Mark Sievers Prosecutors in the murder trial of Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, revealed the ostensible motive behind the brutal 2015 murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers, 46. [16] They continued to track the story until May 2019, with the original video segment being released on their YouTube channel on May 6, 2019. "I'm sorry, honey," he would be like. Both men were charged with murder. Her husband, Mark Sievers, 51, allegedly told childhood friend Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 51, that he feared losing his daughters in a divorce. Post this, they went to a beach. She was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body. In 2016, Wright took a plea agreement and in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence for a second-degree murder charge, he agreed to help authorities by providingsubstantial assistance in regards to the case. He had gone to Missouri in 2015 for Wrights wedding, and there, Sievers told his high school best friend that there were marital problems in his life. The look was hatred. He could have found that out on his own," Moriarty noted. Police made arrests and the suspects were not from Florida. "How would you describe Wayne?" "But, to me he just seemed like a geeky creepster," said Hoskins. After being found guilty of first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder, Mark Sievers was sentenced to death for first-degree murder. Just not possible.". [4], In December 2015, Mark Sievers was charged with murder after a connection was found between him and Wright. On the morning of June 29 th, 2015, a family friend found Teresa Sievers dead on her kitchen floor, beaten with a hammer. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. Daughter of William Hudson and Nancy (Muse) Hudson - Wife of William Logan Sievers (Buried in Somerset). She had returned a day early to return to work in Estero. When investigators uncovered five life insurance policies for Teresa -- totaling more than $4 million -- it was a red flag. 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. Sievers was a well-known doctor in Estero, Florida, often featured in the news for her holistic approach and her endocrinology work with transgender patients, according to the News-Press. It has raised $18,690. "She was the -- the biggest figure in the room.". The motive behind the killing reportedly stemmed from money, according to CBS. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Mark Sievers was charged with first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder. "he had told her he was going to make some money," said Lipscomb. Wright pleaded guilty to charges of second degree murder for a 25-year prison sentence. "No. Moriarty asked the couple. "At the end of the day, when Wayne was faced with the death penalty, he said 'I've gotta involve somebody else.' Milania has also looked more and more like her mother every day, recently sharing some gorgeous holiday pics with her mom and sisters. "We would have patients from all over the world," said Sandra Hoskins, Dr. Sievers' longtime medical assistant. I won't ever do that to my girls.". Judge: Mr. Wright, why are you pleading guilty today to second-degree murder? Taylor Shomaker, Rodgers' girlfriend, claimed this was a murder for hire and that Rodgers was supposed to be paid $10,000. Along with troubles in the bedroom, news sources also reported that his motive was financial. Her husband, Mark Sievers, is currently on trial for her murder. She was 46 years old at the time of her demise and lived in Bonita Springs, Florida. According to the affidavit, Mark and Teresa had five life insurance policies on each other totaling $4.4million. Mark didn't know anything about Jimmy being hired. And that somebody else had to be Mark.". "Was that just because whenever someone is killed the first person you look at is the spouse?" And then," Lipscomb said," gets in her car and heads back to their house. You could just -- you could hear it in his voice.". Two men had bludgeoned her to death with a hammer, and her lifeless corpse was discovered in the kitchen when Mark called his friend to go check up on Teresa. Conway says Rodgers would brag about con jobs ranging from stolen merchandise to counterfeit money. 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William L. Sievers and P.F. She was last seen alive on surveillance video at the airport in Florida. They had a different lifestyle. Knight tells Bustle she has started a fundraiser on Indiegogo as a college fund for Sievers' daughters, who have now started their own LLC with hopes of raising $50,000 for Our Mother's Home. Greg Bolin believes the motive was money that Wright owed Ronnie. Bonnie Sievers testified at the time that she was ready to take over primary responsibility for the children. However, she never went to her clinic, and when her husband asked a friend to check in on her at their residence, the reality was shocking. Teresa Sievers and Mark Sievers with their daughters After the horrific incident, Teresa's mother, Mary Ann Groves, volunteered to take temporary care of the children. 