"Your lawyer did a good job for you, Kyle said. Fryer described Sievers as a sweet guy and said she didn't have anything bad to say about him. He'd previously agreed to a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. One of the biggest issues people are dealing with when it comes to insurance after Hurricane Ian is property damage. The evidence was slowly pieced together, and police believed they knew what had happened. Rodgers and Wright continued to stay in touch after jail. A 2002The New York Times storydetailed the last day in the life of Angelas then 6-year-old daughter, Cassandra. "Mark called from Florida and he said, 'What happened?' A Florida man was convicted of murder and conspiracy for enlisting his best friend to kill his wife in 2015, PEOPLE confirms. Shortly after his brother went missing, Greg Bolin said he met Wright at a Denny's in Fenton, Missouri. [15], On September 14, 2017, Crime Watch Daily released a video segment focusing on the murder. The day before her funeral he was at the beach inviting people back to his house for a pool party and he was cold when people tried to comfort him. Heres what you should know about the murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers: 48 HOURS IN 48 SECONDS: A hammer is discovered at the crime scene, but clues to solving the murder of a Florida doctor come from a digital trail that leads investigators to the killers doorstep https://t.co/8jXoY2OiPQ pic.twitter.com/BskgiVAAqb. Mark had driven her to LaGuardia Airport in New York City earlier in the day so she could catch a flight home. ': Ohio Man Sentenced for Murdering Family of 8, Jury Recommends Death for Fla. Man Who Killed 2 Boys with Hammer in 'Violent and Relentless Rage', Ex-Cop Sentenced Who Kneeled on George Floyd's Back During Killing Sentenced to 3.5 Years, Family Outraged After Pa. Man Who Killed His Mother, Took Selfies with Body Is Sentenced to 20 Years Minimum, Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark Sievers, After court, Teresa's sister, Anne Lisa, spoke to WINK. My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Mary said. A Florida man was convicted of murder and conspiracy for enlisting his best friend to kill his wife in 2015, PEOPLE confirms. I think he could switch it on and off. According to police, Sievers recruited his childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, Jr. to kill his wife. His plea agreement required that he provide substantial assistance. This black and white capture features John Wayne, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra talking with each other during Hollywood Ball in 1970. Powered by. While Mark had initially been cooperative and handed over his cell phone to investigators, he later refused to cooperate. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. Mark had called the friend to check up on her after she failed to show up at work. During his testimony, Wright admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. (The investigation is) what I deem to be successful and on-track, continues to produce positive things we can affirmand reaffirm through evidence and other things, said Lee Sheriff Mike Scott. Mary Ann Groves, Teresa Sievers mother, stood next toAssistant State Attorneys Cynthia RossandHamidHunter and made a victim impact statement before Wright was sentenced. ", Speaking to the Naples Daily News, Teresa's brother, Patrick Tottenham, said, "We are obviously very happy with the verdict. The area near where Greg Bolin, a former friend and classmate of Curtis Wayne Wright, remembered seeing a cast iron tub used to hold water for horses, photographed Friday, October 23, 2015. In fourth grade, Wright moved away to another school district, where he became friends with Mark Sievers. Sievers was found guilty in 2019. On Aug. 20, 2010, Rodgers was booked into the Sainte Genevieve County jail. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark Sievers, 51, in the death of his wife Teresa. "I thought he was a good guy," she said. Any time youre moving an inmate, theres an escape risk.". The victim,TeresaSievers,was found dead on the kitchen floorofher familys home on Jarvis Road in Bonita Springs on June 29, 2015. Asked how her daughter views the arrest, Wideman said: How can a wife not believe her husband?. 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Wright's plea agreement required he. A Bonita Springs man on death row for hiring two individuals to murder his wife in 2015 has filed a motion for a rehearing in hopes of reversing a recent ruling. Wright had made the trip with Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, a man who had given himself the nickname Jimmy The Hammer Rodgers. "Is the death penalty, is life in prison going to be enough for Teresa's family? These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. Police say that Sievers was bludgeoned to death by Rodgers and Wright, and one of the main pieces of evidence leading to their later arrest was that GPS system. I didn't believe what he said, but he was quite convincing.". The murder of Teresa Sievers occurred on June 28, 2015, when she was attacked at her home in Bonita Springs, Florida by two men who bludgeoned her to death with a hammer, striking her a total of seventeen times. Wright had done some work on the computers at Teresas clinic and Sievers had been best man at Wrights wedding. I said, 'I don't know. Ican't and it will be with me for the rest of my life and I'm truly sorry., Why Wright's case was significant: For Missouri man with missing brother, Teresa Sievers murder trial is of extra significance. They will spend their lives hoping to hold onto the memories of their mother they once knew and trying to forget the nightmare she endured in the last moments of her life.. Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the plot to kill his. Wrights plea agreement required he provide substantial assistance to prosecutors against the two other subjects in the case. Police charged a homeless man with first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed criminal action and attempted forcible rape in the killing. A superb, original guitarist and a singer of warmth and simplicity, he set countless . He believed Teresa was planning on leaving him and would take the kids. Juliette said he didnt know Rodgers before he hired him but did put him through the same sort of background checks anybody who applies goes through. ", Connect with this reporter: MichaelBraunNP (Facebook) @MichaelBraunNP (Twitter), Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. [4] She had flown home alone so she could see patients at her clinic the following morning. Police arrested two men from Missouri for the crime: Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Ray Rodgers. Emailus. Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. Teresa Sievers was her familys strength, inspiration and caretaker, her mother said. They will spend their lives hoping to hold onto the memories of their mother they once knew and trying to forget the nightmare she endured in the last moments of her life.. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Wright admitted to helping kill Dr. Sievers, and bargained down to second-degree murder. 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Rodger's girlfriend helped police with their investigation and told them that Rodgers had admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. Bolin moved to Illinois a few years after high school and said Wright grew close to his older brother, Ronnie Bolin, in his absence. In 2015, holistic doctor Teresa Sievers returned to her home from a family trip ahead of her husband and children in order to treat her parents. Teresa Sievers was a beautiful 46-year-old mom who was a very successful doctor well known and liked in her community. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. Those who know Wright describe him as a childhood friend of the doctor's husband, Mark Sievers. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. Mark Sievers Is Implicated Rodgers, who was charged with first-degree murder but convicted of second-degree murder, was sentenced to life in prison. "I asked him straight up, 'Did you have anything to do with my brother?'" He's accused of recruiting childhood friend, 51-year-old Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to help carry out the gruesome crime. 0 HEAD 1 SOUR PAF 2 NAME Personal Ancestral File 2 VERS 4.0.4.18 2 CORP The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3 ADDR 50 East North Temple Street 4 CONT Salt Lake City, U Court in the Act: Mark Sievers - Orchestrating the Murder of his Wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers - 2019 Trial Sex & Murder: Fatal Ambush. Wideman said her daughter is now living with her and dealing with her husbands arrest. Rodgerss former girlfriend Taylor Shomakertestified that he confessed the murder to her. There were reports of other alternative doctors dying in suspicious circumstances in the US. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Fryer also got to know Wright around the same time period. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark. Sievers was accused of asking a longtime friend, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to murder Teresa Sievers. pic.twitter.com/hL4rPtem3R, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) October 16, 2019. Rodgers did not have permission to travel out of the state, but court records show he was in a south Fort Myers Wal-Mart on Ben C. Pratt/Six Mile Cypress Parkway the day before Sievers was killed. Teresa Sievers did not attend the nuptials. I wish that there was a way, anything at all I could do to change what happened, Wright said as he turned around to look at the victims mother in the gallery. Wright and Rodgers also were connected through Facebook. Rodgers was found guiltyofsecond-degree murder and trespassingthensentenced to life in prison last year. Jimmy Rodgers is serving a life sentence in South Bay Prison. He admitted he and Rodgers had killed Teresa. Investigators believe he hired two men to kill his wife, Teresa, 46; Jimmy Rodgers and Curtis Wayne Wright Jr charged with murder; Teresa was found dead in her Bonita Springs, Florida, home on June 29 "It's tiny," she said. Jurors deliberated for just four hours at the Lee County Justice Center before returning with a guilty verdict, according to News-Press. They also recommended death. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. They called her, and Mark, but nobody could reach her. There seemed to be no reason why Wright would take a violent friend on a road trip to murder his best friends wife. The entire family is in counseling after Wright's arrest,Wideman said. Rubio hopes to rebound four months after loss, In tough economic times, non-compete agreements are ending up in Collier courts, Southwest Florida is serious about fried chicken, and Cracklin' Jacks, they say, is seriously good, Demons Next Door: Coping with bad neighbors, Dr. Johnny's Car Clinic: What to do when your brakes pulse. Would love your thoughts, please comment. In 2016, Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Mark, her husband of over 10 years, stayed with the girls. They knew each other a long time, since their 20s, she said. "I think if a lot of people are honest or truthful, just knowing him or meeting him, you would probably like him," Bolin said. On October 23, 2019, a Lee County jury found him guilty and on December 12, he was sentenced to life in prison. Defendants Mark Sievers - convicted, sentenced to death Jimmy Ray Rodgers - convicted, sentenced to LWOP Curtis Wayne Wright - pled guilty, sentenced to 25 years in prison (cannot locate him yet) Wright said that Mark Sievers recruited him to kill the victim, and he in turn got Rodgers to help out. Mark Sievers gives a personal statement to the judge Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, before being sentenced to death in the murder of his wife, Teresa Sievers. Then, Wright testified against both Mark Sievers and Rodgers. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. Because Sievers had told them to. [6], On June 29, 2015, Teresa was found dead at her home by a family friend. Jimmy Rodgers was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder. When Becker was out of work at the end of 2011, Sievers and his wife helped put Wright in touch with people in the medical field around St. Louis to try to find her a new job. Becker said she broke things off after about three months of marriage after Wright backed her against a wall and balled up his fists as if he was going to hit her. Though Sievers claims he is innocent, a jury convicted him of hiring the men who killed his wife. Juliette said thatin the construction industry its not unusual for applicants to have a record. "Other than at night when they're locked down, the doors are left open and they can come out into the day room," Schott said. "I think he's a sociopath. A motion filed by a Bonita Springs man on death row for hiring two individuals to murder his wife in 2015 that sought to reverse a recent ruling has been denied. Police arrested two men from Missouri for the crime: Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Ray Rodgers. When the friend went inside, however, they found Sievers dead on the floor. Fryer said she was introduced to Sievers through her mother, who worked with him at a 7-Eleven in Manchester, Missouri. Her story will be featured on tonights episode of48 Hours. Everyone assumed the shock was making him act out of character. It can never be long enough, but my client did what he needed to do and was a very importantpartof the trials. Rodgers chose not to speak on his own behalf, and the judge called it one of the most horrific crimes he ever tried. On Sept. 17, 2020, [], A North Fort Myers man will spend 25 years in prison for four drug cases. Wright's ex-wife Becker said Wright and Mark Sievers talked on the phone about once a month while she was married to Wright. Wright, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February of 2016 in connection to Teresa Sievers' death, said Mark Sievers asked him to kill his wife. Becker, who married Wright in November 2011, said Wright mentioned Rodgers maybe three times throughout the course of their relationship, which she said lasted less than a year. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Rodgers, both of Missouri, were charged. She said the area of Missouri that they are in is like a little commune. [9] On January 3, 2020, Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced him to death. Jimmy Rodgers and Curtis Wayne murdered Teresa Sievers The police were eventually pointed in the direction of two residents of Missouri, Jimmy Rodgers, and Curtis Wayne Wright. [16] They continued to track the story until May 2019, with the original video segment being released on their YouTube channel on May 6, 2019. Authorities say that the plan was made in advance, leaning on the fact that Mark and the children remained in Connecticut on vacation as Teresa headed home to work. me and my children have to move out of our home due to very horrible situation and only have 72 hours to find an new one," Shomaker wrote in the page. This black and white capture features smiling Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan looking away at the Los Angeles Press Club Tribute to John Wayne.Nancy Reagan was an American film actress and First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Your lawyer did a good job for you, Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle