At the funeral, he gave a speech and said, "I was, and still am, the luckiest man in the world. Mary Ann Groves, Teresa Sievers mother, stood next toAssistant State Attorneys Cynthia RossandHamidHunter and made a victim impact statement before Wright was sentenced. 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. Sievers was accused of asking a longtime friend, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to murder Teresa Sievers. I dont know if it was the position you were in was by luck or because it was pre-planned, but good luck to you., LIFE IN PRISON: Judge Bruce Kyle just sentenced Jimmy "the hammer" Rodgers to life in prison. Hed previously agreed to a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. 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. Investigators foundahammer next to her body. [4] She had flown home alone so she could see patients at her clinic the following morning. As Dr. Sievers operated her medical practice and raised her two young daughters, she couldn't have known the two men accused of taking her life were fraternizing in jail, forming a bond that would later put them back in the very place they met behind the bars of a jail cell. Wright received his 25-year sentence in February this year. Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the plot to kill his. What's happening to turtle nests along Naples' beaches? They went off to a local supermarket and were seen on CCTV buying trash bags, wet wipes, black towels and a lock-picking kit. En route, they stopped at a gas station and were caught on surveillance tape. Karen Wideman said her daughter and Wright were friends for years. Crader said Shomaker told her that her boyfriend was out of state on a job for the construction company he worked for and mentioned he planned to make $10,000 that weekend. Prior to coming to the Daily News in 2012, she worked at papers in North Carolina and in Texas. At one point during the pregnancy, Bolin said Wright tried to get him to run his girlfriend off the road to "mess with her." In 2001, an Illinois inmate named Corey Lynn Fox confessed to killing a dozen people, including Bolin. (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. Sievers was found guilty in 2019. I'm just so glad it's over. Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? Had Teresa interrupted a robbery? Wrights plea agreement required he provide substantial assistance to prosecutors against the two other subjects in the case. Moments before Wright was sentenced, he apologized to the victims mother. Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. He said he won't rule out other arrests in this intricate investigation. By Jessica Lipscomb of the Naples Daily News. 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. 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. 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. Scottsaid. The entire family is. 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. Wright testified on behalf of the prosecution during the trials for Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29 of Missouri, andthevictims husband Mark Sievers, 51 of Bonita Springs. Rodger's girlfriend helped police with their investigation and told them that Rodgers had admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. All three men were found guilty of the murder. Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. Just like she was for Mark Sievers sentencing and Jimmy Rodgers, too. [4], In December 2015, Mark Sievers was charged with murder after a connection was found between him and Wright. Unbeknownst to Greg Bolin, his older brother started using meth with Wright following a divorce from his wife. 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. Their voices are finally heard, tonight at 9/8c only on #48Hours: https://t.co/PmP2LKmqjG pic.twitter.com/I4hb9qjJvd. Jessica Lipscomb covers crime and general assignment at the Naples Daily News. If he doesn't stop now, he's going to graduate into killing people. 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. Sievers's husband, Mark. Mark Sievers was charged with first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder. On December 4, 2019, he was convicted of first-degree murder and the jury unanimously recommended he receive the death penalty. The NFL Combine 2023 began on Tuesday, February 28 at the Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. 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. "I think if a lot of people are honest or truthful, just knowing him or meeting him, you would probably like him," Bolin said. Since sixth grade, she had an interest in medicine and wanted to become a doctor. Prosecutors said at trial Wright tapped Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, to help him out with Teresa's killing, which they carried out with hammers, reports the Naples Daily News. ", Mark Sievers gives a personal statement to the judge before being sentenced to death. [13], In February 2017, the CBS News documentary show, 48 Hours, aired an episode that focused on the murder of Teresa Sievers. 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 in Valley Park, Missouri. She last saw him on Christmas Day at her mother's house. He willgetcredit for 1,581 days already served in jail, the judge said. They entered the property and disabled the security alarm before leaving and taking another drive. "I told her, 'You've got to get yourself together.'". They then returned to Teresa's home and waited for several hours until she returned. After investigating the case for several months, detectives arrested Curtis Wayne Wright, 47, who said he was Mark Sievers childhood friend. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. Wright, who. In fourth grade, Wright moved away to another school district, where he became friends with Mark Sievers. 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. Although a jury found me guilty, I am innocent of all charges, he said. Teresa Sievers did not attend the nuptials. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. In May, Rodgers and his girlfriend, Taylor Shomaker, were guests at Wright's wedding in De Soto, Missouri. While in Missouri for Wright's. Sievers and Wright had been childhood friends in Missouri. Ronnie Bolin's body has never been found. Later, Shomaker told her the van was paid for through their insurance company after a tree fell on their Kia. Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. "Everybody knowseverybody. Your lawyer did a good job for you, Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle told Wright after the sentencing, Naples News reported. 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. A GPS leads police right to the hitmans door 1,100 miles away. The entire family is in counseling after Wright's arrest,Wideman said. [5] Her killers then left and drove back to Missouri in the early hours of June 29. While Mark had initially been cooperative and handed over his cell phone to investigators, he later refused to cooperate. 