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. Unbeknownst to Greg Bolin, his older brother started using meth with Wright following a divorce from his wife. In 2014, a tipster told detectives Ronnie Bolin's body was dissolved in a cast iron tub on the Wright property, then thrown in a wood chipper. They did not speak. "Jim was always kind of a troubled child," Ball said. If he doesn't stop now, he's going to graduate into killing people. 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. Wright, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February of 2016 in connection to Teresa Sievers' death, said Mark Sievers asked him to kill his wife. Shomaker asked if it was with a gun and Rodgers said, no it was a hammer. 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. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 40-year-old man riding a motorcycle from Fort Myers died in the three-vehicle and motorcycle crash. 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. Teresa Sievers (born Teresa Ann Grace Tottenham) was born on November 19, 1968, at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut. Moments before Wright was sentenced, he apologized to the victims mother. Wrights plea agreement required that he provided substantial assistance to prosecutors in the case against the two other suspects. It all started when the cops found a sawed-off shotgun. High humidity will make our afternoon feels like temperatures reach the 90s in many spots. 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. According to police, Sievers was the mastermind behind his wife's murder. Both men were charged with murder. "Everybody knowseverybody. It was a brutal end for a woman who was trying to save lives. In exchange, Wright threw Sieverss husbandMark Sieversand Jimmy Ray Rodgersunder the bus. Hed previously agreed to a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. 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. 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. However, he was found guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder, in addition to trespassing. [14] Three years later in February 2020, they aired another episode that focused on the murder trials that followed her killing. Mark feared she was going to take his two daughters away from him and said he could not afford to fight for custody. Hunter says this shows conspiracy. 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. 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. [12] On December 1, 2022, Sievers filed a new motion for a rehearing in hopes of reversing the ruling. Im sorry.. Bolin moved to Illinois a few years after high school and said Wright grew close to his older brother, Ronnie Bolin, in his absence. The bride wore the dress she planned to marry Sievers in. 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. Prior to the sentencing, hed served over 1,400 days in jail, which he was given credit for. [9] On January 3, 2020, Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced him to death. The victim, Teresa. Sievers, the mastermind, got the death penalty. As more people start to pile into the area, and beaches reopen, the fish kill will become a bigger problem. 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. "My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Groves said. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. The couple dated for about three years and were engaged but broke things off before the wedding. Greg Bolin said he did his best to avoid Wright, even though the two men lived less than a half-mile from each other at the time of Wright's most recent arrest. pic.twitter.com/kSl1zWbE93, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) December 4, 2019, Have a tip we should know? 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. According to Wright, the homicide had been orchestrated by his high school best friendDr. An appeal was automatically filed on Mark Sievers behalf. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. had disbanded, and Eazy-E fell prey to complications from AIDS. Staff writer Melissa Montoya contributed to this report. For almost 50 years, Doc Watson was the most illustrious name in traditional American folk music. 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As Dr. Sievers operated her medical practice and raised her two young daughters, she couldn't have known the two men accused of taking her life were fraternizing in jail, forming a bond that would later put them back in the very place they met behind the bars of a jail cell. Investigators used the GPS system as well as data from cell phone towers and security camera footage. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. "I think if a lot of people are honest or truthful, just knowing him or meeting him, you would probably like him," Bolin said. Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? 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. In May, Rodgers and his girlfriend, Taylor Shomaker, were guests at Wright's wedding in De Soto, Missouri. He willgetcredit for 1,581 days already served in jail, the judge 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. And Im truly sorry, Im sorry. #SieversTrial #WrightSentencing @winknews pic.twitter.com/8cfXcRmfuQ, Brooke Shafer (@BrookeWINKNews) February 10, 2020. "It's tiny," she said. Less than a decade after his career began, N.W.A. Have a tip or story idea? Sievers' attorneys told FOX 4 they plan to appeal the sentence if the death penalty is imposed. Teresa Sievers was a beautiful 46-year-old mom who was a very successful doctor well known and liked in her community. "I asked him straight up, 'Did you have anything to do with my brother?'" Wright said Sievers had promised to pay him $10,000 to kill Teresa in a sickening murder-for-hire scheme. 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 []. His mother died in 2000 when he was 9 years old. It was unheard of. 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. 