her as a hostage to make the husband docile.

Yes it could work I suppose with one perp.
But I think male perp, strong.
I don't think it is easy to strangle someone to death.

Yes what do I know?

Motley13

(3,867 posts)

4. strangled & can't say foul play involved??????

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:20 PM

Dec 2017

Homicide Detective Brandon Price told reporters on Saturday that police “cannot say 100% with certainty” whether or not foul play was involved.

tblue37

(66,035 posts)

5. Because they consider suicide a possibility, perhaps. nt

Reply to Motley13 (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:24 PM

Dec 2017

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