Dr. Sanford Sherman, the estranged husband of the late Aliza Sherman, has died in Florida.
Aliza Sherman was a 53-year-old in-vitro fertilization nurse and Beachwood mother who was murdered in downtown Cleveland on March 24, 2013, two days before their divorce trial was set to start. Her murder remains unsolved 11 years later.
Sanford Sherman, 68, was never named a suspect by police in the murder of Aliza Sherman. He died earlier this month, according to Neshama Jewish Funeral Services in Pompano Beach, Fla.
Records show that dating back to Nov. 2, 2000, Beachwood Police were called to the Sherman house 22 times for reports of domestic disturbances, the Cleveland Jewish News previously reported.
After Aliza Sherman’s death, daughter Jennifer Sherman filed a civil lawsuit against Sanford Sherman for charges including counts of conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, civil remedy for criminal acts and civil conspiracy related to Aliza’s estate. Over the course of the civil trial, depositions connected to the case involved Sanford Sherman admitting to an extramarital affair, details of a defamation lawsuit involving an exotic dancer and a reference to a conversation where Sanford solicited advice on how to commit the “perfect murder.”
The suit also alleges that in early 2013, during the divorce case’s discovery process, forensic accounting showed a Merrill Lynch financial account in Aliza’s name only was secretly opened by Sanford Sherman in May 2000. Between 2000 and 2010, he allegedly made more than $2 million in deposits into the account, the CJN reported. The suit showed that in 2004, Sanford Sherman forged a durable power of attorney, which allowed him to withdraw funds from the account. In the following six years, the account was emptied.
Sanford Sherman retired from ophthalmology and closed his Severance Circle practice in 2004, the CJN reported. He later moved to Florida after Aliza’s death.
Aliza Sherman was outside the office of her divorce attorney, Gregory Moore, at the Stafford & Stafford law firm on Erieview Plaza in downtown Cleveland when she was stabbed 11 times by a still-unidentified assailant wearing a face covering.
The investigation into Aliza Sherman’s murder was turned over to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation in 2021, and was previously investigated by Cleveland Police. BCI was recently informed of Sanford Sherman’s death and the investigation into Aliza Sherman’s murder remains active and ongoing, Steve Irwin, press secretary for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, told the CJN.
In 2023, the CJN produced a multi-episode podcast series about Aliza Sherman’s life, legacy and murder.
The reward for information leading to Aliza Sherman’s killer stands at $100,000 – the largest reward in Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County history. Anyone with information regarding Sherman’s murder should contact Crime Stoppers at 25crime.com or 216-252-7463. Callers can remain anonymous and are eligible to receive a cash reward if the information given leads to an arrest or grand jury indictment of a felony offender.
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