His brother Ronnie, who was a minister there, officiated. Before he was sentenced, the judge asked if hehadany statements to make. It was a brutal end for a woman who was trying to save lives. Next to face a jury was Sievers and again, Wright was there to testify against his former best friend who he referred to as his brother from another mother. 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. The victim's husband, Mark Sievers, 54, and her husband's close friend Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 53, were also convicted in the killing. Wright had gone to Teresa and Marks wedding, and had even attended Teresas funeral. 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. Mark, her husband of over 10 years, stayed with the girls. Hunter says this shows conspiracy. For almost 50 years, Doc Watson was the most illustrious name in traditional American folk music. In 2001, an Illinois inmate named Corey Lynn Fox confessed to killing a dozen people, including Bolin. The NFL Combine 2023 began on Tuesday, February 28 at the Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. Wright admitted to the killing while testifying on behalf of. ", Connect with this reporter: MichaelBraunNP (Facebook) @MichaelBraunNP (Twitter), Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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. 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. While in Missouri for Wright's. He was used to his wifes career and proudly supported her. Wright is currently facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Dr. Teresa Sievers. The trailer Shomaker shared with Rodgers was owned by JV Contracting, Juliette said during a segment on the "Nancy Grace" show. They knew each other a long time, since their 20s, she said. Jurors deliberated for just four hours at the Lee County Justice Center before returning with a guilty verdict, according to News-Press. Also in attendance was Mark Sievers, who stood beside Wright as he took his new bride, Angela, to be his third wife. Curtis Wright was sentenced to 25 years in prison; with time served, leaving him to 22 more years. That July, local law enforcement in his hometown of Paris arrested Rodgers after finding him with a Stevens brand .410-bore shotgun. "He was always messing with guns and knives and playing Army, and he was a little devil, you know. 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. Firefighters are battling several brush fires in Charlotte County; the one off McCall Road threatens several buildings, including a church. 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. 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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. 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. 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. 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. Have a tip or story idea? Wright had made the trip with Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, a man who had given himself the nickname Jimmy The Hammer Rodgers. But ever since he was a small kid, he'd had guns and was obsessed with them.". 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. ", 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.". In 2003, Teresa married Mark and the couple had two daughters. 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. 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. Mark Sievers was convicted offirst-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder then sentenced to death by a judge earlier this year. Mark Sievers recruited two Missouri men, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 51, and and Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, to kill his wife, prosecutors said. Three years later the couple divorced, and Teresa met another man called Mark Sievers through his sister, with whom she was good friends. Police charged a homeless man with first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed criminal action and attempted forcible rape in the killing. (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. Tyler Juliette, who operates JV Contracting in Cadet, Mo., said that he has since let Rodgers go. It all started when the cops found a sawed-off shotgun. 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. Just last week, the judge denied Mark Sievers request for a new trial. The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies. 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. Wright, who. 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. I think he could switch it on and off. Karen Wideman said her daughter and Wright were friends for years. Though Sievers claims he is innocent, a jury convicted him of hiring the men who killed his wife. Each episode has multiple titles, referencing the simultaneous storylines contained within. 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. By Jessica Lipscomb of the Naples Daily News. List of death row inmates in the United States, "On her birthday, friends and family remember slain Bonita doctor", "Sievers a year later: Lives that disappeared behind the headlines", "Who killed Dr. Teresa Sievers? "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. If he doesn't stop now, he's going to graduate into killing people. 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. I know how this starts off. "He would just say, 'I don't really care for her,'" Becker said. [5] Her killers then left and drove back to Missouri in the early hours of June 29. Bolin said the officer pulled him aside to ask if he knew anything. About eight weeks later, on June 29, Dr. Sievers was found bludgeoned to death in her home in Bonita Springs. In exchange, Wright threw Sievers's husband Mark Sievers and Jimmy Ray Rodgers under the bus. He is slated to appear in federal court Wednesday for a hearing related to a violation of probation. Chelsea Wideman, 24, died March 15 from complications of the flu, pneumonia and a MRSA infection. