Wright and Rodgers also were connected through Facebook. She claimed that Rodgers had told her that Mark Sievers had hired Wright, who then hired Rodgers to murder his wife for life insurance money. You have robbed usall of the most brilliant, unique and compassionate doctor and human being.. Sievers was found guilty in 2019. Husband Charged with Plotting Murder of Prominent Florida Doctor: We Got Our Man,' Says Sheriff, Alaska Teen Killed 'Best Friend' After Man Online Allegedly Offered $9M for Videos of Murder in Catfish Scheme, Man Killed Wife in National Park During Argument Over Covid-19 Stimulus Check, Wife Wrote 'Letter from the Grave' Before 2008 Death Now Husband Is Guilty of Poisoning Her with Antifreeze, Oahu Man Brutally Murdered Cleaner and Kidnapped Her Daughter in Slaying That Rocked Hawaiian Island, Will Bryan Kohberger Face Death Penalty if Convicted of Idaho Murders? The American television series The Love Boat (Love Boat in its final season), set on a cruise ship, was aired on ABC from September 24, 1977, until May 24, 1986. Once Wright started talking, he wouldnt stop and he brought the whole plot down. The men arrived at Teresa's home at approximately 6:00a.m. on the morning of Sunday, June 28, 2015. A Florida man was convicted of murder and conspiracy for enlisting his best friend to kill his wife in 2015, PEOPLE confirms. 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. I asked him about his background and he told me it was something to do with guns, he said. Sievers plotted to have his wife murdered by recruiting his longtime friend, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., who agreed to commit the murder with the promise by Sievers . Investigators learned from a GPS device in a rental car that Rodgers and Wright had driven from Missouri to Teresa's home at the time she was killed. 'She went willingly,'' he said. 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. 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. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. was 51 at the time of his sentencing. When asked if she thought 25 years in prison was enough, Wrights defense attorney Elizabeth Parkersaid it can never enough. 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. 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) GPS showed they drove the 17 hours back to Missouri in the early hours of Monday morning. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark Sievers, 51, in the death of his wife Teresa. "He denied it. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. 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. Investigators believed shed arrived home from her flight, had walked into the kitchen and been attacked. But Teresa had left them to enjoy a few more days, and had caught an earlier flight back home to Bonita Springs, Florida, so she could go into work. Angela Wideman, 42, married Wright in May, two months after her 24-year-old daughter tragically died, only to have her husband jailed over his alleged role in the death of the Bonita Springs. He told the jurors that he andRodgers killed her with hammers inside her Bonita Springs home. Both men were arrested for Teresas murder. A GPS system log, which was later shown as evidence in court, tracked the route the men took. Not only was there a game, but college students showed up for a dunk contest. In 2015, holistic doctor Teresa Sievers returned to her home from a family trip ahead of her husband and children. Suspicion had been on Mark from early on. Greg Bolin last saw his brother on the Fourth of July 1996. [3], In 2015, Mark went to the wedding of his childhood friend Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. in Missouri and confided in him that he was having marriage problems with Teresa. Wright was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Feb.. 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.. Jimmy Ray Rodgers, left, and Wayne Wright are seen in surveillance video from a Florida Walmart the day before Dr. Teresa Sievers was murdered. 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. According to the State Attorneys Office, Anthony Winn Cole, 51, was adjudicated guilty. 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. She has not gone to see her son-in-law. The state's lawyers said Sievers wanted his doctor wife dead so that he could collect on her significant life insurance policies. Wright, the third suspect in the murder, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence. It had all been his idea. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. We will be completely grateful for every donation. Teresa Sievers was her familys strength, inspiration and caretaker, her mother said. They did not speak. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. And Im truly sorry, Im sorry. #SieversTrial #WrightSentencing @winknews pic.twitter.com/8cfXcRmfuQ, Brooke Shafer (@BrookeWINKNews) February 10, 2020. Because Sievers had told them to. [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. Juliette said thatin the construction industry its not unusual for applicants to have a record. Photo by Roberto Rodriguez, The church in Hillsboro, Missouri, where Ronnie Bolin served as a minister before he went missing in 1996, photographed Friday, October 23, 2015. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Wright admitted to helping kill Dr. Sievers, and bargained down to second-degree murder. Mark, her husband of over 10 years, stayed with the girls. He went from being a drug dealer to a multiplatinum artist as N.W.A. Sievers' attorneys told FOX 4 they plan to appeal the sentence if the death penalty is imposed. Prison is prison.". Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. They said that Wright then recruited Jimmy Rodgers, who was a former cellmate of his, to help him carry out the crime. After arriving home and before leaving for work the next day, Sievers was murdered. He'd previously agreed to a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. While in Missouri for Wright's. We're just trying to keep our acts together. In 2016, Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Mark Sievers was convicted offirst-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder then sentenced to death by a judge earlier this year. 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. In the senior superlatives, his classmates dubbed him most dependable. 