Cleveland (AP) – Ohio’s authorities said they have resolved the case of fatal stabbing of a Nurse from Cleveland Clinic who had been resolved for more than a decade, announcing recent murder positions against his ex -fiery of divorce, who already fulfilled time in jail for lying to the police during the investigation.
The arrest on Friday of Gregory J. Moore, 51, marks the last turn in an unsolved case that has eluded the Ohio authorities since 2013. Aliza Sherman was stabbed more than 10 times, his body was found on a sidewalk in the center of Cleveland near where he had to meet with Moore to discuss his divorce.
Moore was accused of aggravated murder, homicide, kidnapping and conspiracy, according to documents declassified on Friday. He was arrested by federal sheriffs in Texas, where he remained in custody on Sunday, according to internet records.
“The Sherman family has waited for more than a decade for answers about his mother’s murder,” said Cuyo Cuyo Cuyo, Michael O’Malley, in a statement issued on Friday. “Through the tenacious work of multiple police agencies, evidence was accumulated that paints the unequivocal picture that Gregory Moore orchestrated and participated in the brutal murder of Aliza Sherman.”
Moore was not a stranger to the authorities.
In 2017, he declared himself guilty of falsification by statements he made to the police about his whereabouts during Sherman’s murder. He also admitted to having called with bomb threats in 2012 as a way of delaying judgments. He lost his lawyer in 2017 and turned six months in prison.
At that time, he said he regretted his past actions.
According to Friday’s accusation, Moore supposedly planned to kidnap Sherman as a delay tactic for his next divorce trial. The declassified documents include messages between Moore and Sherman that show how he called her to the office, which was closed. She arrived and waited more than an hour before deciding to return to her car, according to the accusation.
“During this period of time, an individual who was Moore or an unknown co-conspirator approached Sherman … He surrounded her behind, pursued her … and then stabbed her more than 10 times,” says the accusation.
Moore entered the office later that night and sent messages to Sherman to deceive the investigators, according to the accusation.
Moore did not respond to an email message on Sunday. Judicial records do not mention a lawyer. A defense lawyer who previously represented Moore did not respond to a telephone message on Sunday.
Moore was planned to be processed at a later date, according to prosecutors who said that FBI team led to the arrest. The Ohio Criminal Investigation Office took over the unsolved case in 2021.
Sherman, 53, was a mother of four children and has been remembered as a beloved fertility nurse. Manifestations and vigils have been made to honor his memory on the anniversary of his death.
A family lawyer and Sherman’s brother, Harry Czinn, did not immediately respond to the messages on Sunday.
“I’m in shock because after 12 years, you don’t expect it,” Czinn told Cleveland Jewish News. “The best word to summarize my feelings at this time would be bittersweet: happy that they caught the person, but memories are painful.”
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