told Wright after the sentencing, Naples News reported. Unbeknownst to Greg Bolin, his older brother started using meth with Wright following a divorce from his wife. Holistic physician Teresa Sievers, 46, was ambushed in Bonita Springs, Florida. The sentence forCurtis Wayne Wright Jr., 51, of Missouri, was previously agreed upon via a plea deal in 2016 when the man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Sievers was arrested and it sent shockwaves through the community. Teresa was hit a total of seventeen times and was bludgeoned to death. He was arrested for the murder soon after, but prosecutors later dropped the case due to a lack of evidence, saying they didn't believe his story. About two years after Sievers and Fryer split up, a man named Greg Bolin married Fryer in a ceremony at the Church of God just up the road from his childhood home. Just like she was for Mark Sievers sentencing and Jimmy Rodgers, too. "You hear things, what's true, what's not? Later, Shomaker told her the van was paid for through their insurance company after a tree fell on their Kia. Mark Sievers has not been charged in her death, but his longtime friend, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr, and another man, Jimmy Rodgers Jr, have both been jailed in connection to the murder. pic.twitter.com/kSl1zWbE93, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) December 4, 2019, Have a tip we should know? A Bonita Springs man on death row for hiring two individuals to murder his wife in 2015 has filed a motion for a rehearing in hopes of reversing a recent ruling. After investigating the case for several months, detectives arrested Curtis Wayne Wright, 47, who said he was Mark Sievers childhood friend. There were three pilot movies, followed by 245 regular episodes over nine seasons, followed by five specials. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 40-year-old man riding a motorcycle from Fort Myers died in the three-vehicle and motorcycle crash. I'm just so glad it's over. The entire family is. The sentence for Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 51, of Missouri, was previously agreed upon via a plea deal in 2016 when the man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Everyone grieves differently and Sievers had been miles away at the time, so any suspicions that hed played a part were quashed. One of the founders of seminal gangster rap group N.W.A., Eric Wright grew up on the streets of Compton, California. That July, local law enforcement in his hometown of Paris arrested Rodgers after finding him with a Stevens brand .410-bore shotgun. I had $10 You and your wife, Deborra-Lee I'm still a little bit in you've been a week Furness, have been married shock. Meanwhile, a sports car driven by a 67-year-old [], A deadly crash involving three vehicles and a motorcycle happened in Lee County Friday evening shortly before 9:30 p.m. Nearly $120 was collected on the site in three days. Were they connected? John Wayne was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films His arrest for the Sievers murder last week changed that. FORT MYERS, Fla. Curtis Wayne Wright, who confessed to taking part in the brutal murder of a beloved Bonita Springs doctor, Teresa Sievers, officially received his sentence Monday.. After high school, Wright's girlfriend became pregnant, something he was not prepared for, according to Bolin. Once Wright started talking, he wouldnt stop and he brought the whole plot down. In August 2015, police acted on a tip and arrested Rodgers and Wright in Missouri. Shed been hit with the weapon at least 17 times, crushing her skull and causing devastating injuries. Click here to watch a video interview with Greg Bolin on our mobile site. Firefighters are battling several brush fires in Charlotte County; the one off McCall Road threatens several buildings, including a church. My client did what he needed to do and I think was a very important part of those trials, said Elizabeth Parker, the defense attorney. #SieversTrial Shomaker testified that following Dr. Sievers murder she asked Rodgers if he killed her and he said yes. Wright is currently facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Dr. Teresa Sievers. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. testifies, describes how Teresa Sievers' slaying was planned, Mark Sievers, sentenced to death for wife's murder, denied new trial, Mark Sievers before being sentenced: 'Our girls have tragically lost their mommy and now their daddy', Jimmy Ray Rodgers found guilty of second-degree murder in death of Teresa Sievers, 'It's bittersweet, but justice has been served,' brother of Teresa Sievers says, For Missouri man with missing brother, Teresa Sievers murder trial is of extra significance, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. I wish there was a way to change what happened, but I cant, Wright said. Now, here is where things stand for each convict: Wrights attorney on Monday said she hopes her clients sentencing brings some closure to Teresa Sievers family. Wideman said her daughter is sureWright will be headed to Florida. She was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body.