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. 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. After high school, Wright's girlfriend became pregnant, something he was not prepared for, according to Bolin. At age 17, Rodgers was charged with a felony after he was accused of resisting arrest by fleeing police and was sentenced to five years probation. About eight weeks later, on June 29, Dr. Sievers was found bludgeoned to death in her home in Bonita Springs. While Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 47, sits in a Missouri jail on murder charges in the death of Dr. Teresa Sievers, his wife of less than four monthsis again dealing with a tragic situation. The evidence was slowly pieced together, and police believed they knew what had happened. The victim, Teresa. 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. David Erb, 27, was charged with Homicide-Negligent Manslaughter (Aggravated of Child) and Aggravated Child Abuse. GPS showed they drove the 17 hours back to Missouri in the early hours of Monday morning. They also recommended death. It is pretty crazy. 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. Olivarez pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony. 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. Crader wasn't sure if Rodgers got the money he had talked about, but said the couple purchased a new van soon after. 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. Curtis Wrights the only one that ever hit that woman and hes lying to you to save his own worthless skin they said. 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. Rodgers, who was charged with first-degree murder but convicted of second-degree murder, was sentenced to life in prison. "I think he's a sociopath. A GPS system log, which was later shown as evidence in court, tracked the route the men took. [7], On May 11, 2016, Teresa's mother gained custody of Teresa's children as the case prepared to move toward trial. [2][8], Wright took a 25-year plea deal in exchange for his testimony against Mark and Rodgers. One of the biggest issues people are dealing with when it comes to insurance after Hurricane Ian is property damage. 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. [9] On January 3, 2020, Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced him to death. After driving all day and all night,. In 2006, they moved to Bonita Springs, Florida and set up a holistic medical practice called Restorative Health and Healing Center. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. She was last seen alive on surveillance video at the airport in Florida. Everyone assumed the shock was making him act out of character. Officials said he was caught with 43 rifles, pistols and shotguns that belonged to his deceased father. Bolin said he last saw Wright in April at family services office in town. The judge told him, I judge peoples actions. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. "Is the death penalty, is life in prison going to be enough for Teresa's family? He went from being a drug dealer to a multiplatinum artist as N.W.A. Mark Sievers asked if Wright was back on drugs but she said she didn't believe so. The co-defendants denied the allegations, but both failed in court. 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. Just last week, the judge denied Mark Sievers request for a new trial. He told the jurors that he andRodgers killed her with hammers inside her Bonita Springs home. 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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. The case originally seemed open and shut to investigators thanks to GPS technology, but it later turned out to be much more complicated. Fryer said she was introduced to Sievers through her mother, who worked with him at a 7-Eleven in Manchester, Missouri. Wright said he hit Teresa three times and then Rodgers had taken the hammer and continued to hit her over and over again. 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. 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. 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 planned the murder with the victim's husband, Mark Sievers, he also told the jurors during both trials. [4], On the morning of June 27, 2015, Wright took a rental car from Hillsboro, Missouri and went to pick up Rodgers. To share a story idea or tip, please email her at jessica.lipscomb@naplesnews.com. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Mrs. Amanda Hopkins, age 51, of Toomsuba, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. A superb, original guitarist and a singer of warmth and simplicity, he set countless . [3] Mark said he would pay Wright to help him, so the two men then planned how to murder Teresa. Have a tip or story idea? Investigators believed shed arrived home from her flight, had walked into the kitchen and been attacked. "My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Groves said. Thats why she was so admired and respected. Like Wright, Rodgers' arrest has left his family hard-pressed. Firefighters are battling several brush fires in Charlotte County; the one off McCall Road threatens several buildings, including a church. However, he was found guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder, in addition to trespassing. Holistic physician Teresa Sievers, 46, was ambushed in Bonita Springs, Florida. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. The two became friends and, later, co-defendants: Wright also was arrested in Sievers' death this past August following an eight-week investigation. Teresa was a compassionate healer, but she was outgoing and always pushed for what she believed in. Mark feared she was going to take his two daughters away from him and said he could not afford to fight for custody. Becker said Wright had a general distaste for Sievers' wife, although he never elaborated or said anything about harming her. "He was an expert at scheming to get girls. Shes very distraught, said Karen Wideman, Angela Wrights mother. Prosecutors argued the motive had to do with his wifes $4 million life insurance policy as well as a generally unhappy marriage. Rodgers and Wright continued to stay in touch after jail. Since the murder, information has surfaced showing Mark Sievers and Wright had a connection that predates the Sieverses' marriage. Were they connected? [10] He remains on death row at Union Correctional Institution. How do you protect your children from predators? Suspicion had been on Mark from early on. He'd previously agreed to a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. 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