Unsolved for 12 years: A timeline of Aliza Sherman murder case
CLEVELAND (WJW) — The Aliza Sherman case has been in the headlines for more than a decade.
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There were plenty of twists and turns leading up to Friday.
March 24, 2013: Just after 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2013, Aliza Sherman arrives at 75 Erieview Plaza in Downtown Cleveland. She was there to meet her divorce attorney but never made it inside. Someone stabbed her 11 times and left her on the sidewalk. The 911 caller said it was clear Aliza was trying to speak, but the only thing he could make out was: 'I'm dying.' Aliza was rushed to Metrohealth Medical Center where she died at 6:14 p.m.
March 26, 2013: The scheduled court date for the Sherman's contested divorce trial. Instead, her loved ones spent the day planning her funeral.
March 28, 2013: A crowd of more than 600 people, including Aliza's family, friends and Cleveland Clinic colleagues, packed into a Cleveland Heights chapel to remember the mother of four.
April 9, 2013: Two weeks later, another crowd gathered at the scene of the crime. A group of Aliza's loved ones raised $23,000 in reward money to add to the $2,000 offered by Crime Stoppers for information leading to an arrest.
April 22, 2013: Two weeks after that, police released a 10-second surveillance video of the person believed to be the killer leaving the scene.
May 12, 2013: Aliza's family gathers for the first of many 'Justice for Aliza' rallies. The rallies continued for the next few years.
December 2013: When Aliza's divorce attorney, the one she was going to see the day of her murder, was indicted on three counts of inducing panic. Prosecutors say Gregory Moore made bomb threats at courthouses in both Geauga and Lake County.
March 24, 2014: Every March 24, Aliza's supporters showed up in a crusade to keep her memory and the case alive. But the investigation went dark.
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June 2014: Aliza's daughter, Jennifer Sherman, filed a $2 million lawsuit against her father. Jennifer claimed Dr. Sanford Sherman forged documents to make off with money from an account in Aliza's name. The family was estranged.
January 28, 2016: Moore's name popped up again in 2016 when he was charged once again, this time in connection with Aliza's case. Moore was indicted on multiple felonies, including obstruction and lying to investigators.
May 2017: The next year, Moore pleaded guilty to one charge related to the murder investigation and two charges regarding bomb threats. He got six months in jail, probation and court-ordered community service.
June 2021: The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation took over the Sherman case in the summer of 2021 bringing new hope to her loved ones.
July 2024: Aliza's estranged husband, Dr. Sanford Sherman, passed away last summer in Florida. Although never named a suspect by police, the Sherman's pending divorce was always front and center in the investigation.
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