2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Bolin remembers his high school classmate, Wright, as a tech whiz, the kid voted most dependable, and as a fun guy to hang around with. Police say that Sievers was bludgeoned to death by Rodgers and Wright, and one of the main pieces of evidence leading to their later arrest was that GPS system. Its not everyday that a daughter asks her mom to come celebrate her 21st birthday in Miami, she said of the celebrations. She celebrated her 16th birthday with a lavish red and gold themed party in October 2020 at the Dream Downtown hotel in New York City. In 2013, the IRS filed a federal tax lien against the Sieverses for failing to pay $32,000 in federal taxes. "I think it's possible," Reiss replied. Powered by. "Did he cooperate initially?" Since sixth grade, she had an interest in medicine and wanted to become a doctor. Reportedly, Teresa Sievers was a 46-year-old renowned and highly acclaimed holistic medical physician from Bonita Springs, Florida. It would be nice to share that small level of intimacy with whom Ive considered the love of my life. Detective: Never had a relationship with her outside of work or anything like that?Frank Pais: NoDetective: Dr. Sievers ever come on to you? She had returned a day early to return to work in Estero. Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) February 10, 2020. His body has never been found. There were rumors that he had lawyered up.". Moriarty asked Williams. She had a short fuse. After shopping at Walmart, Rodgers and Wright continued using the navigation system -- even to find the beach. Teresa Sievers, 46, who ran a holistic clinic in Estero and . Needless to say, their lives have been forever changed. According to police, Sievers recruited his childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, Jr. to kill his wife. "How often would Dr. Sievers yell at her husband? Within a few months of their arrests, news outlets reported that Wright and their father had been best friends since high school, and grew up together in Missouri. Moriarty asked. The Sievers may have looked wealthy with their big house and successful medical practice, but they had serious money problems. Authorities realized that Rodgers and Wright had basically been hired by someone to kill the physician. I Love you my beautiful Gia. Teresa also shared a photo of she and her daughter posing in Miami Beach, looking more stunning than ever. Theresa Sievers' brother filed a wrongful death suit against Mark Sievers. [11] On November 17, 2022, his conviction was affirmed by the Florida Supreme Court and his death row appeal was denied. I just felt like he was a blowhard honestly, you know. 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"Unfortunately that was the norm.". "It was just -- so unbelievable," Reiss told Moriarty. And then, almost eight months after Teresa Sievers was killed, Wright facing a possible death sentence suddenly turned on his "brother from another mother" and took a deal. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. On the morning of June 29 th, 2015, a family friend found Teresa Sievers dead on her kitchen floor, beaten with a hammer. In 2011 he was serving time for drug possession when he befriended the other suspect in Dr. Sievers' murder: a young inmate named Jimmy Ray Rodgers who was doing time on a weapons charge. Tottenham said Sievers' arrest Friday, while a relief in many ways, has dealt another blow. "Her husband didn't get what he wanted. Yes. "But he was also all about Teresa and her mission.". "It's passionate, it's premeditated, it's -- it's -- it's cold," said Lipscomb. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Hollywood Life "There was a story or two in which Wayne said he started and Jimmy finished," she replied. Soon, their father was also arrested. She was granted custody of the children on May 16, 2016. Because Mark hadn't been arrested at that point, the judge ruled the girls couldn't be taken away under speculation. said Juliette. And he hadn't gone there alone. She was the valedictorian for her class in high school, and she completed her medical residency at the University of Florida. "Why?" Annie Lisa to detective: I also heard her say over the years, that you know, Sandra was bad mouthing Teresa. A GPS leads police right to the hitmans door 1,100 miles away. Teresa Sievers, 46, was found dead in her upscale Florida home on June 25; After five days searching house, police told neighbors the murder weapon was a hammer and that a 'tan-colored truck' was . "Right even with the alibi of being with his two daughters people just couldn't find what a possible motive could be for anyone else to be interested in killing this woman," Lipscomb replied. The cars GPS combined with security footage and call records led the authorities to believe that Rodgers and Wright reached the deceaseds house at around 6 am, and disabled the security system. Was Wayne Wright with him? And that's the way Mark treated it from the beginning. "Very smart," Bolin replied. In the months. She had trouble setting the alarm that Sunday and told detectives her son said not to worry about it. A long-awaited sentencing gives survivors the chance to come face-to-face with their attacker, who eluded them for so long. For the second charge, he was sentenced to 30 years, to be served concurrently. All rights reserved. For Carmi's ninth birthday this month, Tottenham mailed a gift from her home in Long Island, New York. [5] Her killers then left and drove back to Missouri in the early hours of June 29. "He was the computer guy that looked just like Mark," Hoskins replied. Dr. Teresa Sievers was brutally murdered on the 28th of June in 2015, in the home she shared with her husband at Bonita Springs, after being struck in the skull by an . "They both were having relationship with other people. Heres everything we know about the case. And the look that we were getting wasn't a look of sadness. The pair was arrested in August 2015 after the police followed up on a tip. ! Teresa wrote, explaining that they celebrated by hitting the slopes for a weekend of fun, in honor of Milania. He could have found that out on his own," Moriarty noted. Wright pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder is cooperating with prosecutors in Mark Sievers upcoming trial. Jimmy Ray Rodgers took his girlfriend, Taylor for a ride, along Route 47 in rural