"I think if a lot of people are honest or truthful, just knowing him or meeting him, you would probably like him," Bolin said. Moments before Wright was sentenced, he apologized to the victims mother. When asked who had killed Dr Sievers, he replied, I did and Jimmy Rodgers.. Olivarez pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony. Wright received his 25-year sentence in February this year. A Florida man was convicted of murder and conspiracy for enlisting his best friend to kill his wife in 2015, PEOPLE confirms. 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Scottsaid. [5] Her killers then left and drove back to Missouri in the early hours of June 29. Wideman said her daughter is sureWright will be headed to Florida. 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. "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. We hold that time very closely." Your lawyer did a good job for you, Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle told Wright after the sentencing, Naples News reported. 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. The man who had employed Rodgers said the Missouri man had worked for him for about a year doing general labor work. Wayne and Teresa's husband, Mark Sievers, were best friends in high school, and in the same year, Mark had attended Wayne's wedding as well. In December 2015, Teresa's husband, Mark Sievers, was arrested and accused of orchestrating the killing, with the motive being life insurance money, as well as the fact that Teresa was supposedly going to take his daughters away from him and he could not afford to fight for custody. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. 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. Wright's most recent ex-wife, Kathy Becker, 47, said Wright tried to get her to write Rodgers in jail as a pen pal, something she wasn't comfortable with. All three men were found guilty of the murder. That will be with me for the rest of my life and Im truly sorry. First to face trial was Jimmy Rodgers in October 2019 and Wright was the star witness. Fryer also got to know Wright around the same time period. He willgetcredit for 1,581 days already served in jail, the judge said. How had they known Teresa was alone that day or was the whole family the target? Investigators believed shed arrived home from her flight, had walked into the kitchen and been attacked. "Everybody knowseverybody. "Mark called from Florida and he said, 'What happened?' Also in attendance was Mark Sievers, who stood beside Wright as he took his new bride, Angela, to be his third wife. Hed rented a car that weekend, and the GPS showed hed driven to Florida specifically to the Sievers house. For almost 50 years, Doc Watson was the most illustrious name in traditional American folk music. "She said they're trying to railroad him," Wideman said of her daughter. I dont judge peoples souls. Hunter says this shows conspiracy. Wright was inside on drug charges and Rodgers was doing time for weapon charges. Thats for somebody else to do. He then sentenced Sievers, 51, to the death penalty. [3] Mark said he would pay Wright to help him, so the two men then planned how to murder Teresa. Greg Bolin said he did his best to avoid Wright, even though the two men lived less than a half-mile from each other at the time of Wright's most recent arrest. ': 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. Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott has called the Sievers case one of the "most complicated, intricate set of circumstances" in Lee County history, and the tangled web of people involved is no exception. 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. I asked him about his background and he told me it was something to do with guns, he said. Since Wright had been jailed, his wife has been quiet and crying, according to her mother, and has been working as a waitress three nights a week inValley Park, Missouri. Wright admitted to the killing while testifying on behalf of. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. Mark, her husband of over 10 years, stayed with the girls. Both men were charged with murder. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Sievers' attorneys told FOX 4 they plan to appeal the sentence if the death penalty is imposed. "I haven't seen Mark since the '90s.". He hadnt travelled alone either. Shomaker asked if it was with a gun and Rodgers said, no it was a hammer. He said he won't rule out other arrests in this intricate investigation. 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. While the players take part in physicals and athletic testing in the first few days, the remaining four days will feature drills by groups. