Curtis Wayne Wright Jr was 51 when he was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. 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. Because Rodgers is in the federal prison system, he can serve his time in any prison, including a Florida location. #SieversTrial Hunter shows the jury Secret Communications between Sievers and Wright about the prepaid burner phones. [7], On May 11, 2016, Teresa's mother gained custody of Teresa's children as the case prepared to move toward trial. 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. Curtis Wrights the only one that ever hit that woman and hes lying to you to save his own worthless skin they said. Sievers had conspired to kill his wife and had hired his best friend to help him. All three men were found guilty of the murder. Fryer said she was introduced to Sievers through her mother, who worked with him at a 7-Eleven in Manchester, Missouri. Teresa was a compassionate healer, but she was outgoing and always pushed for what she believed in. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. We will be completely grateful for every donation. The state's lawyers said Sievers wanted his doctor wife dead so that he could collect on her significant life insurance policies. Wright had made the trip with Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, a man who had given himself the nickname Jimmy The Hammer Rodgers. Had Teresa interrupted a robbery? (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. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. pic.twitter.com/kSl1zWbE93, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) December 4, 2019, Have a tip we should know? The allegation that he was involved in his wife's killing surfaced when discovery documents were released in the cases of Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 47, and Jimmy Rodgers, 25, the two men charged in . Jimmy Rodgers is serving a life sentence in South Bay Prison. 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 victim's husband, Mark Sievers, 54, and her husband's close friend Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 53, were also convicted in the killing. On December 4, 2019, he was convicted of first-degree murder and the jury unanimously recommended he receive the death penalty. Teresa, then 46, was found on June 29, 2015, bludgeoned to death on the kitchen floor of the family's Bonita Springs, Florida, home. Less than a decade after his career began, N.W.A. Firefighters are battling several brush fires in Charlotte County; the one off McCall Road threatens several buildings, including a church. While in Missouri for Wright's. ", 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.". Wright said Sievers told him having his wife killed was the only option. 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. "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. Jimmy Rodgers was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder. For Teresas family, it had been a long five-year wait for justice, but the pain of losing Teresa was just as raw. On Aug. 20, 2010, Rodgers was booked into the Sainte Genevieve County jail. Afterthesentencing,Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle made a comment to Wright about the results. Police charged a homeless man with first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed criminal action and attempted forcible rape in the killing. It can never be long enough, but my client did what he needed to do and was a very importantpartof the trials. 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. An autopsy indicated the daughter died from blows to the head. How much should your insurance company pay, and can an adjuster stack on costs? It all started when the cops found a sawed-off shotgun. The bride wore the dress she planned to marry Sievers in. She last saw him on Christmas Day at her mother's house. John Wayne was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films pic.twitter.com/Bla425Q7TV, Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) January 3, 2020. Wright said he hit Teresa three times and then Rodgers had taken the hammer and continued to hit her over and over again. This is a case in which 21st-century technology became vital, prosecutor Cynthia Ross told 48 Hours. Jurors convicted him of second degree murder in October for the 2015 killing of Dr. Teresa Sievers. 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. 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[4] She had flown home alone so she could see patients at her clinic the following morning. "Mark called from Florida and he said, 'What happened?' His brother Ronnie, who was a minister there, officiated. In 2006, they moved to Bonita Springs, Florida and set up a holistic medical practice called Restorative Health and Healing Center. "I just tell her that justice will prevail.". A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. She has not gone to see her son-in-law. [15], On September 14, 2017, Crime Watch Daily released a video segment focusing on the murder. To share a story idea or tip, please email her at jessica.lipscomb@naplesnews.com. Moments before Wright was sentenced, he apologized to the victims mother. Witness statements in court documents allege that Mark Sievers hired Wright to kill his wife. The destination was more than 17 hours away from their start according to CBS News. 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. 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. In exchange, Wright threw Sievers's husband Mark Sievers and Jimmy Ray Rodgers under the bus. 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. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. was 51 at the time of his sentencing. Shortly after his brother went missing, Greg Bolin said he met Wright at a Denny's in Fenton, Missouri. 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 . Theyattended grade school together in Missouri and have been best friends since. They were married in Missouri inMay, with Teresa Sievers' husband, Mark, presiding as the best man. We had a great friendship and I thought our marriage would be great.'". Wind gusts will not become as strong as yesterday. Mark Sievers recruited two Missouri men, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 51, and and Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, to kill his wife, prosecutors said. Not only was there a game, but college students showed up for a dunk contest. [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. They said that Wright then recruited Jimmy Rodgers, who was a former cellmate of his, to help him carry out the crime. Unbeknownst to Greg Bolin, his older brother started using meth with Wright following a divorce from his wife. Police also arrested Jimmy Rodgers, 25, and charged him in connection with the murder. 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. 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 []. 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. Neither of the defendants testified at trial. He is slated to appear in federal court Wednesday for a hearing related to a violation of probation. And Im truly sorry, Im sorry. #SieversTrial #WrightSentencing @winknews pic.twitter.com/8cfXcRmfuQ, Brooke Shafer (@BrookeWINKNews) February 10, 2020. The fire has been called The Jung Fire. Crews have been working overnight to contain the blazes. [3] Mark said he would pay Wright to help him, so the two men then planned how to murder Teresa. 