Missouri. When Rodgers and Wright arrived around 6 a.m., authorities believe they turned off the house alarm. They confronted Wright about that tip placing him in Florida. Erin Moriarty asked his stepsister and stepmother. Back in June 2015, practically everyone in Hillsboro, Missouri, knew that Wayne Wright was planning a weekend trip out of town. "You know, the girls aren't convinced that you think I'm innocent," Sievers told Tottenham, referring to his daughters Josephine and Carmi, then 11 and 8. After arriving home and before leaving for. He set up their office computer system and would troubleshoot, according to Hoskins and Frank Pais. In 2015, holistic doctor Teresa Sievers returned to her home from a family trip ahead of her husband and children in order to treat her parents. Mark spoke to investigators without a lawyer present and even handed over his cell phone and allowed them to download the contents. No one had ever heard of the suspect Jimmy Ray Rodgers, but it was the mug shot of the other suspect -- Wayne Wright -- that struck everyone. The destination was more than 17 hours away from their start according to CBS News. Asked how Mark reacted to the death of his wife, Reiss said, "He couldn't speak. Get back here right now. After being found guilty of first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder, Mark Sievers was sentenced to death for first-degree murder. The documents also allege that Mark and Teresa Sievers' marriage was on the rocks, with both spouses involved in a series of extramarital affairs and experimenting with swinging. Wayne Wright would travel from Missouri to Florida to work on the computers in Dr. Sievers' office. "When you heard that Teresa had been murdered, did it occur to either one of you that Mark might be involved?" Mark didn't know anything about Jimmy being hired. "Could've been anybody," Weckelman reasoned, "and I really thought maybe it was just somebody that was in the area and broke in or something.". "That is shocking to me," Hoskins replied. Photos show blood splatter throughout the homes kitchen, on Sievers clothing and jewelry and on the hammer. "There were a lotta people, yes, and it was sad, of course," said Mark's stepmother, Jennie Weckelman. Weckelman said with a laugh. Cop: That's what we're trying to work out. She suspected Sievers had a hand in killing her sister Teresa Sievers in June, but knew she must maintain friendly relations if she hoped to see her nieces. Dr. Sievers was a respected professional in holistic medicine in Bonita Springs, Fla., where the family resided full time in an apartment building. But if Wayne Wright killed Teresa Sievers on his own, how would he have known she was coming home alone that Sunday evening? In 1996, she graduated from the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica. Disguise themselves," Moriarty asked. He doesnt have a lot to say. "He can creep on the computer any time he wanted and do whatever he wanted," said Hoskins. "I've also heard it described that he allowed her to have her life. Mark attended the funeral and walked down the church aisle with his two daughters, appearing distraught. "I think it's become a clich. He had taken a plea agreement in exchange for information about the crime. In an email to Bustle, Tottenham says that Sievers had been a doctor of internal medicine for more than 10 years before she opened her own practice. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Among the evidence laid out in the documents cited by the News-Press was an incriminating statement from Rodgers' girlfriend, Taylor Shomaker, claiming her boyfriend and Wright were hired by Mark Sievers to kill Sievers wife. 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. 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. "It is clear to me that he had nothing to do with this murder," Mark's attorney, Antonio Faga, said. "And they would come to us after they failed everything else.". Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid, Fiery train crash in Greece kills at least 36, injures some 85, Garland to face Congress amid ongoing special counsel investigations, FBI chief says agency feels pandemic likely started with Chinese lab leak, House select committee hearing paints China as a strategic antagonist, JetBlue flight forced to abort landing in close call at Logan Airport, Three officers shot, standoff follows in Kansas City, Mo., police say, Vanessa Bryant, family settles claims over Kobe crash site photos for $28.5M, Bald eagle couple lays new egg after losing eaglets two years in a row. Investigators in Florida believe Mark Sievers (pictured above with his children), the husband of Sievers, orchestrated the murder to cash in on her insurance policy, In late August, police arrested Jimmy Rodgers (left), 25, and Curtis Wayne Wright Jr (right), 47, on second-degree murder charges, One photo shows a rented Hyundai Elantra, which investigators say Wright used to drive from Missouri to Florida in June. Wright told Mark that his only option was for her to die. Mom Teresa has been generous with fans documenting Audrianas glow up from elementary schooler to teen, sharing a stunning photo summer 2021 of her youngest looking all grown up as she attended a national dance competition in Boston, Massachusetts. She took to Instagram to share a series of photos with her beau, friends, plus mom Teresa and her fiancLuis Ruelas. The girls were 11 and 8 respectively. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. Teresa Sievers was found dead on the kitchen floor of her family's home on Jarvis Road in Bonita . The same day as Sievers funeral, Mark Sievers was seen throwing away computers from his wifes medical practice. Dr. Sievers graduated Valedictorian in 1986 from Ansonia High School in Connecticut and Fairfield University 1990 with a Master's of Science in Biology and had been a resident of Bonita Springs since 2006. Posted at 01:41h . Wright was sentenced to twenty-five years, Rodgers was sentenced to life in prison, and Mark Sievers was sentenced to death. It was on June 29, that Dr. Teresa Sievers was discovered bludgeoned to death with a hammer inside her Florida home and it didn't go unnoticed to investigators that Jimmy Ray Rodgers had a unique nickname. They were in for a wild ride and would soon discover this case had as many twists and turns as the Missouri River. 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