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🗓️ 31 May 2022
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In the almost eight years since John and Joyce Sheridan were killed, five state Attorneys General have come and gone in New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently nominated a new Attorney General, Matt Platkin. Last week, an email came from Platkin’s press office with surprising news.
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0:00.0 | Everything we now know about the deaths of John and Joyce Sheridan, the office of the |
0:07.2 | Attorney General knows. |
0:09.3 | The botched investigation, the documents left on the dining room table, all of it was |
0:14.4 | brought to the state's top law enforcement agency. |
0:18.9 | And that's the very institution that was meant to tackle complicated criminal cases like |
0:24.3 | this one. |
0:26.8 | So this all lands on the doorstep of the Attorney General. |
0:30.8 | In the almost eight years since John and Joyce Sheridan were killed, we've seen five state |
0:36.2 | attorneys general come and go. |
0:39.3 | I tried to find out why they never investigated this case, but that door has been slammed shut. |
0:49.0 | Until now. |
0:51.6 | Good morning. |
0:53.1 | I have remarks which I will read. |
0:54.9 | The New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently nominated a new AG. |
0:59.2 | Please help me welcome the next Attorney General for the great state of New Jersey, that |
1:03.0 | plaque. |
1:08.8 | So I asked again whether the Sheridan case is being looked at. |
1:13.1 | And this time I actually got an answer, a one sentence email from the office of the |
1:19.4 | Attorney General. |
1:21.3 | Our office is investigating this matter and we will follow the evidence wherever it leads. |
1:29.9 | It's official. |
1:31.2 | The Sheridan case is now an open investigation. |
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