Former divorce attorney indicted in 2013 murder of Cleveland clinic nurse
More than a decade after Cleveland Clinic nurse Aliza Sherman was fatally stabbed outside a downtown office building, Ohio authorities have charged her former divorce attorney, Gregory J. Moore, with orchestrating her brutal murder. Moore, 51, was arrested Friday by U.S. Marshals in Texas and is currently being held there as he awaits extradition. According to an unsealed indictment, he faces charges of aggravated murder, murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy in the March 2013 killing that has haunted Sherman’s family and stumped investigators for years. “This family has waited over a decade for answers,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley said in a statement. “Thanks to the relentless efforts of law enforcement, we now have a clear picture, Gregory Moore planned and participated in Aliza Sherman’s killing.” Sherman, a 53 year old mother of four and widely respected fertility nurse, was found stabbed more than ten times outside an office building where she was scheduled to meet Moore to discuss her ongoing divorce. According to prosecutors, Moore allegedly lured Sherman to his office, locked the doors, and kept her waiting for over an hour. When she returned to her car, she was ambushed by an individual believed to be Moore or a co-conspirator who chased and fatally stabbed her. A History of Deception This isn’t Moore’s first brush with the law in connection to the case. In 2017, he pleaded guilty to falsification charges after lying to police about his whereabouts on the day Sherman was killed. He also admitted to calling in bomb threats in 2012 to delay unrelated legal proceedings. He was sentenced to six months in jail and surrendered his law license the following year. Despite those red flags, the case went cold, until the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation reopened it in 2021. With assistance from the FBI and new digital evidence, prosecutors were able to build a case against Moore that they say definitively ties him to the crime. The indictment includes messages from Moore to Sherman, sent after her murder, which investigators say were intended to mislead them. Family Finds Bittersweet Relief Aliza’s daughter, Jennifer Sherman, thanked law enforcement for their persistence in a statement released Sunday through her attorney, Adam Fried. “This is an exceptionally difficult time for the family,” she said, requesting privacy as they process the news. Jennifer, who launched the Aliza Sherman Fund in 2023 to support Cleveland Clinic patients and caregivers affected by violence, continues to honor her mother’s legacy through awareness and prevention initiatives. Her uncle, Harry Czinn, expressed a mix of relief and heartache. “I’m in shock,” he told Cleveland Jewish News. “The best word to sum up my feelings is bittersweet, glad they got the person, but the memories are painful.” Sherman’s estranged husband, Sanford Sherman, who passed away in Florida last year, had long been considered by some as a person of interest, but prosecutors confirmed he was not involved. As the community reflects on the tragedy and long-awaited arrest, Moore’s arraignment date remains to be set. Meanwhile, the Sherman family, and a city that never forgot Aliza, wait for justice to take its full course.
