Thats still is something thats viable, Scott said. The two became friends and, later, co-defendants: Wright also was arrested in Sievers' death this past August following an eight-week investigation. According to police, Sievers recruited his childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, Jr. to kill his wife. 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. Fast forward to today, the three of them still [] Mary Ann Groves was back in courtroom 8-A on Monday. That was very surprising, he said of the news of Rodgers'arrest. Wright is currently facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Dr. Teresa Sievers. Wright had challenged the efforts to be extradited to Florida. They went off to a local supermarket and were seen on CCTV buying trash bags, wet wipes, black towels and a lock-picking kit. 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. 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. Wideman said her daughter is now living with her and dealing with her husbands arrest. Years earlier, while living and working in New York under the name Angela Williamson, another daughter was tragically taken from her. When the friend went inside, however, they found Sievers dead on the floor. #SieversTrial Hunter shows the jury Secret Communications between Sievers and Wright about the prepaid burner phones. My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Mary said. In May, Rodgers and his girlfriend, Taylor Shomaker, were guests at Wright's wedding in De Soto, Missouri. They did not speak. Mark had driven her to LaGuardia Airport in New York City earlier in the day so she could catch a flight home. Each episode has multiple titles, referencing the simultaneous storylines contained within. 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 was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body. Mark Sievers was still . "My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Groves said. Both men were arrested for Teresas murder. Rodgers, the other suspect in the Sievers case,is also in a Missouri jail. On October 23, 2019, a Lee County jury found him guilty and on December 12, he was sentenced to life in prison. 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. "Jim was always kind of a troubled child," Ball said. Emailus. Mark Sievers former best friend, Wright, struck the deal with prosecutors in early 2016. A Missouri circuit judge has set a Sept. 30extradition hearing for Wright. 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. 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. The two men then drove over 1,000 miles to the home of Teresa Sievers in Bonita Springs, Florida. He admitted he and Rodgers had killed Teresa. Teresa, then 46, was found on June 29, 2015, bludgeoned to death on the kitchen floor of the family's Bonita Springs, Florida, home. Ronnie Bolin's body has never been found. "Jimmy was always hanging around with Wayne," she said, adding that Rodgers helped the family from time to time, offering transportation. (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. What's happening to turtle nests along Naples' beaches? The destination was more than 17 hours away from their start according to CBS News. 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. A GPS system log, which was later shown as evidence in court, tracked the route the men took. Firefighters are battling several brush fires in Charlotte County; the one off McCall Road threatens several buildings, including a church. I dont judge peoples souls. 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, who. [2][8], Wright took a 25-year plea deal in exchange for his testimony against Mark and Rodgers. [7], On May 11, 2016, Teresa's mother gained custody of Teresa's children as the case prepared to move toward trial. Rodger's girlfriend helped police with their investigation and told them that Rodgers had admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. Unbeknownst to Mark, Wright later enlisted the help of a third man to assist in the killing, Jimmy Ray Rodgers, who Wright paid to help him. Wright received his 25-year sentence in February this year. They could not be reached for comment on Wednesday's verdict. "I thought he was a good guy," she said. 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. In exchange, Wright threw Sieverss husbandMark Sieversand Jimmy Ray Rodgersunder the bus. [emailprotected]. Powered by. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? 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. Also in attendance was Mark Sievers, who stood beside Wright as he took his new bride, Angela, to be his third wife. "I wasn't going to have any part of running a pregnant girl off the road," he said. Sievers had conspired to kill his wife and had hired his best friend to help him. 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. 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. Sievers's husband, Mark. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. Wright was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Feb.. Wind gusts will not become as strong as yesterday. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Rodgers, both of Missouri, were charged. We will be completely grateful for every donation. High humidity will make our afternoon feels like temperatures reach the 90s in many spots. Mark had called the friend to check up on her after she failed to show up at work. 