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. I asked him about his background and he told me it was something to do with guns, he said. 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. The reason? 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. Wright and Rodgers also were connected through Facebook. 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. We try to give people a second chance, he said. In 2016, Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Thats for somebody else to do. He then sentenced Sievers, 51, to the death penalty. "I remember him saying he's a really. Sievers and Wright had grown up together in Missouri and had remained best friends all their lives. The final suspect connected to the 2015 death of a Bonita Springs doctor was sentenced to 25 years in prison at the Lee County Justice Center on Monday. Years before he married Teresa in 2003, Mark Sievers was engaged to a woman named Shelley Fryer. Prior to the sentencing, hed served over 1,400 days in jail, which he was given credit for. Theyd met while in prison together. What's happening to turtle nests along Naples' beaches? Afterthesentencing,Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle made a comment to Wright about the results. Wright was well liked and voted senior class president. Mrs. Amanda Hopkins, age 51, of Toomsuba, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. 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. Wright received his 25-year sentence in February this year. The judge told him, I judge peoples actions. 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. Hed rented a car that weekend, and the GPS showed hed driven to Florida specifically to the Sievers house. [5], Teresa landed at Southwest Florida International Airport that night, having cut short a family vacation in Connecticut. "He denied it. Neither of the defendants testified at trial. Wright's ex-wife Becker said Wright and Mark Sievers talked on the phone about once a month while she was married to Wright. 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. 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. 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His arrest for the Sievers murder last week changed that. Mark Sievers is in prison awaiting a death sentence, with many appeals expected. There were several life insurance policies on Teresas life, totalling over $4 million. For Teresas family, it had been a long five-year wait for justice, but the pain of losing Teresa was just as raw. We had a great friendship and I thought our marriage would be great.'". 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 []. Teresa was found dead on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood with a bloodstained hammer beside her. She was the seco The men arrived at Teresa's home at approximately 6:00a.m. on the morning of Sunday, June 28, 2015. But why did two men drive 1,000 miles to kill a woman? Mark Sievers was still . Somehow, it will come out. She was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body. When asked who had killed Dr Sievers, he replied, I did and Jimmy Rodgers.. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. I dont judge peoples souls. 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 . Unbeknownst to Greg Bolin, his older brother started using meth with Wright following a divorce from his wife. After arriving home and before leaving for work the next day, Sievers was murdered. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. [9] On January 3, 2020, Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced him to death. A motive was still undetermined but then, after initially denying being involved, Wright started talking. Teresa returned to her home where she was ambushed by Wright and Rodgers. Powered by. That will be with me for the rest of my life and Im truly sorry. I wish there was a way to change what happened, but I cant, Wright said. Wind gusts will not become as strong as yesterday. "Your lawyer did a good job for you, Kyle said. It can never be long enough, but my client did what he needed to do and was a very importantpartof the trials. She was the valedictorian of her high school class. Later, Shomaker told her the van was paid for through their insurance company after a tree fell on their Kia. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. "He was an expert at scheming to get girls. 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. 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 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. Join us, tonight at 10/9c.https://t.co/2KuiUh7TrP. Mark had driven her to LaGuardia Airport in New York City earlier in the day so she could catch a flight home. I said, 'I don't know. Your lawyer did a good job for you, Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle told Wright after the sentencing, Naples News reported. There were signs of a forced entry, but confusingly, cash and valuables in the house hadnt been taken. [4], On the morning of June 27, 2015, Wright took a rental car from Hillsboro, Missouri and went to pick up Rodgers. That was very surprising, he said of the news of Rodgers'arrest. Thanks, Taylor. Fryer described Sievers as a sweet guy and said she didn't have anything bad to say about him. Im sorry.. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. I wish that there was a way, anything at all I could do to change what happened, Wright said as he turned around to look at the victims mother in the gallery. According to the Naples Daily News, Sievers showed no emotion as the verdicts were read while Teresa's family shared a collective embrace. Teresa Sievers (born Teresa Ann Grace Tottenham) was born on November 19, 1968, at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut. 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How much should your insurance company pay, and can an adjuster stack on costs? Were they connected? Sievers, the mastermind, got the death penalty. 