Probe of prominent businessman’s homicide is ‘fluid and moving,’ police say
SYDNEY, N.S. — Jim Matthews was a coal miner’s son who would wake before dawn to work on a local milk truck.
His reverence for hard work helped the 54-year-old become a prominent entrepreneur — a financial planner with an eye for real estate.
Friends say he was beloved and admired — making his sudden death at the hands of an unknown assailant this week a shocking mystery.
“We’re still in a state of disbelief. It’s been a painful 48 hours,” John Tompkins, his long-time business partner, said in an interview Thursday.