OH OH - Aliza Sherman, 53, Cleveland, 24 March 2013

  • #101
To delay the divorce hearing perhaps. Crazy, I know.
Yeah, but why would HER attorney want to delay the divorce hearing? Even if he did want to delay it for some reason, surely he could have come up with a legal reason for a delay rather than killing his own client.
 
  • #102
Yeah, but why would HER attorney want to delay the divorce hearing? Even if he did want to delay it for some reason, surely he could have come up with a legal reason for a delay rather t
 
  • #103
I guess we have to wait for the answers. If we ever get them realistically. He may have run out of extensions. Desperate people do desperate things....
 
  • #104
I guess we have to wait for the answers. If we ever get them realistically. He may have run out of extensions. Desperate people do desperate things....

True, the public may never learn the answers.
 
  • #105
That poor woman was just surrounded by bad men. Ugh.
 
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Bond set at $2 million for Gregory Moore: Man arrested in 2013 murder of Aliza Sherman makes first court appearance in Cleveland​

Moore, who was arrested in Texas, faces multiple charges in Sherman's death, including six counts of murder.



 
  • #108
This trial should be interesting to follow. Based on news reports of the initial investigation, there seems to have been at least one co-conspirator involved in Aliza's murder. Prosecutors haven't said much about that lately. Her family should make sure her murder is fully investigated. So relieved they're finally seeing some justice for their mother. JMO
 
  • #109
From the Cleveland.com article above:

“After the crime happened, this defendant was aided by people who then tried the next morning to get rid of the electronic means that he used,” he said. “Twenty-one minutes of video footage were missing from inside the building that should have captured this crime but didn’t.”

Filiatraut also pointed out that a voicemail left by Sherman with the Stafford office was deleted before police could access it.

BBM

It sounds like others were involved in planning and/or carrying out this murder. That fits with news media reports shortly after the murder.
 
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MSN

GM posted bond.
 
  • #112
MSN

GM posted bond.
Very surprising considering he was tipped off to his original arrest and had already escaped to Texas, probably on his way to Mexico or elsewhere. One would think he would be denied because he's a flight risk.

This is the most bizarre murder case. Who is the judge who granted bail? Who is funding it?

No arrest of the other people who helped hide/destroy security video evidence? These people have some amazing connections.
 
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  • #113
His docket entry. Arresting agency is the Ohio Attorney General, not the county prosecutor's office?



CASE INFORMATION
CR-25-701663-A THE STATE OF OHIO vs. GREGORY J MOORE

Case Information

Number: CR-25-701663-A
Status: CASE OPEN
Judge Name: KIRA KRIVOSH
Next Event: PRETRIAL CONFERENCE SET FOR 07/09/2025 AT 10:00 AM IN ROOM 20C JUSTICE CENTER
Arrested Date: N/A
Arresting Agency: ATTORNEY GENERAL
Arresting Agency Report: N/A
Court of Appeals Case: N/A


Defendant Information

Number: 13244743
Name: GREGORY J MOORE
Status: DEFN LVJAIL
Date of Birth: 09/20/1973
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Other Cases: CR-16-603895-A, CR-16-603059-A, CR-15-593822-A, CR-13-580258-A
Co-Defendants: N/A


Charges

Type Statute Charge Description Disposition
INDICT 2903.01.B AGGRAVATED MURDER
INDICT 2923.01.A(2) CONSPIRACY
INDICT 2905.01.A(3) KIDNAPPING
INDICT 2905.01.A(5) KIDNAPPING
INDICT 2903.02.A MURDER
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER


Case Actions

Event Date Event Description
06/17/2025 PRETRIAL HELD
05/02/2025 INDICTED SECRET


Bond Information

Bond Number Amount Type Date Set Date Posted Bondsman/Surety Co.
816916 $2,000,000.00 CASH/SURETY/PROP. 05/28/2025 07/03/2025 JENNINGS/HARRY/LUCAS / BANKERS INS CO


 
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Info about the judge.

 
  • #116
He paid a $2 million dollar bond? Sheesh.
It sounds as if he was ripping her off over the divorce proceedings and didn't want to be exposed.
The fact that he had charges for making false bomb threats to delay other trials suggests he was no stranger to dodgy dealings.

There's also the ex husband who died in 2023. He sounded like a real piece of work, abusive, hiding money in offshore accounts, police called to the address multiple times when they were living together. He lawyered up immediately and refused to even talk to police after his wife's death.

Yeah, but why would HER attorney want to delay the divorce hearing? Even if he did want to delay it for some reason, surely he could have come up with a legal reason for a delay rather than killing his own client.

According to the indictment, Moore was unprepared for the divorce trial scheduled for March 25, 2013 (The day after the murder). Rather than representing her or withdrawing, he allegedly plotted to make her unavailable to attend—either through serious harm or death.
 
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“Clearly, blood on the victim from a third-party male found on the person of the decedent at the time of the homicide is critical, material and incredibly exculpatory evidence,” the motion states. “Mr. Moore hereby respectfully requests this Court to allow for an independent test by the Defense of item 25.2, ‘Swab from interior of watch band (e-cells),’ as well as the watch itself worn by the decedent Aliza Sherman. It is known through evidence review that Dr. Butt of the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office advised that blood DNA was recovered from the watch collected at the crime scene, and further, “that it was a mixture of the victim’s blood and an unknown male.” Importantly, the unidentified blood was tested against a sample of DNA from Gregory Moore and Gregory Moore was found to be “excluded as contributor[] to the DNA mixture from item 25.2 and 27.1 (swab of knife handle).
 
  • #118
Lengthy.
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Moore was released last week after posting a $2 million bond.
August 22, 2025
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'CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office has responded to the motion filed by Gregory Moore — the 51-year-old man charged with murder in the 2013 death of Aliza Sherman in Cleveland — asking for an independent DNA test on a watch found on Sherman at the time of her killing.'

'In a motion filed on Aug. 13, Moore's attorney, Jon Paul Rion, wrote that evidence found on the watch and wristband of Sherman in 2013 showed that it had DNA from a male that was not Moore, nor Sherman's estranged husband Sanford.
"Clearly blood on the victim from a third-party male found on the person of the decedent at the time of the homicide is critical, material and incredibly exculpatory evidence," Rion added in his motion to Krivosh. '
 
  • #119
Lengthy.
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Moore was released last week after posting a $2 million bond.
August 22, 2025
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'CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office has responded to the motion filed by Gregory Moore — the 51-year-old man charged with murder in the 2013 death of Aliza Sherman in Cleveland — asking for an independent DNA test on a watch found on Sherman at the time of her killing.'

'In a motion filed on Aug. 13, Moore's attorney, Jon Paul Rion, wrote that evidence found on the watch and wristband of Sherman in 2013 showed that it had DNA from a male that was not Moore, nor Sherman's estranged husband Sanford.
"Clearly blood on the victim from a third-party male found on the person of the decedent at the time of the homicide is critical, material and incredibly exculpatory evidence," Rion added in his motion to Krivosh. '

If the evidence was blood from a third party male, then its worth looking into. It's already been implied by LE that someone else was involved in the murder. That doesn't necessarily exculpate Moore for being involved in helping plan or set it up.

It's important to focus on who would benefit from Aliza's murder. There was certainly at least one other person who stood to benefit financially from her demise. No Alize, no divorce settlement, no alimony, etc.
 
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Another hearing was scheduled today for lawyers to discuss further DNA testing of the victim’s watch, but the hearing was continued. No new date was set, but it will probably be announced soon. From news reports at the link, it’s expected the trial will take place sometime next year.
 

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