Wright said he hit Teresa three times and then Rodgers had taken the hammer and continued to hit her over and over again. 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. As more people start to pile into the area, and beaches reopen, the fish kill will become a bigger problem. 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. To share a story idea or tip, please email her at jessica.lipscomb@naplesnews.com. Becker said Wright had a general distaste for Sievers' wife, although he never elaborated or said anything about harming her. For Teresas family, it had been a long five-year wait for justice, but the pain of losing Teresa was just as raw. Because Rodgers is in the federal prison system, he can serve his time in any prison, including a Florida location. "I asked him straight up, 'Did you have anything to do with my brother?'" His brother Ronnie, who was a minister there, officiated. She always . Mark Sievers was still . He'd previously agreed to a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 40-year-old man riding a motorcycle from Fort Myers died in the three-vehicle and motorcycle crash. At one point during the pregnancy, Bolin said Wright tried to get him to run his girlfriend off the road to "mess with her." 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. In fourth grade, Wright moved away to another school district, where he became friends with Mark 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. 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. 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 . Holistic physician Teresa Sievers, 46, was ambushed in Bonita Springs, Florida. He willgetcredit for 1,581 days already served in jail, the judge said. Jimmy Rodgers and I physically did it, but Mark Sievers was also involved in the planning, Wright told the court, adding that it was planned by Sievers because he had money problems. exploded onto the scene. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. 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. Rodgersis serving a six-month federal sentence for violating his probation when he traveled out of the state, as he was seen in a south Fort Myers Wal-Mart with Wright buying itemsthe day before the murder. Curtis Wayne Wright was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison in the homicide of Dr. Teresa Sievers. He was arrested for the murder soon after, but prosecutors later dropped the case due to a lack of evidence, saying they didn't believe his story. "I will never forget what that cop said to me," Bolin said. "It's tiny," she said. It all started when the cops found a sawed-off shotgun. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers. Mary Ann Groves was back in courtroom 8-A on Monday. Like Wright, Rodgers' arrest has left his family hard-pressed. The bride wore the dress she planned to marry Sievers in. Fryer also got to know Wright around the same time period. 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[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. pic.twitter.com/hL4rPtem3R, Law & Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) October 16, 2019. Wright was sentenced to twenty-five years, Rodgers was sentenced to life in prison, and Mark Sievers was sentenced to death. An appeal was automatically filed on Mark Sievers behalf. A few years ago, Donald cheated on his wife with Camilla and the two fathered a daughter named Dylan. Also in attendance was Mark Sievers, who stood beside Wright as he took his new bride, Angela, to be his third wife. In 2003, Teresa married Mark and the couple had two daughters. Prosecutors in the murder trial of Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 29, revealed the ostensible motive behind the brutal 2015 murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers, 46. 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. Rubio hopes to rebound four months after loss, In tough economic times, non-compete agreements are ending up in Collier courts, Southwest Florida is serious about fried chicken, and Cracklin' Jacks, they say, is seriously good, Demons Next Door: Coping with bad neighbors, Dr. Johnny's Car Clinic: What to do when your brakes pulse. Rodgerss former girlfriend Taylor Shomakertestified that he confessed the murder to her. In 2001, an Illinois inmate named Corey Lynn Fox confessed to killing a dozen people, including Bolin. Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Rodgers, both of Missouri, were charged. "I just tell her that justice will prevail.". 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. When asked who had killed Dr Sievers, he replied, I did and Jimmy Rodgers.. Sievers's husband, Mark. 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. 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. An award-winning journalist who has worked forRolling Stone and MTV News, Chris enjoys prog rock, cycling, Marvel movies, IPAs, and roller coasters. More: 'It's bittersweet, but justice has been served,' brother of Teresa Sievers says. 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. [15], On September 14, 2017, Crime Watch Daily released a video segment focusing on the murder. On December 4, 2019, he was convicted of first-degree murder and the jury unanimously recommended he receive the death penalty. Police also arrested Jimmy Rodgers, 25, and charged him in connection with the murder. Investigators believed shed arrived home from her flight, had walked into the kitchen and been attacked. ", Connect with this reporter: MichaelBraunNP (Facebook) @MichaelBraunNP (Twitter), Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. On Aug. 20, 2010, Rodgers was booked into the Sainte Genevieve County jail. His testimony., A victim was transported as a trauma alert after a rollover crash on US-41 South off Crystal Drive on Saturday. Wright had done some work on the computers at Teresas clinic and Sievers had been best man at Wrights wedding. Becker said Sievers made a comment that he had been trying to tell Wright he was bipolar since high school. En route, they stopped at a gas station and were caught on surveillance tape. Teresa Sievers (born Teresa Ann Grace Tottenham) was born on November 19, 1968, at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut. 