It's not, Parker said. A GPS leads police right to the hitmans door 1,100 miles away. Mark attended the funeral and walked down the church aisle with his two daughters, appearing distraught. The men arrived at Teresa's home at approximately 6:00a.m. on the morning of Sunday, June 28, 2015. When the friend went inside, however, they found Sievers dead on the floor. According to South Trail Fire, crews from Engines 61 and Rescue 61 responded to the brutal scene of the crash. After arriving home, Sievers was murdered. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark. The men were caught on surveillance tape at a local Walmart store where they purchased trash bags, wet wipes, black towels, black shoes, and a lock-picking kit. Police also arrested Jimmy Rodgers, 25, and charged him in connection with the murder. Everyone assumed the shock was making him act out of character. They knew each other a long time, since their 20s, she said. 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His father died seven years later. ", Wideman, 60, said herfamily has known Mark Sieversfor more than 20 years. They entered the property and disabled the security alarm before leaving and taking another drive. There were several life insurance policies on Teresas life, totalling over $4 million. David Erb, 27, was charged with Homicide-Negligent Manslaughter (Aggravated of Child) and Aggravated Child Abuse. Wideman said her daughter is sureWright will be headed to Florida. Wright and Rodgers killed Teresa Sievers with hammers after she returned home alone from a family vacation, prosecutors said. 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. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark Sievers, 51, in the death of his wife Teresa. Holistic physician Teresa Sievers, 46, was ambushed in Bonita Springs, Florida. Curtis Wrights the only one that ever hit that woman and hes lying to you to save his own worthless skin they said. Theyd met while in prison together. [7], On May 11, 2016, Teresa's mother gained custody of Teresa's children as the case prepared to move toward trial. However, he was found guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder, in addition to trespassing. "I asked him straight up, 'Did you have anything to do with my brother?'" We had a great friendship and I thought our marriage would be great.'". 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. 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. I'm just so glad it's over. 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 another occasion soon after, Bolin said he was in the car with Wright when Wright was pulled over and questioned about some stolen cars. Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the plot to kill his wife. "We're cautious with what we talk about," she said. Chelsea Wideman, 24, died March 15 from complications of the flu, pneumonia and a MRSA infection. John Wayne was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films The family has also come to know Rodgers. 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. Police charged a homeless man with first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed criminal action and attempted forcible rape in the killing. #SieversTrial Mark Sievers sentenced to death this morning for the murder of his wife Teresa Sievers. Wright's attorney filed a bond motion for Wright on Tuesday and lawyer Daris Almondsayshe will fightFlorida prosecutors' attemptsto extradite him, according to a report in theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLtoday.com. "I will never forget what that cop said to me," Bolin said. "Mark called from Florida and he said, 'What happened?' ", 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.". 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. His plea agreement required that he provide substantial assistance. That's why he was a lot of fun to hang out with," Bolin said. In the senior superlatives, his classmates dubbed him most dependable. My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Mary said. A long-awaited sentencing gives survivors the chance to come face-to-face with their attacker, who eluded them for so long. I know how this starts off. #winknews pic.twitter.com/XODYYWH4wo, Amanda Hall (@AmandaHallWINK) December 12, 2019. "Jimmy was always hanging around with Wayne," she said, adding that Rodgers helped the family from time to time, offering transportation. Sievers and Wright had grown up together in Missouri and had remained best friends all their lives. 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. There seemed to be no reason why Wright would take a violent friend on a road trip to murder his best friends wife. Click here to watch a video interview with Greg Bolin on our mobile site. Olivarez pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony. All roads [], High temperatures will climb into the 80s and low 90s under mostly sunny skies. "We just drifted apart," she said recently from her home in Illinois. Prison is prison.". According to police, Sievers was the mastermind behind his wife's murder. Bolin said he last saw Wright in April at family services office in town. Police arrested two men from Missouri for the crime: Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Ray Rodgers. He's accused of recruiting childhood friend, 51-year-old Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to help carry out the gruesome crime. 