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More than a decade after the brutal stabbing death of Cleveland nurse Aliza Sherman, authorities have arrested her former divorce attorney, Gregory J. Moore, in connection with her murder.

The indictment marks a major development in a case that has haunted Sherman's family and baffled investigators for years.

Arrest in Aliza Sherman’s Death

Gregory J. Moore, 51, was taken into custody in Austin, Texas, and now faces charges of murder, conspiracy, and kidnapping, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.

His arrest comes following a grand jury indictment issued on May 2, 2025.

The victim, Aliza Sherman, was a 53-year-old mother of four and a registered nurse. She was murdered outside Moore’s downtown Cleveland law office on March 24, 2013.

This arrest is the first in the case, despite years of suspicion and previous legal troubles for Moore related to the investigation.

“This goal was designed to be achieved by causing Aliza Sherman to be unavailable to attend the proceedings due to serious physical harm and/or death,” reads the unsealed indictment, which outlines a plan to prevent Sherman from appearing at a divorce hearing scheduled for the day after her death.

“Through the tenacious work of multiple law enforcement agencies, evidence was accumulated that paints the unmistakable picture that Gregory Moore orchestrated and participated in the brutal murder of Aliza Sherman,” said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley.

Bizarre Motive

According to prosecutors, Moore’s motive was to derail Sherman’s divorce case. The indictment alleges that Moore plotted to kidnap or murder Sherman to obstruct her legal proceedings. Investigators say Moore had a pattern of delaying court dates through extreme means.

At the time of the murder, Moore was already under investigation for sending bomb threats to courthouses in a similar effort to postpone appearances.

In 2017, Moore pleaded guilty to inducing panic, falsification, and providing misleading statements to law enforcement regarding Sherman’s case. He served six months in jail.

The Murder of Aliza Sherman

The indictment provides harrowing new details about the day Sherman was killed. On March 24, 2013, Moore allegedly texted Sherman to meet him at his office at 4:30 p.m., instructing her to alert him when she was on her way.

Sherman waited outside the locked office in the cold for over an hour. As she walked back to her car, a hooded figure approached her from behind and stabbed her more than ten times in the neck and back, prosecutors said.