With God as my witness, that's what that cop said to me.". Shed been hit with the weapon at least 17 times, crushing her skull and causing devastating injuries. According to the 20th judicial circuit in and for Lee County, Florida, Erb was arrested for the death of a 17-month-old [], A man was sentenced on Friday in connection to the death of a one-year-old child in Lehigh Acres in 2020. 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. Afterthesentencing,Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle made a comment to Wright about the results. Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. The allegation that he was involved in his wife's killing surfaced when discovery documents were released in the cases of Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 47, and Jimmy Rodgers, 25, the two men charged in . He admitted he and Rodgers had killed Teresa. Just like she was for Mark Sievers sentencing and Jimmy Rodgers, too. 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. 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. They went off to a local supermarket and were seen on CCTV buying trash bags, wet wipes, black towels and a lock-picking kit. Their pod, which consisted of a handful of cells that share a common area, held anywhere from 12 to 20 general population inmates at a time, he said. 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. ", Connect with this reporter: MichaelBraunNP (Facebook) @MichaelBraunNP (Twitter), Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. "I thought he was a good guy," she said. Sievers' attorneys told FOX 4 they plan to appeal the sentence if the death penalty is imposed. 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. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. I think he could switch it on and off. Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. While in Missouri for Wright's. Both men were arrested for Teresas murder. had disbanded, and Eazy-E fell prey to complications from AIDS. His plea agreement required that he provide substantial assistance. Sievers listed Wright as his brotheron Facebook. Police charged a homeless man with first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed criminal action and attempted forcible rape in the killing. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Teresa returned to her home where she was ambushed by Wright and Rodgers. 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. 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. Juliette said thatin the construction industry its not unusual for applicants to have a record. He was used to his wifes career and proudly supported her. 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. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark. ", The paper reports Assistant State Attorney Cynthia Ross said, "This is only the first stage and there is the second phase that is coming next week, so it's time for us to get back to work.". 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. She always . Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Fast forward to today, the three of them still [] "I remember him saying he's a really nice kid and he was just transporting his dad's guns from the house and got caught," she recalled. Bolin moved to Illinois a few years after high school and said Wright grew close to his older brother, Ronnie Bolin, in his absence. Investigators would later discover there were five insurance policies on Teresa totaling $4.433 million. "Your lawyer did a good job for you, Kyle said. In 2019,Cole was arrested for selling trafficking amounts of Fentanyl on two occasions, as well as crack cocaine during another drug sale, according to the State Attorneys []. After arriving home, Sievers was murdered. The destination was more than 17 hours away from their start according to CBS News. David Erb, 27, was charged with Homicide-Negligent Manslaughter (Aggravated of Child) and Aggravated Child Abuse. Wright received his 25-year sentence in February this year. Curtis Wayne Wright was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison in the homicide of Dr. Teresa Sievers. There were signs of a forced entry, but confusingly, cash and valuables in the house hadnt been taken. Prior to coming to the Daily News in 2012, she worked at papers in North Carolina and in Texas. "He talked about him like they were friends," she said. Join us, tonight at 10/9c.https://t.co/2KuiUh7TrP. 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. 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. On Saturday, June 27, 2015, Jimmy Ray Rodgers and Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. rented a car and entered an address in Bonita Springs, Florida into the GPS. Mark Sievers former best friend, Wright, struck the deal with prosecutors in early 2016. There seemed to be no reason why Wright would take a violent friend on a road trip to murder his best friends wife. pic.twitter.com/hL4rPtem3R, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) October 16, 2019. 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. Everyone grieves differently and Sievers had been miles away at the time, so any suspicions that hed played a part were quashed. Since the murder, information has surfaced showing Mark Sievers and Wright had a connection that predates the Sieverses' marriage. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Wright admitted to helping kill Dr. Sievers, and bargained down to second-degree murder. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. Once Wright started talking, he wouldnt stop and he brought the whole plot down. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. Her story will be featured on tonights episode of48 Hours. "It's tiny," she said. 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 Wideman said her daughter is sureWright will be headed to Florida. Rodgers and Wright continued to stay in touch after jail. "I will never forget what that cop said to me," Bolin said. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Wright admitted to helping kill Dr. Sievers, and bargained down to second-degree murder. An award-winning journalist who has worked forRolling Stone and MTV News, Chris enjoys prog rock, cycling, Marvel movies, IPAs, and roller coasters. Im sorry.. Was Wright jealous of the Sievers family? It is pretty crazy. Mark also wanted Teresa killed so he could claim life insurance money. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. Scottsaid. Neither of the defendants testified at trial. In exchange, Wright threw Sievers's husband Mark Sievers and Jimmy Ray Rodgers under the bus. "I told her, 'You've got to get yourself together.'". 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. Wideman said her daughter visits Wright in jail two or three times a week. Her husband, Mark Sievers, 51, allegedly told childhood friend Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 51, that he feared losing his daughters in a divorce. Just last week, the judge denied Mark Sievers request for a new trial. Each episode has multiple titles, referencing the simultaneous storylines contained within. I never would have imagined.. You,Curtis Wayne Wright,have stolen this gift from us, you are responsible for what has happened to her, Groves said. GPS showed they drove the 17 hours back to Missouri in the early hours of Monday morning. 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. Wideman said the tribulations of her daughter have been many, including the death of her daughter earlier in the year. His testimony., A victim was transported as a trauma alert after a rollover crash on US-41 South off Crystal Drive on Saturday. 