Family of Toronto billionaires found dead funding probe
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A prominent Toronto lawyer says the family of a billionaire philanthropist couple found dead in their home two weeks ago has hired a team of private forensic experts to investigate the deaths.
Sherman family representative Brian Greenspan said Thursday that private investigators will provide "a second lens" to the Toronto police investigation.
Seventy-five-year-old Barry Sherman was the founder of generic drugmaker Apotex. He and his 70-year-old wife Honey were found dead in their Toronto mansion on Dec. 15.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police call the deaths suspicious and say both died of "ligature neck compression," but say there were no signs of forced entry.
Barry Sherman founded Toronto-based Apotex Inc. in 1974 with two employees and turned the generic drugmaker into a company that now has 11,000 employees worldwide.