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Rodgers, both of Missouri, were charged. It was a brutal end for a woman who was trying to save lives. According to Lee County court documents, Rolando Olivarez, 31, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a sedan driven by Stangelo was going South on the inside lane of I-75, just South of Tuckers Grade. After driving all day and all night,. Teresa returned to her home where she was ambushed by Wright and Rodgers. A judge in Jefferson County, south of St. Louis, signed off on the extradition of Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 47, of Hillsboro. Teresa was a holistic physician who ran her own medical practice. As she took her final breath after a hammer beating she saw a very familiar face. While waiting to stand trial in the federal firearms case, Rodgers was held in Sainte Genevieve County, about an hour south of St. Louis. "He's like, you know what? 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. Mark feared she was going to take his two daughters away from him and said he could not afford to fight for custody. Her story will be featured on tonights episode of48 Hours. I cant and it will be with me for the rest of my life and Im truly sorry.. 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. They entered the property and disabled the security alarm before leaving and taking another drive. #SieversTrial Shomaker testified that following Dr. Sievers murder she asked Rodgers if he killed her and he said yes. [1] She later completed a pre-med course at Fairfield University and completed her residency at the University of Florida. According to South Trail Fire, crews from Engines 61 and Rescue 61 responded to the brutal scene of the crash. According to the State Attorneys Office, Anthony Winn Cole, 51, was adjudicated guilty. Mark had driven her to LaGuardia Airport in New York City earlier in the day so she could catch a flight home. Her accused killers, Wright andJimmy Rodgers, 25, who is in a federal prison in Missouri on a probation violation charge, were seen on videotape at a Fort Myers Wal-Mart the day before the doctor's murder. Wideman said her daughter visits Wright in jail two or three times a week. Bolin remembers goofing around at the mall with Wright dressed in their togas before a toga party and riding around town with him looking for women. "I think he's a sociopath. The alarm for the apartment had been disabled before Sievers arrived home. There were signs of a forced entry, but confusingly, cash and valuables in the house hadnt been taken. We will be completely grateful for every donation. She was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body. In 2016, Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Greg Bolin first met Wright in the third grade in the town of Hillsboro, Missouri, about 45 minutes south of St. Louis. [4], On the morning of June 27, 2015, Wright took a rental car from Hillsboro, Missouri and went to pick up Rodgers. Rodgerss former girlfriend Taylor Shomakertestified that he confessed the murder to her. A 2002The New York Times storydetailed the last day in the life of Angelas then 6-year-old daughter, Cassandra. She had returned early from a family vacation that Sievers remained on. On October 23, 2019, a Lee County jury found him guilty and on December 12, he was sentenced to life in prison. His plea agreement required that he provide substantial assistance. Bolin said he refused. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? One of the founders of seminal gangster rap group N.W.A., Eric Wright grew up on the streets of Compton, California. Each episode has multiple titles, referencing the simultaneous storylines contained within. Chelsea Wideman, 24, died March 15 from complications of the flu, pneumonia and a MRSA infection. When Teresa Sievers husband Mark heard that she did not make it into work the next day, he asked a family friend to check on her in their apartment to see if she was home. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. "There's nothing I need to see, it's just Angie and his family," she said of the visits. She said the area of Missouri that they are in is like a little commune. "I have no help with moving and have no income at this time so all money I raise will be used to get all set up so that I can start looking for a job and return to School for me and my babys. Jimmy Ray Rodgers and Curtis Wayne Wright were the first two to be convicted for the murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers in her Bonita Springs residence. Sievers was accused of asking a longtime friend, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to murder Teresa Sievers. "You hear things, what's true, what's not? In the senior superlatives, his classmates dubbed him most dependable. Wright had made the trip with Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, a man who had given himself the nickname Jimmy The Hammer Rodgers. She dedicated her. 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.. Then a visit to her home revealed Teresa had made it back to the house that night but had never left. Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. Federal prosecutors called him a danger to the community and insisted he be arrested before the trial. Wright was well liked and voted senior class president. Both men were arrested for Teresas murder. After investigating the case for several months, detectives arrested Curtis Wayne Wright, 47, who said he was Mark Sievers childhood friend. According to police, Sievers was the mastermind behind his wife's murder. Those who know Wright describe him as a childhood friend of the doctor's husband, Mark Sievers. In May, Rodgers and his girlfriend, Taylor Shomaker, were guests at Wright's wedding in De Soto, Missouri. Our intention, as its been from the beginning, is to follow every shred of evidence we can and make sure at the end of the day when we start clamping handcuffs on people that its all good, he said. Rodgers, who was charged with first-degree murder but convicted of second-degree murder, was sentenced to life in prison. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark Sievers, 51, in the death of his wife Teresa. When asked if she thought 25 years in prison was enough, Wrights defense attorney Elizabeth Parkersaid it can never enough. What's happening to turtle nests along Naples' beaches? Sievers's husband, Mark. Bad Girls Club star, Camilla Poindexter is currently in a social media war with the father of her daughter, Raiders' Donald Penn, and his wife Dominique Penn. 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, the mastermind, got the death penalty. ", Are you viewing this story on our app? Somehow, it will come out. Then, Wright testified against both Mark Sievers and Rodgers. "My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Groves said. pic.twitter.com/Bla425Q7TV, Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) January 3, 2020. Police charged a homeless man with first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed criminal action and attempted forcible rape in the killing. He believed Teresa was planning on leaving him and would take the kids. Curtis Wrights the only one that ever hit that woman and hes lying to you to save his own worthless skin they said. Rodgersis serving a six-month federal sentence for violating his probation when he traveled out of the state, as he was seen in a south Fort Myers Wal-Mart with Wright buying itemsthe day before the murder. More: 'It's bittersweet, but justice has been served,' brother of Teresa Sievers says. He made a deal and was allowed to plead guilty to second-degree murder if he testified at Sievers and Rodgers trials, in return for a lesser sentence. I wish there was a way to change what happened, but I cant, Wright said. A Missouri circuit judge has set a Sept. 30extradition hearing for Wright. His attorneys tried to argue that Wright, who pleaded guilty in the murder in exchange for the 25-year prison sentence, was the only direct evidence against the defendant. A few years ago, Donald cheated on his wife with Camilla and the two fathered a daughter named Dylan. Rodgers pregnant girlfriend, Taylor Shomaker, started a GoFundMe page Saturday, asking for help to find a new home for her and her other two children. Rodgers, the other suspect in the Sievers case,is also in a Missouri jail. 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. In exchange, Wright threw Sieverss husbandMark Sieversand Jimmy Ray Rodgersunder the bus. Teresa, then 46, was found on June 29, 2015, bludgeoned to death on the kitchen floor of the family's Bonita Springs, Florida, home. Curtis Wayne Wright, convicted in beating Dr. Teresa Sievers to death with a hammer in 2015, was sentenced on Monday at the Lee County Courthouse by Judge Bruce Kyle to 25 years in prison. Wright said Sievers had promised to pay him $10,000 to kill Teresa in a sickening murder-for-hire scheme. In 2003, Teresa married Mark and the couple had two daughters. I don't know if it was the position you were in was by luck or because it was pre-planned, but good luck to you., More from his testimony in Mark Sievers trial: Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. testifies, describes how Teresa Sievers' slaying was planned. Mark Sievers was acting very oddly for a man who had just lost his wife. Neither of the defendants testified at trial. [9], Mark Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder. Wideman said the tribulations of her daughter have been many, including the death of her daughter earlier in the year. The reason? Leaving a family holiday early might seem like an unusual thing for a mum to do, but as well as being devoted to her two young daughters, Doctor Teresa Sievers had also made a lifelong commitment to her patients. The mother-in-law ofCurtis Wayne Wright, a suspect in the Dr.Teresa Sievers homicide case,says her daughter is standing by her husband despite his being in a Missouri jailawaiting extradition to Florida. A week later, her funeral took place at Unity Church in Naples. [17], On December 10, 2019, WFTX-TV (FOX 4 Now) released footage from the trial of Mark Sievers' when the jury recommended he be sentenced 