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. Mark Sievers former best friend, Wright, struck the deal with prosecutors in early 2016. [3] Mark said he would pay Wright to help him, so the two men then planned how to murder Teresa. It's not, Parker said. At trial, prosecutors argued Sievers planned his wife's murder, calling upon his good friend, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to execute his fatal orders. SATURDAY AT 10 P.M. ET/PT: Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? The case originally seemed open and shut to investigators thanks to GPS technology, but it later turned out to be much more complicated. [1] She later completed a pre-med course at Fairfield University and completed her residency at the University of Florida. On Sept. 17, 2020, [], A North Fort Myers man will spend 25 years in prison for four drug cases. "I told her, 'You've got to get yourself together.'". [9], Mark Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder. Yeah . Since the murder, information has surfaced showing Mark Sievers and Wright had a connection that predates the Sieverses' marriage. 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. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. was 51 at the time of his sentencing. Greg Harris Was Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison For Manslaughter in Chiquita Tate Killing. 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. "I will never forget what that cop said to me," Bolin said. She always . Crader wasn't sure if Rodgers got the money he had talked about, but said the couple purchased a new van soon after. Wideman said her daughter is sureWright will be headed to Florida. Shes very distraught, said Karen Wideman, Angela Wrights mother. 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. [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. Im confident well see it all the way through the complete closure. 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.. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Wright admitted to helping kill Dr. Sievers, and bargained down to second-degree murder. And Im truly sorry, Im sorry. #SieversTrial #WrightSentencing @winknews pic.twitter.com/8cfXcRmfuQ, Brooke Shafer (@BrookeWINKNews) February 10, 2020. "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. They also recommended death. His testimony., A victim was transported as a trauma alert after a rollover crash on US-41 South off Crystal Drive on Saturday. Sievers had conspired to kill his wife and had hired his best friend to help him. 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) Her story will be featured on tonights episode of48 Hours. A GPS leads police right to the hitmans door. "I haven't talked to him since he was engaged to my little sister (Shelly) about 24 years ago.". The video went viral on their YouTube channel and has since received over thirteen million views.[18]. A superb, original guitarist and a singer of warmth and simplicity, he set countless . 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. In August 2015, police acted on a tip and arrested Rodgers and Wright in Missouri. All three men were found guilty of the murder. I'm just so glad it's over. Mary Ann Groves was back in courtroom 8-A on Monday. He willgetcredit for 1,581 days already served in jail, the judge said. First to face trial was Jimmy Rodgers in October 2019 and Wright was the star witness. 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. Wright and Rodgers killed Teresa Sievers with hammers after she returned home alone from a family vacation, prosecutors said. pic.twitter.com/Bla425Q7TV, Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) January 3, 2020. Through a relative, Shomaker declined to be interviewed. "I think he kind of told Jimmy what to do to protect himself while he was in prison.". 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. Teresa Sievers was a beautiful 46-year-old mom who was a very successful doctor well known and liked in her community. 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. Sentencing dates for Rodgers and Wright have not been scheduled. On Aug. 20, 2010, Rodgers was booked into the Sainte Genevieve County jail. Mark also wanted Teresa killed so he could claim life insurance money. 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 was always hanging around with Wayne," she said, adding that Rodgers helped the family from time to time, offering transportation. Wright had done some work on the computers at Teresas clinic and Sievers had been best man at Wrights wedding. 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. Teresa Sievers did not attend the nuptials. Then a visit to her home revealed Teresa had made it back to the house that night but had never left. Since sixth grade, she had an interest in medicine and wanted to become a doctor. Fryer also got to know Wright around the same time period. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. Shortly after his brother went missing, Greg Bolin said he met Wright at a Denny's in Fenton, Missouri. Detectives in Jefferson County, Missouri, say Curtis Wayne Wright is a person of interest in Bolins disappearance. "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. Students, staff, family, and friends came together on Friday for the annual unified basketball game at Fort Myers High School. Police arrested two men from Missouri for the crime: Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Ray Rodgers. Teresa, then 46, was found on June 29, 2015, bludgeoned to death on the kitchen floor of the family's Bonita Springs, Florida, home. Both men were arrested for Teresas murder. He's like, you know, this is a chance to stop him. He was just 30. Wright, who expected to receive a portion of life-insurance money, recruited another. Mark Sievers was charged with first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder. Bolin 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. 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. Curtis Wayne Wright was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison in the homicide of Dr. Teresa Sievers.
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