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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. Thats still is something thats viable, Scott said. Detectives say both Rodgers and Wright were spotted at a nearby Walmart on the night of the homicide. In December 2015, Teresa's husband, Mark Sievers, was arrested and accused of orchestrating the killing, with the motive being life insurance money, as well as the fact that Teresa was supposedly going to take his daughters away from him and he could not afford to fight for custody. Sievers didnt testify but his lawyers said it was Wright who had beaten Teresa to death and that his word couldnt be trusted. For almost 50 years, Doc Watson was the most illustrious name in traditional American folk music. Shortly after his brother went missing, Greg Bolin said he met Wright at a Denny's in Fenton, Missouri. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. She said her daughter has been told by her husband's lawyer not to talk about the case. Believe me, Wayne was a pretty smooth talker, very convincing. Becker said her only conversation with Sievers was after she left Wright around February 2012. "I haven't talked to him since he was engaged to my little sister (Shelly) about 24 years ago.". He is slated to appear in federal court Wednesday for a hearing related to a violation of probation. He didn't provide any new information. ", Connect with this reporter: MichaelBraunNP (Facebook) @MichaelBraunNP (Twitter), Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. "He denied it. [4], On the morning of June 27, 2015, Wright took a rental car from Hillsboro, Missouri and went to pick up Rodgers. I dont judge peoples souls. Then, acting on a tip-off, police started to investigate Curtis Wayne Wright, 51, a man who lived 1,000 miles away in Missouri and coincidentally had an uncanny resemblance to Sievers. Wright and Rodgers also were connected through Facebook. Wright had challenged the efforts to be extradited to Florida. En route, they stopped at a gas station and were caught on surveillance tape. On Sept. 17, 2020, [], A North Fort Myers man will spend 25 years in prison for four drug cases. His felony conviction begat a federal charge of unlawful possession of a firearm in 2009. [2], In 2000, she married a man named Kenny Cousins. An appeal was automatically filed on Mark Sievers behalf. Wright's ex-wife Becker said Wright and Mark Sievers talked on the phone about once a month while she was married to Wright. For the second charge, he was sentenced to 30 years, to be served concurrently. Curtis Wayne Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and got 25 years, a lesser sentence because he was willing to rat out the mastermind behind the massacre. [6], On June 29, 2015, Teresa was found dead at her home by a family friend. 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? Witness statements in court documents allege that Mark Sievers hired Wright to kill his wife. Then a visit to her home revealed Teresa had made it back to the house that night but had never left. 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. At one point during the pregnancy, Bolin said Wright tried to get him to run his girlfriend off the road to "mess with her." I could see him switch it on and off.". According to the State Attorneys Office, Anthony Winn Cole, 51, was adjudicated guilty. Wright admitted to the killing while testifying on behalf of. He told the jurors that he andRodgers killed her with hammers inside her Bonita Springs home. I asked him about his background and he told me it was something to do with guns, he said. His mother died in 2000 when he was 9 years old. ", Are you viewing this story on our app? 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. Mary Ann Groves, Teresa Sievers mother, stood next toAssistant State Attorneys Cynthia RossandHamidHunter and made a victim impact statement before Wright was sentenced. In 2003, Teresa married Mark and the couple had two daughters. After court, Teresa's sister, Anne Lisa, spoke to WINK, saying she was "so relieved, so relieved. Once Wright started talking, he wouldnt stop and he brought the whole plot down. Her story will be featured on tonights episode of48 Hours. The co-defendants denied the allegations, but both failed in court. It had all been his idea. "I thought he was a good guy," she said. How had they known Teresa was alone that day or was the whole family the target? 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. Powered by. Fryer said she was introduced to Sievers through her mother, who worked with him at a 7-Eleven in Manchester, Missouri. Both men were charged with murder. Wright, who. "He talked about him like they were friends," she said. 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. READ NEXT: Greg Harris Was Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison For Manslaughter in Chiquita Tate Killing, Dr. Teresa Sievers Murder: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. "I remember him saying he's a really. Sievers, the mastermind, got the death penalty. In January this year, Sievers made a statement at his sentencing saying he was innocent and heartbroken, adding that Teresa was his soulmate. They said that Wright then recruited Jimmy Rodgers, who was a former cellmate of his, to help him carry out the crime. But why did two men drive 1,000 miles to kill a woman? A fish kill is filling up the water in Southwest Florida. Officials said he was caught with 43 rifles, pistols and shotguns that belonged to his deceased father. GPS showed they drove the 17 hours back to Missouri in the early hours of Monday morning. They also recommended death. "There's nothing I need to see, it's just Angie and his family," she said of the visits. Im confident well see it all the way through the complete closure. Through a relative, Shomaker declined to be interviewed. 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. 