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. The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies. Wrights plea agreement required he provide substantial assistance to prosecutors against the two other subjects in the case. Wright's ex-wife Becker said Wright and Mark Sievers talked on the phone about once a month while she was married to Wright. Expect sustained winds between ten to twenty miles per hour, with wind gusts as strong as thirty [], For almost a decade, the government took hundreds of dollars each month out of the paychecks of a Florida woman named Michelle to recoup old student loans that were unpaid and overdue. Prosecutors argued the motive had to do with his wifes $4 million life insurance policy as well as a generally unhappy marriage. On December 4, 2019, he was convicted of first-degree murder and the jury unanimously recommended he receive the death penalty. There were several life insurance policies on Teresas life, totalling over $4 million. Bolin moved to Illinois a few years after high school and said Wright grew close to his older brother, Ronnie Bolin, in his absence. [12] On December 1, 2022, Sievers filed a new motion for a rehearing in hopes of reversing the ruling. Wright told Mark that his only option was for her to die. And Im truly sorry, Im sorry. #SieversTrial #WrightSentencing @winknews pic.twitter.com/8cfXcRmfuQ, Brooke Shafer (@BrookeWINKNews) February 10, 2020. Five years before his arrest in the death of Dr. Teresa Sievers in Bonita Springs, Jimmy Rodgers was in the throes of another criminal case. Since the murder, information has surfaced showing Mark Sievers and Wright had a connection that predates the Sieverses' marriage. Teresa Sievers was a beautiful 46-year-old mom who was a very successful doctor well known and liked in her community. Jimmy Rodgers and I physically did it, but Mark Sievers was also involved in the planning, Wright told the court, adding that it was planned by Sievers because he had money problems. Had Teresa interrupted a robbery? That July, local law enforcement in his hometown of Paris arrested Rodgers after finding him with a Stevens brand .410-bore shotgun. Emailus. It's not, Parker said. The Missouri woman said she thinks her daughter should open her eyes and get her marriage annulled, but Angelais standing by him. It can never be long enough, but my client did what he needed to do and was a very importantpartof the trials. [7], On May 11, 2016, Teresa's mother gained custody of Teresa's children as the case prepared to move toward trial. Mark attended the funeral and walked down the church aisle with his two daughters, appearing distraught. They could not be reached for comment on Wednesday's verdict. In the summer of 2010, Rodgers was out on bond in Missouri, waiting to stand trial on a federal charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the plot to kill his wife. Fryer said she was introduced to Sievers through her mother, who worked with him at a 7-Eleven in Manchester, Missouri. 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. Police also turned their attention to patients who might have had an issue with Teresa whose focused determination could sometimes come across as abrasive but any leads came to nothing. 'She went willingly,'' he said. You,Curtis Wayne Wright,have stolen this gift from us, you are responsible for what has happened to her, Groves said. At the funeral, he gave a speech and said, "I was, and still am, the luckiest man in the world. Curtis Wayne Wright describes in detail how he murdered Dr Teresa Sievers with a hammer, Teresa Sievers was a much-loved mum of two and holistic physician, Curtis Wright (left) and Mark Sievers had an uncanny resemblance to each other, Teresa was found dead on the kitchen floor of her home in Bonita Springs, Florida, Curtis Wright (left) and Mark Sievers in prison overalls, Jimmy 'The Hammer' Rodgers helped Curtis Wright kill Teresa. Jimmy Rodgers is serving a life sentence in South Bay Prison. The jurors deliberated for four hours before rendering a verdict, and now Sievers faces a possible death sentence when the case shifts to the penalty phase next week. Mark Sievers is in prison awaiting a death sentence, with many appeals expected. Stealing car stereos and, you know, car parts, and now he's moved into stealing cars. The entire family is. His brother Ronnie, who was a minister there, officiated. After high school, Wright's girlfriend became pregnant, something he was not prepared for, according to Bolin. I didn't believe what he said, but he was quite convincing.". Moments before sentencing, Curtis Wright addressed the judge and then turned to Teresa Sievers mom, That will be with me for the rest of my life. "We're cautious with what we talk about," she said. Were they connected? They knew each other a long time, since their 20s, she said. He admitted he and Rodgers had killed Teresa. [4] She had flown home alone so she could see patients at her clinic the following morning. [5], Teresa landed at Southwest Florida International Airport that night, having cut short a family vacation in Connecticut. Suspicion had been on Mark from early on. It was June 2015 and Teresa, 46, had been visiting her family in upstate New York with her husband Mark and their two girls, aged eight and 11. 