By Jessica Lipscomb of the Naples Daily News. Chelsea Wideman, 24, died March 15 from complications of the flu, pneumonia and a MRSA infection. I wish there was a way to change what happened, but I cant, Wright said. In 2015, holistic doctor Teresa Sievers returned to her home from a family trip ahead of her husband and children. 0 HEAD 1 SOUR PAF 2 NAME Personal Ancestral File 2 VERS 4.0.4.18 2 CORP The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3 ADDR 50 East North Temple Street 4 CONT Salt Lake City, U Three separate people have since been charged and sentenced in connection with the murder. Wright wore handcuffs and a tan Charlotte County jumpsuit while sitting at the defense table. ", Speaking to the Naples Daily News, Teresa's brother, Patrick Tottenham, said, "We are obviously very happy with the verdict. On Sept. 17, 2020, [], A North Fort Myers man will spend 25 years in prison for four drug cases. Although a jury found me guilty, I am innocent of all charges, he said. Prosecutors said Wright and Rodgers ambushed Dr. Sievers when she returned home alone from a family vacation. She was last seen alive on surveillance video at the airport in Florida. 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. They also recommended death. Moments before Wright was sentenced, he apologized to the victims mother. NFL Combine 2023 full schedule. About eight weeks later, on June 29, Dr. Sievers was found bludgeoned to death in her home in Bonita Springs. Mark attended the funeral and walked down the church aisle with his two daughters, appearing distraught. The motive was the money that Sievers promised them once the job was done. The reason? Sievers was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the plot to kill his wife. Wright had done some work on the computers at Teresas clinic and Sievers had been best man at Wrights wedding. [13], In February 2017, the CBS News documentary show, 48 Hours, aired an episode that focused on the murder of Teresa Sievers. Somehow, it will come out. It is pretty crazy. During his testimony, Wright admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. Wright received his 25-year sentence in February this year. An autopsy indicated the daughter died from blows to the head. Neighbor Jimmy Ball lived next to the Rodgerses for about eight or nine years before the sons sold the house. "I thought at first he just might be bipolar," she said. Through a relative, Shomaker declined to be interviewed. Everyone assumed the shock was making him act out of character. #SieversTrial Hunter shows the jury Secret Communications between Sievers and Wright about the prepaid burner phones. Detectives have continued to look at Wright as a person of interest, most recently making contact with him just before he was extradited to Florida in the Sievers case. Investigators believe he hired two men to kill his wife, Teresa, 46; Jimmy Rodgers and Curtis Wayne Wright Jr charged with murder; Teresa was found dead in her Bonita Springs, Florida, home on June 29 The entire family is. Mark, her husband of over 10 years, stayed with the girls. Mark Sievers asked if Wright was back on drugs but she said she didn't believe so. I wish that there was a way, anything at all I could do to change what happened, he said. For almost 50 years, Doc Watson was the most illustrious name in traditional American folk music. [15], On September 14, 2017, Crime Watch Daily released a video segment focusing on the murder. Rodger's girlfriend helped police with their investigation and told them that Rodgers had admitted to killing Teresa Sievers. 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. 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. Bolin reconnected with Wright when his family moved back to Hillsboro in the middle of high school. Wrights plea agreement required that he provided substantial assistance to prosecutors in the case against the two other suspects. He's accused of recruiting childhood friend, 51-year-old Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., to help carry out the gruesome crime. We will be completely grateful for every donation. Have a tip or story idea? She had returned early from a family vacation that Sievers remained on. The jury agreed with the prosecution that Rodgers and Curtis Wayne Wright carried out the murder. Mark Sievers was charged with first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder. "[7], No leads came in the case for nearly two months. Asked how her daughter views the arrest, Wideman said: How can a wife not believe her husband?. It was a brutal end for a woman who was trying to save lives. Wright, the third suspect in the murder, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence. 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 role in the death of the Bonita Springs. Shes very distraught, said Karen Wideman, Angela Wrights mother. They then returned to Teresa's home and waited for several hours until she returned. Shomaker asked if it was with a gun and Rodgers said, no it was a hammer. pic.twitter.com/Bla425Q7TV, Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) January 3, 2020. Were they connected? Theyattended grade school together in Missouri and have been best friends since. Years earlier, while living and working in New York under the name Angela Williamson, another daughter was tragically taken from her. 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. Shortly after his brother went missing, Greg Bolin said he met Wright at a Denny's in Fenton, Missouri. Jimmy Rodgers and Curtis Wayne murdered Teresa Sievers The police were eventually pointed in the direction of two residents of Missouri, Jimmy Rodgers, and Curtis Wayne Wright. A Florida man was convicted of murder and conspiracy for enlisting his best friend to kill his wife in 2015, PEOPLE confirms. Jessica Lipscomb covers crime and general assignment at the Naples Daily News. "Jimmy was always hanging around with Wayne," she said, adding that Rodgers helped the family from time to time, offering transportation. The fire has been called The Jung Fire. Crews have been working overnight to contain the blazes. "I think he's innocent.". As more people start to pile into the area, and beaches reopen, the fish kill will become a bigger problem. Hours after Teresa's funeral, investigators had watched him throw computer equipment into a dumpster behind the couple's medical office. "I wasn't going to have any part of running a pregnant girl off the road," he said. Detectives in Jefferson County, Missouri, say Curtis Wayne Wright is a person of interest in Bolins disappearance. After arriving home, Sievers was murdered. Teresa, then 46, was found on June 29, 2015, bludgeoned to death on the kitchen floor of the family's Bonita Springs, Florida, home. 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. The alarm for the apartment had been disabled before Sievers arrived home. Officials said he was caught with 43 rifles, pistols and shotguns that belonged to his deceased father. She said the area of Missouri that they are in is like a little commune. Crader wasn't sure if Rodgers got the money he had talked about, but said the couple purchased a new van soon after. Stealing car stereos and, you know, car parts, and now he's moved into stealing cars. Was Wright jealous of the Sievers family? But ever since he was a small kid, he'd had guns and was obsessed with them.". One of the founders of seminal gangster rap group N.W.A., Eric Wright grew up on the streets of Compton, California. Neither of the defendants testified at trial. Thats for somebody else to do. He then sentenced Sievers, 51, to the death penalty. 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In January this year, Sievers made a statement at his sentencing saying he was innocent and heartbroken, adding that Teresa was his soulmate. #SieversTrial Shomaker testified that following Dr. Sievers murder she asked Rodgers if he killed her and he said yes. He is slated to appear in federal court Wednesday for a hearing related to a violation of probation. Bolin said. For Teresas family, it had been a long five-year wait for justice, but the pain of losing Teresa was just as raw. Cassandra Williamson, 6, barefoot and dressed only in her nightgown, was seen by witnesses riding piggyback on a man down the street to her death on Friday morning, the St. Louis County police Chief, Ron Battelle, said, the Times story read. Investigators believed shed arrived home from her flight, had walked into the kitchen and been attacked. [4] She had flown home alone so she could see patients at her clinic the following morning. A jury convicted Mark Sievers,. You have robbed usall of the most brilliant, unique and compassionate doctor and human being.. "I haven't seen Mark since the '90s.". Teresa Sievers (born Teresa Ann Grace Tottenham) was born on November 19, 1968, at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut. 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. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. They could not be reached for comment on Wednesday's verdict. [5] Her killers then left and drove back to Missouri in the early hours of June 29. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. Leaving a family holiday early might seem like an unusual thing for a mum to do, but as well as being devoted to her two young daughters, Doctor Teresa Sievers had also made a lifelong commitment to her patients.