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? Becker said her only conversation with Sievers was after she left Wright around February 2012. Later, Shomaker told her the van was paid for through their insurance company after a tree fell on their Kia. What's happening to turtle nests along Naples' beaches? First to face trial was Jimmy Rodgers in October 2019 and Wright was the star witness. Sievers, the mastermind, got the death penalty. Theyattended grade school together in Missouri and have been best friends since. For almost 50 years, Doc Watson was the most illustrious name in traditional American folk music. Any time youre moving an inmate, theres an escape risk.". [9], Mark Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder. 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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. 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 superb, original guitarist and a singer of warmth and simplicity, he set countless . Jimmy Ray Rodgers, left, and Wayne Wright are seen in surveillance video from a Florida Walmart the day before Dr. Teresa Sievers was murdered. 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. Fryer said she was introduced to Sievers through her mother, who worked with him at a 7-Eleven in Manchester, Missouri. That same weekend, Shomaker was in Missouri, throwing a baby shower for a friend, Wendy Crader. He didn't provide any new information. "He was an expert at scheming to get girls. She was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body. Mark attended the funeral and walked down the church aisle with his two daughters, appearing distraught. 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 Though Sievers claims he is innocent, a jury convicted him of hiring the men who killed his wife. The victim's husband, Mark Sievers, 54, and her husband's close friend Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 53, were also convicted in the killing. "I remember him saying he's a really. Mark Sievers recruited two Missouri men, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 51, and and Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, to kill his wife, prosecutors said. You have robbed usall of the most brilliant, unique and compassionate doctor and human being.. Becker said Wright had a general distaste for Sievers' wife, although he never elaborated or said anything about harming her. Four days later, Ronnie Bolin's car was found abandoned at a car wash in St. Louis with the driver's door open and the keys still inside. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. Wright said Sievers had promised to pay him $10,000 to kill Teresa in a sickening murder-for-hire scheme. 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. As she took her final breath after a hammer beating she saw a very familiar face. Less than a decade after his career began, N.W.A. However, he was found guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder, in addition to trespassing. The video went viral on their YouTube channel and has since received over thirteen million views.[18]. https://t.co/ogFltb3OdA pic.twitter.com/2Bp1Mi57mo. GPS showed they had arrived at the Sievers home. 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. Then a visit to her home revealed Teresa had made it back to the house that night but had never left. Thanks, Taylor. Like Wright, Rodgers' arrest has left his family hard-pressed. After arriving home and before leaving for work the next day, Sievers was murdered. 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 []. In August 2015, police acted on a tip and arrested Rodgers and Wright in Missouri. The motive was the money that Sievers promised them once the job was done. 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. 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.. Wright had gone to Teresa and Marks wedding, and had even attended Teresas funeral. ': 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. [2], In 2000, she married a man named Kenny Cousins. Prosecutors argued the motive had to do with his wifes $4 million life insurance policy as well as a generally unhappy marriage. But ever since he was a small kid, he'd had guns and was obsessed with them.". In 2016, Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. [11] On November 17, 2022, his conviction was affirmed by the Florida Supreme Court and his death row appeal was denied. It's not, Parker said. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. ", Are you viewing this story on our app? Mark Sievers was charged with first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder. In January this year, Sievers made a statement at his sentencing saying he was innocent and heartbroken, adding that Teresa was his soulmate. 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. Because Rodgers is in the federal prison system, he can serve his time in any prison, including a Florida location. 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. Staff writer Melissa Montoya contributed to this report. Holistic physician Teresa Sievers, 46, was ambushed in Bonita Springs, Florida. He willgetcredit for 1,581 days already served in jail, the judge said. 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. [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. An autopsy indicated the daughter died from blows to the head. A Florida man was convicted of murder and conspiracy for enlisting his best friend to kill his wife in 2015, PEOPLE confirms. Almost immediately, detectives began looking for Wright, who was and still is considered to be a person of interest in Bolin's disappearance. The co-defendants denied the allegations, but both failed in court. Mark had called the friend to check up on her after she failed to show up at work. Thats why she was so admired and respected. How do you protect your children from predators? John Wayne was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films If he doesn't stop now, he's going to graduate into killing people. [7], On May 11, 2016, Teresa's mother gained custody of Teresa's children as the case prepared to move toward trial. A long-awaited sentencing gives survivors the chance to come face-to-face with their attacker, who eluded them for so long. She had returned early from a family vacation that Sievers remained on. That July, local law enforcement in his hometown of Paris arrested Rodgers after finding him with a Stevens brand .410-bore shotgun. Whether it was dedicating her time to family or strangers, Teresas compassion was equal. And Im truly sorry, Im sorry. #SieversTrial #WrightSentencing @winknews pic.twitter.com/8cfXcRmfuQ, Brooke Shafer (@BrookeWINKNews) February 10, 2020. Jimmy Rodgers was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder. She said the area of Missouri that they are in is like a little commune. 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. A GPS leads police right to the hitmans door 1,100 miles away. Three separate people have since been charged and sentenced in connection with the murder. Mary Ann Groves was back in courtroom 8-A on Monday. Maj. Jason Schott confirmed that Rodgers and Wright were in the same pod of the jail in the 2010 to 2011 time frame. Bolin said he last saw Wright in April at family services office in town. Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? The victim,TeresaSievers,was found dead on the kitchen floorofher familys home on Jarvis Road in Bonita Springs on June 29, 2015. 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.. I wish that there was a way, anything at all I could do to change what happened, he said. In 1996, she graduated from the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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.