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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

SHOCK TWIST: MOM SEEKING DIVORCE STABBED DEAD OUTSIDE DIVORCE LAWYER'S OFFICE JUST BEFORE TRIAL

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Sanford Sherman and his wife of three decades, Aliza Sherman, are going through a contentious divorce from accusations of infidelity to money changing accounts. Aliza Sherman receives another blow when she learns her attorney is suspended and she needs to hire another attorney.  Gregory Moore of the Stafford Law Company takes over her case, and Aliza notices red flags from the start. Moore does not prepare for each court appearance, and he continues to ask for continuances,  until the judge finally says there will be no more continuances. 

The day before their first day of trial, Attorney Gregory Moore texts Aliza Sherman  to come to his downtown Cleveland office to discuss the case. Standing outside the Stafford Law Company in downtown Cleveland, Aliza Sherman tells   Moore she is going back to wait in her car because it is too cold. 

As Aliza Sherman walks back towards her car, she is confronted by a masked individual wearing dark clothing and gloves, the assailant circles behind Aliza then chases the 53-year-old and stabs her over 10 times. She is stabbed her face, neck, right ear, and eight times in her back. As the masked assailant leaves the scene, the mortally wounded nurse calls 911. A bystander also calls 911 and an ambulance gets Aliza to the hospital where she is pronounced dead from he injuries  

Joining Nancy Grace today:

  • Jan Lash -  Aliza’s Best Friend
  • Derek Smith - Criminal Defense Attorney, Acquaintance of Greg Moore
  • Dr. John Delatorre - Licensed Psychologist and Mediator [specializing in forensic psychology], Psychological consultant to Project Absents: a non-profit organization that searches for missing persons; X, IG, and TikTok: @drjohndelatorre
  • Fil Waters - Former Homicide Detective for the Houston Police Department, President & CEO of Kindred Spirits Investigations & Security, Inc.
  • Josh Lowe - Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal. Northern District of Ohio
  • Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast: "Mayhem in the Morgue" [launching soon], Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
  • Tiffani Tucker - Anchor 19 News WOIO, Contributor to the Podcast “Dark Side of the Land” by 19 News, Facebook: @TiffaniTuckerTV, IG: @TiffaniTuckerNews

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to an I-Heart podcast.

0:05.7

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

0:11.4

A shock twist when a mom seeking a divorce is stabbed dead just outside her divorce lawyer's office,

0:19.9

the eve of trial. I'm Nancy Grace. This is

0:23.6

crime stories. I want to thank you for being with us. Cleveland, Ohio, Elisa Sherman is a

0:28.6

dedicated nurse and loving mom of four working hard to provide for her kids while managing a messy

0:33.6

divorce from her husband, Sanford. After her first attorney is suspended while handling her case,

0:39.0

Elisa finds another promising lawyer from the firm to deal with her divorce, Gregory Moore.

0:44.7

Who stabbed this young mother, a beloved nurse, dead on the eve of her divorce?

0:53.9

Again, I'm Nancy Grayson.

0:55.0

This is crime stories.

0:56.0

Thank you for being with us, of course.

0:58.3

As in so many cases, let's start with the 911 call.

1:03.0

I'm at work right now.

1:04.1

I heard her screaming.

1:05.1

I ran down as fast as I could, and there's nobody around with me and her.

1:08.8

She's bad.

1:09.5

I'm going to get us some help this.

1:11.6

Calm down, let her.

1:12.6

No, it looks like she's breathing normally.

1:14.6

No, she's got blood coming out of her mouth.

1:17.6

It doesn't look normal at all.

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