The sons of John and Joyce Sheridan announced on Tuesday they've resubmitted an appeal asking the court to overturn a ruling that their father committed suicide.
the New Jersey Attorney General's Office announced, with little comment beyond a news release, that the state medical examiner had changed John Sheridan's manner of death from suicide to undetermined...
The state did not indicate whether a criminal investigation into the couple's deaths would be reopened, referring questions to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, which had no comment.
So can the FBI be called in? I don't know how this works. I followed this case and the Dermonds, also killed in 2014 and they both are still unsolved cases..Only way this case will be solved is if outside help intervenes. That would now be the FBI.
I gave the police my theory and at the very end, the Montgomery detective says to me... you never know what someone can do (referring to John killing his wife and throwing the armoire atop himself). This is after 30 minutes of giving who could have done it. I've actually changed my mind on who originally did it, now someone else. And there were definitely 2 killers.
FWIW.I am shocked that this thread has not generated any interest here. Talk about a bizarre death with an even more bizarre aftermath of "investigation". I've felt something was way off from the moment I heard about their deaths (they are right across the River from us here in Philly). Wish there would be some sleuther input!
Lingering Questions - SouthJerseyMagazine.com
Lingering Questions
March 2017
by Erica Bauwens-Young
''Every weekend John and Joyce Sheridan could be found in Mullica Hill pursuing their mutual love of antiquing. The husband and wife duo owned The Great Cooperstown Trading Company, an antique shop in the multi-dealer space known as The Yellow Garage. Their corner of the shop—which offered antique furniture and art handpicked by the couple— was named for the family’s vacation home in Cooperstown, N.Y., where they would bring their adult children and grandchildren for trips away from the hustle and bustle of their daily lives.
When the day was over, the couple would get into the car for an hour-and- change drive back up 295 to their home in Montgomery Township. There they would settle in for a night together in their cream-colored Colonial with blue shutters and a salmon pink door, their bedroom windows facing out to the street where they lived.
That home, which was scattered with antiques that the couple couldn’t part with, now sits vacant. The furniture has been cleared out and photos removed.''
Thank you for posting this. I have my fingers crossed and I am praying the Sheridan Family can hopefully get some answers and justice for John & Joyce Sheridan. I never believed this to be a murder-suicide and commend the sons for their never-ending pursuit in this case. It’s just mind-boggling that there hasn’t been more assistance from LE on this - at least on the surface. I am a former Cooper employee, so this has always been of interest to me.Jan 28 2022 rbbm.
Confession in NJ political murder-for-hire gives family hope for answers to parents' death (yahoo.com)
''Now, John’s son Mark Sheridan thinks he and his three brothers might be a step closer to figuring out what happened to their parents on Sept. 28, 2014, because of another bizarre case — the 2014 murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of Michael Galdieri of Jersey City under suspiciously similar circumstances.''
"I ask that you reach out to [federal authorities] to request photos of the knife recovered at the time of [Bratsenis'] arrest to determine if it matches the set of knives from my parents' kitchen," Sheridan wrote. "Perhaps, if you are so inclined, you might even ask for a DNA sample from the knife to see if there is a match for either of my parents' DNA or the unexplained male DNA referenced in the State Police report related to my parents' deaths."
Authorities say Bratsenis is one of two men hired by former Democratic political consultant Sean Caddle to kill Galdieri in May 2014 — about six months before the Sheridans’ deaths.''
Political consultant, hit man admit to murder-for-hire - ABC News (go.com)
Jan 28 2022
''Sean Caddle, a political consultant in northern New Jersey, had the son of a former state senator killed by two hired men, who fatally stabbed the victim in 2014 and set fire to his apartment, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.''