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. Jimmy Ray Rodgers, left, and Wayne Wright are seen in surveillance video from a Florida Walmart the day before Dr. Teresa Sievers was murdered. Curtis Wayne Wright was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison in the homicide of Dr. Teresa Sievers. While waiting to stand trial in the federal firearms case, Rodgers was held in Sainte Genevieve County, about an hour south of St. Louis. How do you protect your children from predators? The two became friends, at one point taking turns as the wizard in the school's production of "The Wizard of Oz." Shes very distraught, said Karen Wideman, Angela Wrights mother. The victim,TeresaSievers,was found dead on the kitchen floorofher familys home on Jarvis Road in Bonita Springs on June 29, 2015. 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. Crader wasn't sure if Rodgers got the money he had talked about, but said the couple purchased a new van soon after. They called her, and Mark, but nobody could reach her. She said the area of Missouri that they are in is like a little commune. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Wright admitted to helping kill Dr. Sievers, and bargained down to second-degree murder. Online records confirm Wednesday's guilty verdict against Mark. There were signs of a forced entry, but confusingly, cash and valuables in the house hadnt been taken. About Public Member Trees. A judge in Jefferson County, south of St. Louis, signed off on the extradition of Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., 47, of Hillsboro. Wright told Mark that his only option was for her to die. Bolin said. 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. Their voices are finally heard, tonight at 9/8c only on #48Hours: https://t.co/PmP2LKmqjG pic.twitter.com/I4hb9qjJvd. Wright said Sievers had promised to pay him $10,000 to kill Teresa in a sickening murder-for-hire scheme. Because Sievers had told them to. There seemed to be no reason why Wright would take a violent friend on a road trip to murder his best friends wife. Had Teresa interrupted a robbery? The Missouri woman said she thinks her daughter should open her eyes and get her marriage annulled, but Angelais standing by him. They went off to a local supermarket and were seen on CCTV buying trash bags, wet wipes, black towels and a lock-picking kit. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. She dedicated her. A Florida man was convicted of murder and conspiracy for enlisting his best friend to kill his wife in 2015, PEOPLE confirms. 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. Jurors convicted him of second degree murder in October for the 2015 killing of Dr. Teresa Sievers. Investigators would later discover there were five insurance policies on Teresa totaling $4.433 million. He hadnt travelled alone either. After court, Teresa's sister, Anne Lisa, spoke to WINK, saying she was "so relieved, so relieved. The trailer Shomaker shared with Rodgers was owned by JV Contracting, Juliette said during a segment on the "Nancy Grace" show. "He was an expert at scheming to get girls. In exchange, Wright threw Sieverss husbandMark Sieversand Jimmy Ray Rodgersunder the bus. Bolin moved to Illinois a few years after high school and said Wright grew close to his older brother, Ronnie Bolin, in his absence. 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. After being found guilty of first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder, Mark Sievers was sentenced to death for first-degree murder. His arrest for the Sievers murder last week changed that. Shortly after his brother went missing, Greg Bolin said he met Wright at a Denny's in Fenton, Missouri. The victim, Teresa. 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 []. [9] On January 3, 2020, Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced him to death. Im confident well see it all the way through the complete closure. Police arrested two men from Missouri for the crime: Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. and Jimmy Ray Rodgers. Then a visit to her home revealed Teresa had made it back to the house that night but had never left. At the funeral, he gave a speech and said, "I was, and still am, the luckiest man in the world. I think he could switch it on and off. Curtis Wrights the only one that ever hit that woman and hes lying to you to save his own worthless skin they said. "Everybody knowseverybody. 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. Sievers and Wright had grown up together in Missouri and had remained best friends all their lives. Greg Bolin first met Wright in the third grade in the town of Hillsboro, Missouri, about 45 minutes south of St. Louis. I'm just so glad it's over. When word of Teresas death became public knowledge, other theories started to circulate. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. Wright and Rodgers killed Teresa Sievers with hammers after she returned home alone from a family vacation, prosecutors said. About two years after Sievers and Fryer split up, a man named Greg Bolin married Fryer in a ceremony at the Church of God just up the road from his childhood home. "We're cautious with what we talk about," she said. In 1996, she graduated from the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica. In August 2015, police acted on a tip and arrested Rodgers and Wright in Missouri. ", Are you viewing this story on our app? She claimed that Rodgers had told her that Mark Sievers had hired Wright, who then hired Rodgers to murder his wife for life insurance money. Detectives in Jefferson County, Missouri, say Curtis Wayne Wright is a person of interest in Bolins disappearance. Although a jury found me guilty, I am innocent of all charges, he said. Neighbor Jimmy Ball lived next to the Rodgerses for about eight or nine years before the sons sold the house. [12] On December 1, 2022, Sievers filed a new motion for a rehearing in hopes of reversing the ruling. The two men then drove over 1,000 miles to the home of Teresa Sievers in Bonita Springs, Florida. It is pretty crazy. Teresa, then 46, was found on June 29, 2015, bludgeoned to death on the kitchen floor of the family's Bonita Springs, Florida, home. 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.. The video went viral on their YouTube channel and has since received over thirteen million views.[18]. The motive was the money that Sievers promised them once the job was done. Wright was well liked and voted senior class president. 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. And Im truly sorry, Im sorry. #SieversTrial #WrightSentencing @winknews pic.twitter.com/8cfXcRmfuQ, Brooke Shafer (@BrookeWINKNews) February 10, 2020. Each episode has multiple titles, referencing the simultaneous storylines contained within. On Sept. 17, 2020, [], A North Fort Myers man will spend 25 years in prison for four drug cases. Wideman said her daughter visits Wright in jail two or three times a week. Shomaker asked if it was with a gun and Rodgers said, no it was a hammer. [emailprotected]. "She said they're trying to railroad him," Wideman said of her daughter. [14] Three years later in February 2020, they aired another episode that focused on the murder trials that followed her killing. Wright had gone to Teresa and Marks wedding, and had even attended Teresas funeral. The two became friends and, later, co-defendants: Wright also was arrested in Sievers' death this past August following an eight-week investigation. 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. He's accused of recruiting childhood friend, 51-year-old Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to help carry out the gruesome crime. A motive was still undetermined but then, after initially denying being involved, Wright started talking. "He was always messing with guns and knives and playing Army, and he was a little devil, you know. 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. One of the founders of seminal gangster rap group N.W.A., Eric Wright grew up on the streets of Compton, California. I said, 'I don't know. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Students, staff, family, and friends came together on Friday for the annual unified basketball game at Fort Myers High School. When the friend went inside, however, they found Sievers dead on the floor. That same weekend, Shomaker was in Missouri, throwing a baby shower for a friend, Wendy Crader. Sentencing dates for Rodgers and Wright have not been scheduled. The jury agreed with the prosecution that Rodgers and Curtis Wayne Wright carried out the murder. In the senior superlatives, his classmates dubbed him most dependable. Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. 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Wright admitted to the killing while testifying on behalf of. 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. Olivarez pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony. While in Missouri for Wright's. "I thought he was a good guy," she said. Fryer described Sievers as a sweet guy and said she didn't have anything bad to say about him. Believe me, Wayne was a pretty smooth talker, very convincing. As she took her final breath after a hammer beating she saw a very familiar face. The fire has been called The Jung Fire. Crews have been working overnight to contain the blazes. [10] He remains on death row at Union Correctional Institution. Prior to the sentencing, hed served over 1,400 days in jail, which he was given credit for. 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. While Mark had initially been cooperative and handed over his cell phone to investigators, he later refused to cooperate. After arriving home, Sievers was murdered. [11] On November 17, 2022, his conviction was affirmed by the Florida Supreme Court and his death row appeal was denied. 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. 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. In May, he married her niece, Angela, in a ceremony she said she did not attend. It can never be long enough, but my client did what he needed to do and was a very importantpartof the trials. 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. Fryer said she was introduced to Sievers through her mother, who worked with him at a 7-Eleven in Manchester, Missouri. "I remember him saying he's a really. "I remember him saying he's a really nice kid and he was just transporting his dad's guns from the house and got caught," she recalled. Wideman said her daughter is sureWright will be headed to Florida. Teresa Sievers was her familys strength, inspiration and caretaker, her mother said.