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", 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.". Shortly after his brother went missing, Greg Bolin said he met Wright at a Denny's in Fenton, Missouri. [4], In December 2015, Mark Sievers was charged with murder after a connection was found between him and Wright. https://t.co/ogFltb3OdA pic.twitter.com/2Bp1Mi57mo. Each episode has multiple titles, referencing the simultaneous storylines contained within. The entire family is. After arriving home and before leaving for work the next day, Sievers was murdered. Maj. Jason Schott confirmed that Rodgers and Wright were in the same pod of the jail in the 2010 to 2011 time frame. The case originally seemed open and shut to investigators thanks to GPS technology, but it later turned out to be much more complicated. [4] She had flown home alone so she could see patients at her clinic the following morning. Meanwhile, a sports car driven by a 67-year-old [], A deadly crash involving three vehicles and a motorcycle happened in Lee County Friday evening shortly before 9:30 p.m. Stealing car stereos and, you know, car parts, and now he's moved into stealing cars. Officials said he was caught with 43 rifles, pistols and shotguns that belonged to his deceased father. Just like she was for Mark Sievers sentencing and Jimmy Rodgers, too. In 2006, they moved to Bonita Springs, Florida and set up a holistic medical practice called Restorative Health and Healing Center. Rodgers, the other suspect in the Sievers case,is also in a Missouri jail. He believed Teresa was planning on leaving him and would take the kids. When word of Teresas death became public knowledge, other theories started to circulate. In the senior superlatives, his classmates dubbed him most dependable. 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. The victim's husband, Mark Sievers, 54, and her husband's close friend Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 53, were also convicted in the killing. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Heres what you should know about the murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers: 48 HOURS IN 48 SECONDS: A hammer is discovered at the crime scene, but clues to solving the murder of a Florida doctor come from a digital trail that leads investigators to the killers doorstep https://t.co/8jXoY2OiPQ pic.twitter.com/BskgiVAAqb. [10] He remains on death row at Union Correctional Institution. 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. Would love your thoughts, please comment. 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.. 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. You,Curtis Wayne Wright,have stolen this gift from us, you are responsible for what has happened to her, Groves said. Wright planned the murder with the victim's husband, Mark Sievers, he also told the jurors during both trials. 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. I cant and it will be with me for the rest of my life and Im truly sorry.. Rodgers was convicted second-degree murder back in October, while Wright, 51, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016, agreeing to testify against both of his co-defendants in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence. SATURDAY AT 10 P.M. ET/PT: Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? Sievers was arrested and it sent shockwaves through the community. "He denied it. Federal prosecutors called him a danger to the community and insisted he be arrested before the trial. She was an extraordinary doctorwith a powerful force determined to make a difference in this world and a gift from God, Groves said of Teresa Sievers. 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. The video went viral on their YouTube channel and has since received over thirteen million views.[18]. Jimmy Ray Rodgers, left, and Wayne Wright are seen in surveillance video from a Florida Walmart the day before Dr. Teresa Sievers was murdered. His brother Ronnie, who was a minister there, officiated. Through a relative, Shomaker declined to be interviewed. 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. 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. The two became friends and, later, co-defendants: Wright also was arrested in Sievers' death this past August following an eight-week investigation. He's accused of recruiting childhood friend, 51-year-old Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to help carry out the gruesome crime. Later, Shomaker told her the van was paid for through their insurance company after a tree fell on their Kia. Years earlier, while living and working in New York under the name Angela Williamson, another daughter was tragically taken from her. 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. Those who know Wright describe him as a childhood friend of the doctor's husband, Mark Sievers. Mark Sievers is in prison awaiting a death sentence, with many appeals expected. En route, they stopped at a gas station and were caught on surveillance tape. 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. Then they returned to the Sievers house and waited in the garage for Teresa to return. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. 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. The alarm for the apartment had been disabled before Sievers arrived home. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. By Jessica Lipscomb of the Naples Daily News. That's why he was a lot of fun to hang out with," Bolin said. His plea agreement required that he provide substantial assistance. While in Missouri for Wright's. [6], On June 29, 2015, Teresa was found dead at her home by a family friend. 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. "He saw me," Bolin said, "and he just got in his car and left. NFL Combine 2023 full schedule. Sentencing dates for Rodgers and Wright have not been scheduled. Whether it was dedicating her time to family or strangers, Teresas compassion was equal. Juliette said Rodgers did general labor work, power washing, working on machines, cleaning, and was always on time and never any sort of trouble. 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. 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. They went off to a local supermarket and were seen on CCTV buying trash bags, wet wipes, black towels and a lock-picking kit. Asked how her daughter views the arrest, Wideman said: How can a wife not believe her husband?. "He talked about him like they were friends," she said. In 1996, she graduated from the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica. ", Are you viewing this story on our app? They then returned to Teresa's home and waited for several hours until she returned. #winknews pic.twitter.com/XODYYWH4wo, Amanda Hall (@AmandaHallWINK) December 12, 2019. [1] She later completed a pre-med course at Fairfield University and completed her residency at the University of Florida. "I wasn't going to have any part of running a pregnant girl off the road," he said. [3] Mark said he would pay Wright to help him, so the two men then planned how to murder Teresa. At trial, prosecutors argued Sievers planned his wife's murder, calling upon his good friend, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to execute his fatal orders. While the players take part in physicals and athletic testing in the first few days, the remaining four days will feature drills by groups. One of the biggest issues people are dealing with when it comes to insurance after Hurricane Ian is property damage. My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Mary said. 