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. Sievers often wrote for local publications about women's health issues and was actively involved in the community. The first image of the set is a surveillance footage snap of Sievers walking through Southwest Florida International Airport on June 28 at 11pm, rolling her suitcase behind her. (Submitted photo) (Photo: Handout). Teresa was born November 19, 1968 in Derby, CT a daughter of the late John E. Tottenham and Mary Ann (Aquila) Groves (Thomas Groves). "Her husband didn't get what he wanted. And when investigators downloaded Mark's cell phone, they found text messages, emails, photos and videos revealing salacious details about the Sievers and their "open" marriage. [15], On September 14, 2017, Crime Watch Daily released a video segment focusing on the murder. Moriarty asked. They don't have a lot of communication with family members, particularly the maternal side of the family. 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. "He didn't need to talk with Mark. [2], In 2000, she married a man named Kenny Cousins. In an interview, her sister, Annie Lisa described Teresa Shed give you the shirt off her back; shed help strangers; shed get up at 2 in the morning to do an eval on homeless people, but yet shed put on her 5-inch heels and curl her hair and shed be swearing like a sailor and drinking.. 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? Moriarty asked Hoskins and Pais. "Is it possible that Wayne knew more about what Teresa was doing than her own husband knew?" It's the same thing Teresa's close sister, Annie Lisa, told investigators -- that Mark put up with his wife's anger because he adored her": Annie Lisa to detective: She could finish ripping him out, like "Mark, I told you a hundred f------ times, don't let the dogs out." [13], In February 2017, the CBS News documentary show, 48 Hours, aired an episode that focused on the murder of Teresa Sievers. Then, according to the GPS, Rodgers and Wright left the Sievers' home and typed in another address -- for a Walmart -- to do some shopping. When the friend went inside, however, they found Sievers dead on the floor. but they were missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. The death of Dr. Teresa Sievers shook the state of Florida in June 2015, and the details surrounding this case are discussed in an episode of 48 hours. This show, which has won many accolades for being thoroughly researched and well-presented, dives deep to really explore what happened. Mirror image:Wayne Wright, left, and Mark Sievers, in their jail uniforms. Moriarty asked. "He actually ran for and became our class president," said Bolin. Jimmy "The Hammer" Rodgers and Mark Sievers both have pleaded not guilty and will be tried together. https://t.co/ogFltb3OdA pic.twitter.com/2Bp1Mi57mo. "Mark! Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way, Sievers murder trial Day 3 -- Jury selection expected to continue into next week. Neither Rodgers or Mark Sievers testified during Rodgers trial. A jury will have to find the truth behind Dr. Teresa Sievers' murder. She was granted custody of the children on May 16, 2016. "Because he's a sick man," Mark's stepsister replied. Tottenham spoke about their futures during Sievers' eulogy at her Monday burial: "This fund is not simply to raise money for the education of two girls whose mother was murdered," Tottenham tells Bustle. [1] Her parents separated when she was one month old, and she was raised by her mother. Jimmy Ray Rodgers took his girlfriend, Taylor for a ride, along Route 47 in rural Missouri. What happened to the Sievers home in the years since Teresa's murder? Mark was in Connecticut visiting family with their two daughters when Teresa was killed. Because Mark hadn't been arrested at that point, the judge ruled the girls couldn't be taken away under speculation. If you talk to some of his friends from high school they say 'Nobody really called him that,' but I think maybe going to jail for the first time, you know trying to make a name for himself maybe that's something he sort of assigned himself to fit in," said Lipscomb. He was allegedly the one who ordered the killers to assassinate her wife. It just didn't make any sense. 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. But with no real evidence to back up that theory, investigators turned their attention to the people who might have had an axe to grind with the energetic, often abrasive, Dr. Sievers. Mark spoke to investigators without a lawyer present and even handed over his cell phone and allowed them to download the contents. Mark Sievers has not been charged in her death, but his longtime friend, Curtis Wayne Wright Jr, and another man, Jimmy Rodgers Jr, have both been jailed in connection to the murder. Detectives from Florida arrived in Hillsboro, Mo., weeks after Rodgers and Wright returned from their trip. "Never heard of him," Weckelman said. They were reportedlyliving paycheck to paycheck prior to the doctors murder. She was found dead the next morning, wearing the same dress she had worn that weekend in a family reunion picture with her mother, two brothers and sister. Initial investigations singled out two men Jimmy Ray Rodgers and Curtis Wayne Wright. 