Case isn't closed
Six months ago, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office announced it was investigating the deaths of longtime New Jersey political insider John Sheridan and his wife, Joyce, in a "fatal fire." Until last week, authorities continued to conceal that the Sheridans had been stabbed to death and that they were trying to determine by whose hand.
Six months ago, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office announced it was investigating the deaths of longtime New Jersey political insider John Sheridan and his wife, Joyce, in a "fatal fire." Until last week, authorities continued to conceal that the Sheridans had been stabbed to death and that they were trying to determine by whose hand.
The office's seven-page statement Friday contains facts and arguments to support its disputed conclusion that John Sheridan killed his wife and then himself. But it does not explain why basic information about a horrific crime was withheld from the public for so long. This investigation of the Sheridans' deaths is over, but it should not be the last.