Idsinga says family urges tipsters to contact police directly

Toronto Police have made another appeal for tips Monday in their ongoing investigation into the slayings of Barry and Honey Sherman, the billionaire couple found dead in their Toronto mansion in December 2017. Homicide squad chief Insp. Hank Idsinga said his staff has spoken to 240 witnesses and submitted more than 150 items for forensic analysis throughout the course of their probe. The force has also received 205 tips directly from the public related to their investigation into the “targeted double homicide” of Barry and Honey Sherman, Idsinga said.

Agreed by the family that police should get tips directly

Insp. Idsinga indicated that it had been agreed with the family that the homicide squad should be receiving all tips directly from any source. Since early in the case, the family has had private investigators carry out a parallel investigation which has received some 340 tips that were then passed on to police. Idsinga said both police and family urge tipsters to re-submit any such tops. He hinted that there might have been delays caused by this process. He said the probe remains “very active.” Police news conference in full (corrected)