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. Bolin said he last saw Wright in April at family services office in town. Because Rodgers is in the federal prison system, he can serve his time in any prison, including a Florida location. "I just tell her that justice will prevail.". ", Speaking to the Naples Daily News, Teresa's brother, Patrick Tottenham, said, "We are obviously very happy with the verdict. She last saw him on Christmas Day at her mother's house. 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. At the funeral, he gave a speech and said, "I was, and still am, the luckiest man in the world. 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. How had they known Teresa was alone that day or was the whole family the target? FILM Notting Hill 1111 j Tuesday 10.45pm ITV11 (Border only in Scotland) d) A timely Valentine's Day showing for Richard Curtis's riotous romcom that transplants a Hollywoodd mega-star . Becker said Wright had a general distaste for Sievers' wife, although he never elaborated or said anything about harming her. Sievers listed Wright as his brotheron Facebook. The case originally seemed open and shut to investigators thanks to GPS technology, but it later turned out to be much more complicated. After court, Teresa's sister, Anne Lisa, spoke to WINK, saying she was "so relieved, so relieved. Click here to watch a video interview with Greg Bolin on our mobile site. How do you protect your children from predators? Mark attended the funeral and walked down the church aisle with his two daughters, appearing distraught. 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. Prior to coming to the Daily News in 2012, she worked at papers in North Carolina and in Texas. In the senior superlatives, his classmates dubbed him most dependable. 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. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. The co-defendants denied the allegations, but both failed in court. Officials said he was caught with 43 rifles, pistols and shotguns that belonged to his deceased father. They said that Wright then recruited Jimmy Rodgers, who was a former cellmate of his, to help him carry out the crime. I wish that there was a way, anything at all I could do to change what happened, he said. And Im truly sorry, Im sorry. #SieversTrial #WrightSentencing @winknews pic.twitter.com/8cfXcRmfuQ, Brooke Shafer (@BrookeWINKNews) February 10, 2020. Bolin reconnected with Wright when his family moved back to Hillsboro in the middle of high school. The process, called garnishment, is legal, and the U.S. Department of Education can order it for someones wages, tax returns and Social Security [], A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after changing to a guilty plea in court on Monday. 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Her story will be featured on tonights episode of48 Hours. "He was an expert at scheming to get girls. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. Theyd met while in prison together. First to face trial was Jimmy Rodgers in October 2019 and Wright was the star witness. 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.. Everyone assumed the shock was making him act out of character. Stealing car stereos and, you know, car parts, and now he's moved into stealing cars. 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. 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.. 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. 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. The bride wore the dress she planned to marry Sievers in. 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. Detectives have continued to look at Wright as a person of interest, most recently making contact with him just before he was extradited to Florida in the Sievers case. Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. After high school, Wright's girlfriend became pregnant, something he was not prepared for, according to Bolin. [15], On September 14, 2017, Crime Watch Daily released a video segment focusing on the murder. 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. 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. Teresa was a compassionate healer, but she was outgoing and always pushed for what she believed in. "I asked him straight up, 'Did you have anything to do with my brother?'" Shortly after his brother went missing, Greg Bolin said he met Wright at a Denny's in Fenton, Missouri. They were married in Missouri inMay, with Teresa Sievers' husband, Mark, presiding as the best man. Since sixth grade, she had an interest in medicine and wanted to become a doctor. We hold that time very closely." "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. GPS showed they drove the 17 hours back to Missouri in the early hours of Monday morning. "There's nothing I need to see, it's just Angie and his family," she said of the visits. En route, they stopped at a gas station and were caught on surveillance tape. Teresa was a holistic physician who ran her own medical practice. 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David Erb, 27, was charged with Homicide-Negligent Manslaughter (Aggravated of Child) and Aggravated Child Abuse. pic.twitter.com/kSl1zWbE93, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) December 4, 2019, Have a tip we should know? Wright's plea agreement required he. Wright and Rodgers killed Teresa Sievers with hammers after she returned home alone from a family vacation, prosecutors said. It all started when the cops found a sawed-off shotgun. Wrights plea agreement required he provide substantial assistance to prosecutors against the two other subjects in the case. 