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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. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. 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? That same weekend, Shomaker was in Missouri, throwing a baby shower for a friend, Wendy Crader. I wish there was a way to change what happened, but I cant, Wright said. According to the Naples Daily News, Sievers showed no emotion as the verdicts were read while Teresa's family shared a collective embrace. #SieversTrial Mark Sievers sentenced to death this morning for the murder of his wife Teresa Sievers. 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. All three men were found guilty of the murder. Teresa was a compassionate healer, but she was outgoing and always pushed for what she believed in. Moments before sentencing, Curtis Wright addressed the judge and then turned to Teresa Sievers mom, That will be with me for the rest of my life. Mark Sievers was convicted offirst-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder then sentenced to death by a judge earlier this year. Greg Bolin last saw his brother on the Fourth of July 1996. That will be with me for the rest of my life and Im truly sorry. 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. After she pulled into the garage, retrieved her luggage and walked into the house, two men her husband hired to murder her Curtis Wayne Wright, Jr., and Jimmy Ray Rodgers , beat her in the . 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. Juliette added that there was nothing in Rodgers' background or interview that would have indicated that he might be capable of the crimes he has been charged with. 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. 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. Fryer said she was introduced to Sievers through her mother, who worked with him at a 7-Eleven in Manchester, Missouri. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. 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 two men then drove over 1,000 miles to the home of Teresa Sievers in Bonita Springs, Florida. On the morning of June 27, Wright had picked up a rental car, and Rodgers, and had driven 1,100 miles to Bonita Springs they had driven all day and all night. Because Rodgers is in the federal prison system, he can serve his time in any prison, including a Florida location. 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. 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 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. "I think he's innocent.". "Jimmy was always hanging around with Wayne," she said, adding that Rodgers helped the family from time to time, offering transportation. Not only was there a game, but college students showed up for a dunk contest. Wright had made the trip with Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, a man who had given himself the nickname Jimmy The Hammer Rodgers. Crader wasn't sure if Rodgers got the money he had talked about, but said the couple purchased a new van soon after. 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.. During his testimony, Wright admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. Thanks, Taylor. It's not, Parker said. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. We hold that time very closely." There were signs of a forced entry, but confusingly, cash and valuables in the house hadnt been taken. At the funeral, he gave a speech and said, "I was, and still am, the luckiest man in the world. I'm just so glad it's over. This black and white capture features smiling Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan looking away at the Los Angeles Press Club Tribute to John Wayne.Nancy Reagan was an American film actress and First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Just last week, the judge denied Mark Sievers request for a new trial. Mrs. Hopkins was a devoted and loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, and aunt. Years before he married Teresa in 2003, Mark Sievers was engaged to a woman named Shelley Fryer. 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. Sievers had conspired to kill his wife and had hired his best friend to help him. "Mark called from Florida and he said, 'What happened?' What's happening to turtle nests along Naples' beaches? I said, 'I don't know. Detectives say both Rodgers and Wright were spotted at a nearby Walmart on the night of the homicide. 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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Tyler Juliette, who operates JV Contracting in Cadet, Mo., said that he has since let Rodgers go. Everyone grieves differently and Sievers had been miles away at the time, so any suspicions that hed played a part were quashed. Teresa returned to her home where she was ambushed by Wright and Rodgers. Wright testified on behalf of the prosecution during the trials for Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29 of Missouri, andthevictims husband Mark Sievers, 51 of Bonita Springs. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. The murder was committed less than a year after Rodgers was released from federal prison, according to WINK News. 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. Greg Harris Was Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison For Manslaughter in Chiquita Tate Killing. ", Wideman, 60, said herfamily has known Mark Sieversfor more than 20 years. Also in attendance was Mark Sievers, who stood beside Wright as he took his new bride, Angela, to be his third wife. Bolin reconnected with Wright when his family moved back to Hillsboro in the middle of high school. Police charged a homeless man with first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed criminal action and attempted forcible rape in the killing. Prison is prison.". You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Her story will be featured on tonights episode of48 Hours. According to Lee County court documents, Rolando Olivarez, 31, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. "I told her, 'You've got to get yourself together.'". This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. He hadnt travelled alone either. Becker, who married Wright in November 2011, said Wright mentioned Rodgers maybe three times throughout the course of their relationship, which she said lasted less than a year. Curtis Wayne Wright describes in detail how he murdered Dr Teresa Sievers with a hammer, Teresa Sievers was a much-loved mum of two and holistic physician, Curtis Wright (left) and Mark Sievers had an uncanny resemblance to each other, Teresa was found dead on the kitchen floor of her home in Bonita Springs, Florida, Curtis Wright (left) and Mark Sievers in prison overalls, Jimmy 'The Hammer' Rodgers helped Curtis Wright kill Teresa.