CLEVELAND (WJW) – More than a decade after Aliza Sherman’s death, her divorce lawyer has been arrested and charged in her mysterious murder.
Investigators now believe they have solved the mystery behind the suspect in a big disguise.
In 2013, Sherman went downtown to meet her divorce lawyer. She died outside the building, stabbed to death.
Aliza Sherman
For 12 years, the case remained unsolved. Police struggled to identify the person seen getting away.
I-TEAM: Arrest made in murder of Aliza Sherman
On Friday, Cuyahoga County prosecutors indicted Gregory Moore on several counts, including aggravated murder and conspiracy.
The indictment said the shadowy figure was “an individual who was either Moore or an unnamed co-conspirator” and the alleged killer “stabbed her over ten times.”
In 2016, the FOX 8 I-Team confronted Moore. He later pleaded guilty to charges tied to calling in bomb threats to local courts. Now, Moore has to answer to murder charges.
Gregory Moore (Credit: Williamson County, Texas, Jail)
The indictment spells out the motive, saying Moore did not want to start a trial on the divorce case, so he carried out the killing to make Sherman “unavailable.”
The I-Team learned the case took so long, in part, because it involved a high-tech investigation involving the suspect’s phone and electronic devices.
Unsolved for 12 years: A timeline of Aliza Sherman murder case
Friday, even after the filing of the charges, the I-Team found state agents still investigating. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was gathering evidence at Moore’s home, even going into the backyard to search.
The indictment said, on the day of the crime Moore disconnected his phone from the cell phone network for three hours. That way, records would not track his location.
Investigators said, after the murder, Moore kept texting Sherman even though he knew what happened to her, according to the indictment.
Gregory Moore was taken unto custody by U.S. Marshals Friday in Austin, Texas.
Attorney Kevin Spellacy, who previously represented Moore, says Moore was at his father’s home when he was arrested. Moore is now in jail in Texas.
Authorities are hoping he will be brought back to Ohio soon to face the charges.
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