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Toronto police say a six-week examination of an enormous amount of evidence leads them to believe billionaire pharmaceutical giant Barry Sherman and his philanthropist wife Honey Sherman were the targeted victims of a double murder.

Barry Sherman, 75, who founded the generic drug manufacturing giant Apotex, and Honey Sherman, 70, were found dead in their Toronto mansion on Dec. 15, 2017.

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After weeks of police silence on the case, Det. Sgt. Susan Gomes of the Toronto police homicide unit gave a public update Friday afternoon, shortly after the Sherman mansion was finally handed back to the control of their family.

Barry and Honey Sherman were last seen alive on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 13, and had no known contact with friends, family or associates from that point until their bodies were discovered inside their home two days later, Gomes said.

She confirmed earlier reports the couple’s bodies were found together in the lower-level pool area of their mansion, hanging by belts from a poolside railing in a semi-seated position on the pool deck. They were wearing clothes.