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Just to note, it has never been verified whose phone was found on the bathroom floor. We are only guessing it might be Honey's.
In my post #397 I mentioned the significance of Honey's phone being found on the groundfloor bathroom floor by the housekeeper, after Honey had been killed. In a reply post #398 it was mentioned that there was no proof that this was her phone. Now Kevin Donovan in The Currant podcast broadcast today said that it was her phone. The Killing Of Barry And Honey Sherman The Current podcast
I am just posting this for clarity. IMO
Thanks dotr. The interviewer in this podcast was excellent and asked pertinent questions that we all wanted to ask. I will listen again, but wanted to note Donovan's reply to the question of who he thought murdered Barry and Honey.
Donovan has a "great, strong suspicion" of who killed them. We know from a previous interview that he thinks the motive was money. He has discounted outlandish theories (Clinton Foundation, Israeli Massad) and rival generic firms. He said rival firms sue---they don't kill. KD interviewed 250 people.
He believes that the killer was close enough to the Sherman's to know their comings and goings and their busy schedules. It was unusual for them to even be home on the Wednesday evening due to BS usually working even later than 8:30 pm and HS's busy agenda that entailed her being out many evenings. But the killer knew that they would be home Wednesday night, and he knew that nobody would be expected at their home on Thursday, the next day after they were killed.
He thinks the killer came over to discuss something, and the conversation turned bad.
(We have heard from an expert that the manner of death was up close and personal).
I won't comment on who I think Donovan suspects, but we have read his recent articles about HS's sister who has claimed that HS promised her millions of dollars, and we have read leaked information about JS in greater detail.
I have read The Billionaire Murders. (I read fast, plus couldn't put it down.) As a longtime true crime reader, I have to say it is excellent. A lot of research, but what impresses me most is that he manages to humanize both BS and HS. Both had lifelong and loyal friendships, which I think speaks well of them. He obviously can't disclose his own theory of who may have been responsible (nor can we speculate here), but if I read between the lines correctly, I thought it was pretty clear what he thinks. BTW - they actually had two homes on the market, the other in Forest Hill (Toronto), and intended to live in whichever hadn't sold until the new one was built. (If this was reported previously, I missed it.)
Just finished listening to the interview. It appears to me that KD has no doubt in his mind that a double murder occurred. He even has a suspect in mind. No murder/suicide for him.
I am assuming he knows more than we sleuthers do, based on likely off-the-record conversations with various people involved.
KD, suggests the perpetrator(s) was someone who knew the Shermans and their habits well.
Do you think KD suspects someone in the family?
Yes I think he does.Just finished listening to the interview. It appears to me that KD has no doubt in his mind that a double murder occurred. He even has a suspect in mind. No murder/suicide for him.
I am assuming he knows more than we sleuthers do, based on likely off-the-record conversations with various people involved.
KD, suggests the perpetrator(s) was someone who knew the Shermans and their habits well.
Do you think KD suspects someone in the family?
Just finished listening to the interview. It appears to me that KD has no doubt in his mind that a double murder occurred. He even has a suspect in mind. No murder/suicide for him.
I am assuming he knows more than we sleuthers do, based on likely off-the-record conversations with various people involved.
KD, suggests the perpetrator(s) was someone who knew the Shermans and their habits well.
Do you think KD suspects someone in the family?
It would be interesting to know if all the children wanted Greenspan brought into the case.It is unclear to me why the family (ie children) would want to hire detectives and Greenspan to refute the m/s theory if in fact they (kid or kids) were directly involved in the murder, and the police were seemingly ready to conclude this was a m/s.
Instead, I think that kd’s Suspect is someone who is associated with a member of the family; and who stood to gain financially from the children inheriting the estate. Spouse/partner/business partner of the children all would seem to fit this possible profile.
All moo.
It would be interesting to know if all the children wanted Greenspan brought into the case.
Certainly seems to be bad blood between Jonathan and Jack Kay.
I’m sure Jack Kay would know the dynamics of the Sherman family very well.
Absolutely agree that it could be hurtful to both Honey and the children for it to be so public.One thing the book seems to make clear is that the children are/ were not a united group, and their individual relationships with each parent differed. For example, the elder two received vastly more financial support from BS, and HS disapproved. The younger two got much less.
Plus, something I must say I wondered about (and which is likely insignificant) - the younger three were BS's biological children, not HS's. (Surrogacy was still pretty rare back then, and I don't think in vitro fertilization was well-developed. Three different surrogates from three different US states were involved; they all gave birth in Canada. ) It always struck me as odd that BS was so candid about this whole matter with their friends & associates. If I were HS, who had suffered many miscarriages, this could have been hurtful, and perhaps also was for the kids.