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. Teresa Sievers did not attend the nuptials. 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. Prosecutors argued the motive had to do with his wifes $4 million life insurance policy as well as a generally unhappy marriage. [15], On September 14, 2017, Crime Watch Daily released a video segment focusing on the murder. Becker said Wright had a general distaste for Sievers' wife, although he never elaborated or said anything about harming her. Because Rodgers is in the federal prison system, he can serve his time in any prison, including a Florida location. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Rodgers, both of Missouri, were charged. Through a relative, Shomaker declined to be interviewed. A missing persons report says Wright owed somewhere between $900 and $1,500 to Ronnie Bolin, who had been threatening to "spill the beans" about something Wright was involved in. She had returned early from a family vacation that Sievers remained on. "I told her, 'You've got to get yourself together.'". I never would have imagined.. The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies. Wright said Sievers had promised to pay him $10,000 to kill Teresa in a sickening murder-for-hire scheme. In exchange, Wright threw Sievers's husband Mark Sievers and Jimmy Ray Rodgers under the bus. Federal prosecutors called him a danger to the community and insisted he be arrested before the trial. About eight weeks later, on June 29, Dr. Sievers was found bludgeoned to death in her home in Bonita Springs. But why did two men drive 1,000 miles to kill a woman? ", Speaking to the Naples Daily News, Teresa's brother, Patrick Tottenham, said, "We are obviously very happy with the verdict. [2][8], Wright took a 25-year plea deal in exchange for his testimony against Mark and Rodgers. "Jimmy was always hanging around with Wayne," she said, adding that Rodgers helped the family from time to time, offering transportation. Powered by. 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. The two became friends and, later, co-defendants: Wright also was arrested in Sievers' death this past August following an eight-week investigation. "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. What's happening to turtle nests along Naples' beaches? Rick Scott for a warrant to involuntarily extradite Wright. That same weekend, Shomaker was in Missouri, throwing a baby shower for a friend, Wendy Crader. The co-defendants denied the allegations, but both failed in court. When asked who had killed Dr Sievers, he replied, I did and Jimmy Rodgers.. Their voices are finally heard, tonight at 9/8c only on #48Hours: https://t.co/PmP2LKmqjG pic.twitter.com/I4hb9qjJvd. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. They also recommended death. I didn't believe what he said, but he was quite convincing.". There were several life insurance policies on Teresas life, totalling over $4 million. Prior to the sentencing, hed served over 1,400 days in jail, which he was given credit for. Angela Wideman, 42, married Wright in May, two months after her 24-year-old daughter tragically died,only to have her husband jailed over his alleged rolein the death of the Bonita Springs doctor. After she pulled into the garage, retrieved her luggage and walked into the house, two men her husband hired to murder her Curtis Wayne Wright, Jr., and Jimmy Ray Rodgers , beat her in the . The man who had employed Rodgers said the Missouri man had worked for him for about a year doing general labor work. [3] Mark said he would pay Wright to help him, so the two men then planned how to murder Teresa. Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the plot to kill his wife. Mark Sievers was still . More: Mark Sievers, sentenced to death for wife's murder, denied new trial, And: Mark Sievers before being sentenced: 'Our girls have tragically lost their mommy and now their daddy', Also: Jimmy Ray Rodgers found guilty of second-degree murder in death of Teresa Sievers. 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. 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. Teresa Sievers'bodywas discovered the morning of June 29 when workers at her Esteroholistic medical practice, Restorative Health & Healing Center,became concerned when she did not arrive at the office as planned. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr was 51 when he was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Prior to coming to the Daily News in 2012, she worked at papers in North Carolina and in Texas. 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. 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. The men were caught on surveillance tape at a local Walmart store where they purchased trash bags, wet wipes, black towels, black shoes, and a lock-picking kit. How do you protect your children from predators? Rodgers, the other suspect in the Sievers case,is also in a Missouri jail. Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 - May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. ", Wideman, 60, said herfamily has known Mark Sieversfor more than 20 years. Sievers had conspired to kill his wife and had hired his best friend to help him. It's not, Parker said. 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. Teresa was a compassionate healer, but she was outgoing and always pushed for what she believed in. In Naples, city council authorized the city manager to spend up to $100,000 to expedite the cleanup of dead fish within the city waterways []. 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. Mary Ann Groves, Teresa Sievers mother, stood next toAssistant State Attorneys Cynthia RossandHamidHunter and made a victim impact statement before Wright was sentenced. 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. pic.twitter.com/hL4rPtem3R, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) October 16, 2019. For the second charge, he was sentenced to 30 years, to be served concurrently. She was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body. David Erb, 27, was charged with Homicide-Negligent Manslaughter (Aggravated of Child) and Aggravated Child Abuse. He hadnt travelled alone either. Just last week, the judge denied Mark Sievers request for a new trial. "Everybody knowseverybody. His arrest for the Sievers murder last week changed that. 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. Prosecutors in the murder trial of Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, revealed the ostensible motive behind the brutal 2015 murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers, 46. