Twelve years after Aliza Sherman’s fatal stabbing in downtown Cleveland, a grand jury charged her former divorce attorney with her murder.
The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office pressed charges against Gregory Moore, aged 51, which include aggravated murder, conspiracy, multiple murder charges, and kidnapping.
Sherman, a 53-year-old Cleveland Clinic nurse and mother of four, died March 24, 2013, near Moore’s office, COURT TV reports.
The indictment alleges it was part of a plan that was hatched months earlier to kidnap her to avoid having her try her divorce case in court.
Sherman was at Moore’s office building waiting for someone to unlock the doors when an individual, identified as either Moore or an unknown accomplice, approached her. The person circled behind Sherman, chased her, and proceeded to stab her more than 10 times as stated in the indictment.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley expressed in a statement on Friday, “The Sherman family has been seeking answers about their mother’s murder for over ten years. Thanks to the determined effort of various law enforcement agencies, evidence has been gathered, clearly indicating that Gregory Moore orchestrated and took part in the brutal killing of Aliza Sherman.”
Friday’s indictment accused Moore of planning to kidnap Sherman to delay her upcoming divorce trial. Unsealed documents showed Moore messaged Sherman and instructed her to come to his locked office. She arrived, waited for more than an hour, then began walking back to her car, according to the indictment.
In 2017, he admitted lying to police about his location during Sherman’s murder and pleaded guilty to falsification. He also confessed to making bomb threats in 2012 to delay court proceedings. That same year, the state suspended his law license, and he resigned it in 2018. Authorities sentenced him to six months in jail. At the time, he expressed regret for his actions.
Prosecutors said his arraignment has been scheduled for a later date.
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[Feature Photo: Aliza Sherman/Handout]