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. A Missouri court document dated Monday says a Lee County prosecutor will ask Florida Gov. Wideman said her daughter visits Wright in jail two or three times a week. 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. 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. A GPS leads police right to the hitmans door. Investigators used the GPS system as well as data from cell phone towers and security camera footage. 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.. Hunter says this shows conspiracy. "I thought at first he just might be bipolar," she said. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Now, here is where things stand for each convict: Wrights attorney on Monday said she hopes her clients sentencing brings some closure to Teresa Sievers family. The Missouri woman said she thinks her daughter should open her eyes and get her marriage annulled, but Angelais standing by him. Sievers was arrested and it sent shockwaves through the community. During his testimony, Wright admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. Rodgers chose not to speak on his own behalf, and the judge called it one of the most horrific crimes he ever tried. There were three pilot movies, followed by 245 regular episodes over nine seasons, followed by five specials. Mark Sievers is in prison awaiting a death sentence, with many appeals expected. It can never be long enough, but my client did what he needed to do and was a very importantpartof the trials. (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. According to Wright, the homicide had been orchestrated by his high school best friendDr. 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. She was very petite, standing at just 4 feet 11 inches high. Because Rodgers is in the federal prison system, he can serve his time in any prison, including a Florida location. Bolin said the officer pulled him aside to ask if he knew anything. More: 'It's bittersweet, but justice has been served,' brother of Teresa Sievers says. 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. A Florida man was convicted of murder and conspiracy for enlisting his best friend to kill his wife in 2015, PEOPLE confirms. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. "He would just say, 'I don't really care for her,'" Becker said. In May, Rodgers and his girlfriend, Taylor Shomaker, were guests at Wright's wedding in De Soto, Missouri. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Suspicion had been on Mark from early on. 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. Staff writer Melissa Montoya contributed to this report. 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 []. Although a jury found me guilty, I am innocent of all charges, he said. 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. Wrights plea agreement required that he provided substantial assistance to prosecutors in the case against the two other suspects. The victim,TeresaSievers,was found dead on the kitchen floorofher familys home on Jarvis Road in Bonita Springs on June 29, 2015. 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. Juliette said Rodgers did general labor work, power washing, working on machines, cleaning, and was always on time and never any sort of trouble. 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. Almost immediately, detectives began looking for Wright, who was and still is considered to be a person of interest in Bolin's disappearance. Scottsaid. We're just trying to keep our acts together. Ronnie Bolin's body has never been found. [15], On September 14, 2017, Crime Watch Daily released a video segment focusing on the murder. 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) The trailer Shomaker shared with Rodgers was owned by JV Contracting, Juliette said during a segment on the "Nancy Grace" show. Mark Sievers asked if Wright was back on drugs but she said she didn't believe so. Wright planned the murder with the victim's husband, Mark Sievers, he also told the jurors during both trials. Wright, who expected to receive a portion of life-insurance money, recruited another. The evidence was slowly pieced together, and police believed they knew what had happened. 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. As she took her final breath after a hammer beating she saw a very familiar face. First to face trial was Jimmy Rodgers in October 2019 and Wright was the star witness. Just last week, the judge denied Mark Sievers request for a new trial. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Rodgers, both of Missouri, were charged. Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? "What I didn't know was apparently in his brain, he was hatching his first murder plot.". 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. Before he was sentenced, the judge asked if hehadany statements to make. Sievers was found guilty in 2019. Maj. Jason Schott confirmed that Rodgers and Wright were in the same pod of the jail in the 2010 to 2011 time frame. Any time youre moving an inmate, theres an escape risk.". A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. Fryer also got to know Wright around the same time period. 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. 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. 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 . Just like she was for Mark Sievers sentencing and Jimmy Rodgers, too. Wright had made the trip with Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, a man who had given himself the nickname Jimmy The Hammer Rodgers. Though Sievers claims he is innocent, a jury convicted him of hiring the men who killed his wife.