Joyce Sheridan: Joyce was a retired public school teacher who had taken time out to raise four boys. He was 72 when he was found stabbed to death in his bedroom. Sheridan is credited with creating the two most important transportation systems in the state: The NJ Transit commuter rail system, the largest in the country, and the state trust fund that collects gas taxes to repair highways and bridges in New Jersey. Some 1,800 people attended his memorial in Trenton, where he had worked for many years, most notably as the Transportation Commissioner for Gov. He had gone to work for George Norcross, who operates a political organization across south Jersey, in 2005. John Sheridan: At the time of his death, Sheridan was the CEO of Cooper University Hospital. Here are key people close to the Sheridans and the investigation into their deaths: The letter also asks that the investigation be reopened. In February 2015, some 200 citizens, including governors, judges and members of the legal establishment, signed a letter calling on the state to change John Sheridan’s death certificate, which listed his manner of death as suicide. And yet, you had all these political people there to stand up for them and for the family.”

“And here it was to a guy who was never held elective office. And they all paid their respects,” said former Gov. “It was almost all of the Assembly and the Senate. Some 1,800 people attended the Sheridans’ memorial service in Trenton on October 7th, 2014, including most of the state Legislature. John Sheridan was the CEO of Cooper University Hospital, and he had previously served as the state’s transportation commissioner and was an adviser to several governors.

The two had a three-hour lunch two days before the deaths. And I think it's a false accusation,” said Chris Stevens, a close friend of Joyce. That drew a sharp rebuke from the Sheridan family and their friends. It includes interviews with a former New Jersey governor, a former attorney general, a son of the couple, and an investigator who took down the mob in New Jersey.įrom the start, the detectives believed the crime was a murder-suicide. “ Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery” digs into the killings of the influential couple, raising questions about the open case and investigation.

The unsolved murder is now the subject of a new podcast from WNYC. John and Joyce Sheridan were found stabbed to death in their bedroom and their suburban New Jersey home was set on fire just before sunrise on September 28th, 2014.

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