She Was Murdered amid a Divorce — 12 Years Later, a Shocking Figure Is Charged in Twisted Plot

• For years, the stabbing death of Ohio mother of three Aliza Sherman in downtown Cleveland remained a mystery
• Sherman was chased and stabbed to death in broad daylight while waiting to meet her attorney
• Her attorney, Gregory Moore, 51, had asked her to meet him at his office on a Sunday in March 2013, authorities allege

An Ohio nurse was killed in broad daylight 12 years ago in downtown Cleveland while waiting for her divorce attorney to let her into his law office — and now authorities have announced that the divorce attorney is accused of murdering her.

On March 24, 2013, Aliza Sherman, a 53-year-old mother of three from Beachwood, was chased and fatally stabbed by a hooded figure near the office building where her attorney, Gregory Moore, 51, had told her to meet him, authorities allege.

For years, the case went cold — until now. 

On Friday, May 2, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley announced that Moore was arrested by U.S. Marshals that day in Austin, Texas.

Moore has been indicted and charged with one count of aggravated murder, one count of conspiracy, six counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping.

“The Sherman family has waited over a decade for answers regarding their mother’s homicide,” O’Malley said in the announcement.

Moore allegedly plotted for months to kidnap and attack Sherman — all to “obstruct” the judge from trying her divorce case during the week of March 25, 2013, a date that had been set by the judge in December 2012, according to the indictment, reviewed by PEOPLE.

His aim was to prevent Sherman from being available to attend the proceedings due to “serious physical harm and/or death,” it alleges.

This isn’t the first time he had tried to delay his trials, prosecutors claim.

In 2012, Moore allegedly called in bomb threats on three different dates to court houses where he was scheduled to be in trial, according to the indictment.

On Jan. 3, 2013, Moore and at least one other unnamed individual learned that the prosecutor’s office was investigating his cell phone usage around the time the bomb threats were made to the court houses.

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Shortly after, Moore and at least one other unnamed person obtained a new phone on the law firm’s Verizon business account. Moore was also given control of the firm’s mobile hot spot, which enabled him to avoid detection by law enforcement, the indictment alleges.

A Deadly Meeting

On Sunday, March 24, 2013, Moore allegedly carried out his plan to kidnap and kill Sherman by texting her at 2:31 p.m. and telling her to meet him at the law offices at 4:30 p.m., according to the indictment.

Moore went to the law offices and swiped his pass to get into the building, but did not go in. Next he disconnected his cell phone from the network so the phone couldn’t be tracked by cell towers, the indictment alleges.

When Sherman got to the law office, she texted Moore saying the doors were locked and that she was heading back to her car to wait for him because it was too cold. “Text me when door is open tx,” she wrote.

At that moment, an assailant who was “either Moore or an unknown co-conspirator” approached Sherman and chased her down the street before stabbing her more than 10 times before fleeing, the indictment alleges.

Lying on the ground, Sherman managed to call 911 before a Good Samaritan found her and also called for help.

In the meantime, Moore texted Sherman asking where she was. He snuck into the law offices through a back entrance to avoid the throng of police investigating in front, the indictment alleges.

At 7:32 p.m., Moore connected his phone back to the cellular network and kept calling Sherman’s phone until 9:05 p.m. to make it look like he didn’t know about Sherman’s deadly assault, it alleges.

On March 29, 2013, Moore filed a motion notifying the court of Sherman’s death. On April 2, 2013, the Sherman’s divorce case was dismissed.

That same day, Moore transferred his law firm cellular phone number to a different cellular phone than the one he used on March 24, 2013.

Moore is scheduled to be arraigned on May 16. Online court records do not show an attorney for him.