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Rodgers grew up with one older brother in Paris, Missouri, a small town about two and a half hours northwest of St. Louis. John Wayne was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films Wright said that Mark Sievers recruited him to kill the victim, and he in turn got Rodgers to help out. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Shomaker asked if it was with a gun and Rodgers said, no it was a hammer. Neither Rodgers or Mark Sievers testified during Rodgers trial. For Bolin, Wright was the life of the party, someone who was a lot of fun to be around. Nearly $120 was collected on the site in three days. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. Rodgerss former girlfriend Taylor Shomakertestified that he confessed the murder to her. Investigators used the GPS system as well as data from cell phone towers and security camera footage. Maj. Jason Schott confirmed that Rodgers and Wright were in the same pod of the jail in the 2010 to 2011 time frame. In 2001, an Illinois inmate named Corey Lynn Fox confessed to killing a dozen people, including Bolin. It is pretty crazy. "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. Sievers was arrested and it sent shockwaves through the community. Wright's plea agreement required he. She combined her knowledge of western medicine with a respect for Eastern medicine, to successfully treat her patients with a blend of traditional and alternative methods. She was last seen alive on surveillance video at the airport in Florida. Fryer also got to know Wright around the same time period. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. Ronnie Bolin's body has never been found. I cant and it will be with me for the rest of my life and Im truly sorry.. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. With God as my witness, that's what that cop said to me.". 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. Yeah . His father died seven years later. Cassandra Williamson, 6, barefoot and dressed only in her nightgown, was seen by witnesses riding piggyback on a man down the street to her death on Friday morning, the St. Louis County police Chief, Ron Battelle, said, the Times story read. Wright said he hit Teresa three times and then Rodgers had taken the hammer and continued to hit her over and over again. [14] Three years later in February 2020, they aired another episode that focused on the murder trials that followed her killing. Officials said he was caught with 43 rifles, pistols and shotguns that belonged to his deceased father. She said the area of Missouri that they are in is like a little commune. Sievers and Wright had been childhood friends in Missouri. All three men were found guilty of the murder. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark. Was Wright jealous of the Sievers family? It was there that he met Curtis "Wayne" Wright, an inmate 22 years his senior who was being held after police said they found a meth lab at his house. "He talked about him like they were friends," she said. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. was 51 at the time of his sentencing. NFL Combine 2023 full schedule. "Your lawyer did a good job for you, Kyle said. Wright told Mark that his only option was for her to die. During his testimony, Wright admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. En route, they stopped at a gas station and were caught on surveillance tape. In 2006, they moved to Bonita Springs, Florida and set up a holistic medical practice called Restorative Health and Healing Center. 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. "He saw me," Bolin said, "and he just got in his car and left. 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. Wright was sentenced to twenty-five years, Rodgers was sentenced to life in prison, and Mark Sievers was sentenced to death. It all started when the cops found a sawed-off shotgun. We hold that time very closely." [4], On the morning of June 27, 2015, Wright took a rental car from Hillsboro, Missouri and went to pick up Rodgers. pic.twitter.com/kSl1zWbE93, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) December 4, 2019, Have a tip we should know? Rodgers and Wright continued to stay in touch after jail. 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. There were reports of other alternative doctors dying in suspicious circumstances in the US. The reason? 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. Detectives say both Rodgers and Wright were spotted at a nearby Walmart on the night of the homicide. 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. Bolin said the officer pulled him aside to ask if he knew anything. Police also arrested Jimmy Rodgers, 25, and charged him in connection with the murder. ", Connect with this reporter: MichaelBraunNP (Facebook) @MichaelBraunNP (Twitter), Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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. 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. Wright's ex-wife Becker said Wright and Mark Sievers talked on the phone about once a month while she was married to Wright. While waiting to stand trial in the federal firearms case, Rodgers was held in Sainte Genevieve County, about an hour south of St. Louis. It can never be long enough, but my client did what he needed to do and was a very importantpartof the trials. "He would just say, 'I don't really care for her,'" Becker said. Curtis Wright, who killed Dr. Teresa Sievers, gets 25 years in prison, 4 victims transported, one trauma alerted after Lee County crash, Report: Impaired driver crashes and kills 67-year-old Fort Myers man in Charlotte County Friday night, Crash kills 40-year-old man in Lee County, Florida teacher who thought UF student debt was paid 20 years ago gets nearly $1M bill, David Erb changes to guilty plea, gets 12 years in prison 10 years probation, Lehigh Acres man gets 15 year prison sentence for childs death, North Fort Myers man to serve 25-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, Winds stoke brush fires and prompt evacuations across Southwest Florida, Fort Myers High School hosts annual unified basketball game, Public adjuster answers your hurricane-related property insurance questions.
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