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. What do you say? And then she would be doing something, he'd go, "Sweetie, let me get that for you." "Were you worried about Frank?" Was it a pretty frequent thing?" He wanted a job, you know?" "a sunset wedding. "I think it's possible," Reiss replied. Mark Sievers' mother, Bonnie Sievers, blew him a kiss as court officials fingerprinted him after Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced him to death for the murder of his wife, Teresa Sievers. "It was very nice. [4] She had flown home alone so she could see patients at her clinic the following morning. On June 28, 2015, Teresa Sievers, left a family vacation and returned alone to her Bonita Springs home. Dr. Teresa Sievers was a 46-years-old wife, and mother of two girls. He had taken a plea agreement in exchange for information about the crime. Detective: He said that Mark hired Wayne . They made no efforts to hide their faces or identities either. The destination was more than 17 hours away from their start according to CBS News. Investigators used the GPS system as well as data from cell phone towers and security camera footage. Mark Sievers has been charged in the slaying of Teresa. While the family was on vacation, Mark had asked his mother, Bonnie Sievers, to feed the family pets. I am not even sure he has blood in his veins. Soon, their father was also arrested. "This mother of two who was killed brutally inside her home was horrifying to people," Lipscomb told "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty. But a GPS exposed a lot of what they needed to know. Mark said that they often lived paycheck to paycheck," Williams told Moriarty. Posted at 01:41h . "A little bit," Hoskins replied. Pais and his wife, Sandra Hoskins, say the look didn't just come from Dr. Sievers' sisters. And along the way, he asked her to throw out parts of his phone which he had smashed earlier, some gloves and a jumpsuit. July 9: Lee detectives get a tip when a person in Illinois . Teresa Sievers's daughters are currently living with their relatives. 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. Whether or not they fully grasp what has happened, the girls seemed determined to get through it, Tottenham said. Who would want the vibrant and dedicated Dr. Teresa Sievers dead? Rodgers chose not to speak on his own behalf, and the judge called it one of the most horrific crimes he ever tried. Detective: And how where was the money supposed to come from? Hoskins, who claims she had been treated harshly by Dr. Sievers in the past, had planned to hand in her resignation that very Monday the doctor was found dead. Opening statements for the trial against Teresa's husband, Mark Sievers, 51, started Wednesday inside a Lee County, Florida, courtroom. "I think it was in the back of his mind that there might be some dangers to his daughters because of what happened to their mother," said Weckelman. "He can creep on the computer any time he wanted and do whatever he wanted," said Hoskins. Was Wayne Wright with him? Heres everything we know about the case. His daughters were taken into custody by state officials the same day. MORE: Teresa Sievers murder trial pushed back, date undecided. 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. Authorities realized that Rodgers and Wright had basically been hired by someone to kill the physician. Not only have we watched the girls on the hit Bravo show, but weve also seen them celebrate milestone birthdays, vacations, and holidays on Instagram. The 46-year-old doctor had cut short a family vacation in upstate New York and flown home alone on Sunday night, June 28, 2015, so she could see patients the next morning. I was scared. It's a digital footprint for investigators. Rodgers was extradited to Florida last week to face charges in Lee County. She claimed that the two had suffered severe psychological and emotional trauma in the wake of these incidents. Here is everything you need to know about the whole situation. Dr. Teresa Sievers. [17], On December 10, 2019, WFTX-TV (FOX 4 Now) released footage from the trial of Mark Sievers' when the jury recommended he be sentenced to death. August 12, 2017 / 11:13 PM You show me that you can accomplish anything you want in life. "I wasn't worried about him, 'cause I know he didn't do it," she replied. Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) February 10, 2020. 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