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. An award-winning journalist who has worked forRolling Stone and MTV News, Chris enjoys prog rock, cycling, Marvel movies, IPAs, and roller coasters. Wright said he hit Teresa three times and then Rodgers had taken the hammer and continued to hit her over and over again. In fourth grade, Wright moved away to another school district, where he became friends with Mark Sievers. 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. The fires are in the Golden Gate Estates on Wilson Boulevard and Jung Boulevard. His felony conviction begat a federal charge of unlawful possession of a firearm in 2009. His plea agreement required that he provide substantial assistance. When asked who had killed Dr Sievers, he replied, I did and Jimmy Rodgers.. He said he won't rule out other arrests in this intricate investigation. Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the plot to kill his. A motive was still undetermined but then, after initially denying being involved, Wright started talking. He believed Teresa was planning on leaving him and would take the kids. [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. Hed rented a car that weekend, and the GPS showed hed driven to Florida specifically to the Sievers house. Mrs. Amanda Hopkins, age 51, of Toomsuba, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. He was just 30. In 2006, they moved to Bonita Springs, Florida and set up a holistic medical practice called Restorative Health and Healing Center. Chelsea Wideman, 24, died March 15 from complications of the flu, pneumonia and a MRSA infection. Curtis Wrights the only one that ever hit that woman and hes lying to you to save his own worthless skin they said. Mark, her husband of over 10 years, stayed with the girls. 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Wright said that Mark Sievers recruited him to kill the victim, and he in turn got Rodgers to help out. I said, 'I don't know. At one point during the pregnancy, Bolin said Wright tried to get him to run his girlfriend off the road to "mess with her." "Mark called from Florida and he said, 'What happened?' Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? That July, local law enforcement in his hometown of Paris arrested Rodgers after finding him with a Stevens brand .410-bore shotgun. 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Holistic physician Teresa Sievers, 46, was ambushed in Bonita Springs, Florida. With God as my witness, that's what that cop said to me.". Greg Bolin last saw his brother on the Fourth of July 1996. 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. 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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. "You hear things, what's true, what's not? [5], Teresa landed at Southwest Florida International Airport that night, having cut short a family vacation in Connecticut. 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. "We just drifted apart," she said recently from her home in Illinois. "He saw me," Bolin said, "and he just got in his car and left. 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. 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. 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Im confident well see it all the way through the complete closure. His father died seven years later. A week later, her funeral took place at Unity Church in Naples. Teresa was found dead on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood with a bloodstained hammer beside her. A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media Wright was well liked and voted senior class president. Those who know Wright describe him as a childhood friend of the doctor's husband, Mark Sievers. She was very petite, standing at just 4 feet 11 inches high. Wright said Sievers had promised to pay him $10,000 to kill Teresa in a sickening murder-for-hire scheme. Shortly before her death, Teresa was profiled in a local women's magazine. I know how this starts off. 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. [2], In 2000, she married a man named Kenny Cousins. Mary Ann Groves, Teresa Sievers mother, made a victim impact statement about her extraordinary daughter who was making a difference in the world, and spoke of the lives shed left behind. Staff writer Melissa Montoya contributed to this report. They knew each other a long time, since their 20s, she said. All roads [], High temperatures will climb into the 80s and low 90s under mostly sunny skies. Olivarez pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers. In exchange, Wright threw Sievers's husband Mark Sievers and Jimmy Ray Rodgers under the bus. Police arrested two men from Missouri for the crime: Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Ray Rodgers. 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) 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 . Join us, tonight at 10/9c.https://t.co/2KuiUh7TrP. "I thought at first he just might be bipolar," she said. Through a relative, Shomaker declined to be interviewed. 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. "Is the death penalty, is life in prison going to be enough for Teresa's family? 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. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. https://t.co/ogFltb3OdA pic.twitter.com/2Bp1Mi57mo.

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