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. My granddaughters have broken hearts that will never be mended, Mary said. 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. A superb, original guitarist and a singer of warmth and simplicity, he set countless . "There's nothing I need to see, it's just Angie and his family," she said of the visits. Shortly before her death, Teresa was profiled in a local women's magazine. In January this year, Sievers made a statement at his sentencing saying he was innocent and heartbroken, adding that Teresa was his soulmate. Three separate people have since been charged and sentenced in connection with the murder. During his testimony, Wright admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. Both men were charged with murder. I know how this starts off. The alarm for the apartment had been disabled before Sievers arrived home. "I think he kind of told Jimmy what to do to protect himself while he was in prison.". How had they known Teresa was alone that day or was the whole family the target? Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. Mary Ann Groves was back in courtroom 8-A on Monday. 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. "He's like, you know what? He's accused of recruiting childhood friend, 51-year-old Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to help carry out the gruesome crime. With God as my witness, that's what that cop said to me.". He believed Teresa was planning on leaving him and would take the kids. "Everybody knowseverybody. Wright was sentenced to twenty-five years, Rodgers was sentenced to life in prison, and Mark Sievers was sentenced to death. Then they returned to the Sievers house and waited in the garage for Teresa to return. 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. The co-defendants denied the allegations, but both failed in court. Mark had called the friend to check up on her after she failed to show up at work. The NFL Combine 2023 began on Tuesday, February 28 at the Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. 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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. Mark Sievers gives a personal statement to the judge Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, before being sentenced to death in the murder of his wife, Teresa Sievers. SATURDAY AT 10 P.M. ET/PT: Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? After investigating the case for several months, detectives arrested Curtis Wayne Wright, 47, who said he was Mark Sievers childhood friend. Crader wasn't sure if Rodgers got the money he had talked about, but said the couple purchased a new van soon after. It's not, Parker said. For almost 50 years, Doc Watson was the most illustrious name in traditional American folk music. Sievers was found guilty in 2019. 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Staff writer Melissa Montoya contributed to this report. 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. In 2001, an Illinois inmate named Corey Lynn Fox confessed to killing a dozen people, including Bolin. [1] She later completed a pre-med course at Fairfield University and completed her residency at the University of Florida. She was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body. I never would have imagined.. 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. When Becker was out of work at the end of 2011, Sievers and his wife helped put Wright in touch with people in the medical field around St. Louis to try to find her a new job. Also in attendance was Mark Sievers, who stood beside Wright as he took his new bride, Angela, to be his third wife. [9] On January 3, 2020, Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced him to death. It is pretty crazy. Her story will be featured on tonights episode of48 Hours. "Jimmy was always hanging around with Wayne," she said, adding that Rodgers helped the family from time to time, offering transportation. The couple dated for about three years and were engaged but broke things off before the wedding. When the friend went inside, however, they found Sievers dead on the floor. The trailer Shomaker shared with Rodgers was owned by JV Contracting, Juliette said during a segment on the "Nancy Grace" show. Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the plot to kill his. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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. 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. Wright was inside on drug charges and Rodgers was doing time for weapon charges. Suspicion had been on Mark from early on. Because Sievers had told them to. A GPS leads police right to the hitmans door 1,100 miles away. 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. "We're cautious with what we talk about," she said. Juliette said thatin the construction industry its not unusual for applicants to have a record. Your lawyer did a good job for you, Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle told Wright after the sentencing, Naples News reported. Bolin said he last saw Wright in April at family services office in town. "I think he's innocent.". Sievers, the mastermind, got the death penalty. Bolin said. In exchange, Wright threw Sieverss husbandMark Sieversand Jimmy Ray Rodgersunder the bus. NFL Combine 2023 full schedule. Wright, the third suspect in the murder, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence. An award-winning journalist who has worked forRolling Stone and MTV News, Chris enjoys prog rock, cycling, Marvel movies, IPAs, and roller coasters. Officials said he was caught with 43 rifles, pistols and shotguns that belonged to his deceased father. Wideman said the tribulations of her daughter have been many, including the death of her daughter earlier in the year. In May, he married her niece, Angela, in a ceremony she said she did not attend. "What I didn't know was apparently in his brain, he was hatching his first murder plot.". https://t.co/ogFltb3OdA pic.twitter.com/2Bp1Mi57mo. "I haven't seen Mark since the '90s.". Rodgerss former girlfriend Taylor Shomakertestified that he confessed the murder to her. 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. ", Wideman, 60, said herfamily has known Mark Sieversfor more than 20 years. Stealing car stereos and, you know, car parts, and now he's moved into stealing cars. Fryer also got to know Wright around the same time period. Thats for somebody else to do. He then sentenced Sievers, 51, to the death penalty. His mother died in 2000 when he was 9 years old. The two men attacked her in the kitchen and struck her repeatedly with a hammer. 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. Wright's ex-wife Becker said Wright and Mark Sievers talked on the phone about once a month while she was married to Wright. Wright is accused of recruiting Jimmy Rodgers, 51, a former jail cellmate, to help him. Wideman said her daughter visits Wright in jail two or three times a week. While the players take part in physicals and athletic testing in the first few days, the remaining four days will feature drills by groups. A GPS leads police right to the hitmans door. 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. Wideman said her daughter is sureWright will be headed to Florida. [14] Three years later in February 2020, they aired another episode that focused on the murder trials that followed her killing. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The family has also come to know Rodgers.