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.. Becker said Wright had a general distaste for Sievers' wife, although he never elaborated or said anything about harming her. Wright said he hit Teresa three times and then Rodgers had taken the hammer and continued to hit her over and over again. Rodger's girlfriend helped police with their investigation and told them that Rodgers had admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. Teresa took a flight home on Sunday 28 June ready for her patients the next morning, but her colleagues were very surprised when the doctor didnt show up. 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. Once Wright started talking, he wouldnt stop and he brought the whole plot down. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Three separate people have since been charged and sentenced in connection with the murder. "I remember him saying he's a really. Less than a decade after his career began, N.W.A. On Sept. 17, 2020, [], A North Fort Myers man will spend 25 years in prison for four drug cases. Wright, who. How much should your insurance company pay, and can an adjuster stack on costs? Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark. Minutes before Judge Kyle signed off on Wrights plea deal, Groves addressed the court while standing feet away from the man who committed the egregious crime. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. Prison is prison.". Just like she was for Mark Sievers sentencing and Jimmy Rodgers, too. Everyone assumed the shock was making him act out of character. Wright and25-year-old Jimmy Rodgers were arrested by authorities in Missouri last Thursday in connection with the murder of Sievers, the well-known owner of anEstero-based alternative medicine practice. Jessica Lipscomb covers crime and general assignment at the Naples Daily News. Wright is currently facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Dr. Teresa Sievers. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Wright admitted to helping kill Dr. Sievers, and bargained down to second-degree murder. As more people start to pile into the area, and beaches reopen, the fish kill will become a bigger problem. He'd previously agreed to a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. In 2014, a tipster told detectives Ronnie Bolin's body was dissolved in a cast iron tub on the Wright property, then thrown in a wood chipper. 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. Jimmy didnt have a hammer. But the jury found Rodgers guilty of second-degree murder and he was sentenced to life in prison in 2019. Karen Wideman said Tuesday that her daughterAngela Wideman Wright, 42,datedWright, 47, more than 24 years ago and reconnected with him about a year and a half ago at a church function. The victim, Teresa. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Jurors deliberated for just four hours at the Lee County Justice Center before returning with a guilty verdict, according to News-Press. David Erb, 27, was charged with Homicide-Negligent Manslaughter (Aggravated of Child) and Aggravated Child Abuse. Dr. Sievers was beaten to death with a hammer in her Bonita Springs home in 2015 in a crime orchestrated by her husband, Mark Sievers. Mary Ann Groves, Teresa Sievers mother, stood next toAssistant State Attorneys Cynthia RossandHamidHunter and made a victim impact statement before Wright was sentenced. "What I didn't know was apparently in his brain, he was hatching his first murder plot.". Yeah . On another occasion soon after, Bolin said he was in the car with Wright when Wright was pulled over and questioned about some stolen cars. Wright, the third suspect in the murder, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence. Neither Rodgers or Mark Sievers testified during Rodgers trial. The judge told him, I judge peoples actions. But ever since he was a small kid, he'd had guns and was obsessed with them.". 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. Prosecutors in the murder trial of Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, revealed the ostensible motive behind the brutal 2015 murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers, 46. Years before he married Teresa in 2003, Mark Sievers was engaged to a woman named Shelley Fryer. 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. She was the seco The family has also come to know Rodgers. [2][8], Wright took a 25-year plea deal in exchange for his testimony against Mark and Rodgers. Curtis Wayne Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and got 25 years, a lesser sentence because he was willing to rat out the mastermind behind the massacre. Was Wright jealous of the Sievers family? 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