Hit Men Ambushed Canadian Billionaire’s Wife

Contract killers sat in wait until the wife of a Canadian pharmaceutical kingpin arrived at the couple’s multimillion-dollar mansion, then pounced on her and forced her inside, where she was tortured and strangled to death!

The National ENQUIRER has learned that’s the latest bombshell development in the murders of billionaire philanthropists Honey and Barry Sherman after Honey’s pearl earring was found outside their home in Toronto, Canada.

Investigators now believe the killers waited for Honey, and forced her to give them access to the home where she and her husband were hung by their necks to disguise the killings as a murder-suicide! “She could have been attacked and dragged to the door by the killers who forced her to let them in,” said a source close to the investigation.

“Honey’s earring is believed to have fallen off in the struggle!” Honey, 70, and Barry, 75, were found strangled in their $5.4 million mansion on Dec. 15. Their bodies were in a semi-sitting position hanging from belts fastened to a rail next to their indoor pool.

As The ENQUIRER has reported, police initially accepted the murder-suicide theory. But family members hired their own investigators — who concluded the grisly killings were committed by contract killers potentially hired by bitter business rivals.

Investigators found Honey’s earring buried under piles of snow, and believe it helps prove their theory that Barry, owner of the generic-drug giant Apotex, was targeted for stealing trade secrets! “He was a prominent businessman with plenty of enemies,” said the source.