She was the valedictorian of her high school class. "That is an astonishing photo," Williams said of seeing the men pictured side by side. Sievers' attorney Lee Hollander argued that bond be set at $250,000. And he thought that was a jarring note on that day that Mark came to the funeral with a gun under his jacket.". However, this carelessness enabled the police to backtrack their moves and arrest them. obviously looking at that security footage from the Walmart they're able to pretty quickly determine who was with Wayne," Lipscomb said of the video. "And I sat in the room, five, 10 minutes, maybe 15 minutes," Pais continued. Petrites found Sievers in the kitchen and called 911. Like, "Dr. Sievers, you know, she's a -- she's a bitch.". She was discovered lying on the kitchen floor and investigators found a hammer next to her body. In the months after Teresa Sievers murder, her husband Mark and their two daughters weren't living in the home in Bonita Springs where she was killed. Tottenham ran from the restaurant. Mr. I said, 'Holy crap. Teresa Sievers was born in Connecticut. Investigators wondered if that's where Mark hatched a plan with the two men. "Never heard of him," Weckelman said. Annie Lisa to detective: I also heard her say over the years, that you know, Sandra was bad mouthing Teresa. "I never felt Jimmy was a dangerous guy. "Told some people he was even going to visit the Sievers.". "He liked to tell a lot of stories. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. 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. Create a new listing to sell your artwork with Art Brokerage's online marketplace. June 29: Teresa Sievers' body is found in her home after she didn't show up for work. Moriarty asked. "They made no effort to cover their faces? "He was the computer guy that looked just like Mark," Hoskins replied. Their voices are finally heard, tonight at 9/8c only on #48Hours: https://t.co/PmP2LKmqjG pic.twitter.com/I4hb9qjJvd. Asked how Mark reacted to the death of his wife, Reiss said, "He couldn't speak. Hed previously agreed to a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. But Rodgers texted him back and said he wasn't available. "When you heard that Teresa had been murdered, did it occur to either one of you that Mark might be involved?" Moriarty asked the couple. Her RHONJ star mom gushed overher lookalike daughter in a sweet tribute post. https://t.co/ogFltb3OdA pic.twitter.com/2Bp1Mi57mo. Mark and Teresa had two daughters Josephine and Carmela. For her ninth birthday, her aunt Dawn had sent her a spray for her blond hair and a book about mermaids. Moriarty asked. Two sources told the Daily News that Sievers was killed with a hammer. "So that's not a realistic consideration.". "He wasn't talking with investigators anymore. Teresa was found bludgeoned to death in her kitchen while Mark was in Connecticut with their two daughters. "I remain astonished by why it had to be done with such savagery," she told Moriarty of the doctor being struck with a hammer 17 times. "It's almost like he had, like, a thick skin. "I'm sorry, honey," he would be like. Dr. Teresa Sievers was brutally murdered on June 28, 2015, at her home in Bonita Springs, after being struck in the skull with a hammer. I Love you my beautiful Gia. 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Hours after Teresa's funeral, investigators had watched him throw computer equipment into a dumpster behind the couple's medical office. Erin Moriarty asked his stepsister and stepmother. "Self-preservation is a powerful thing," Lipscomb commented. "Definitely, I mean there was really no -- no putting Wayne in Florida in Bonita Springs inside their house without Mark knowing about it," she replied. What do you say? On June 29 of this year, Dawn Tottenham had just sat down to brunch with her sister Dacy Knight. I said, 'absolutely not,'" said Pais. Then, Tottenham got a call from her brother, Pat, who told her that Tottenham's sister, Teresa Sievers, had died. Rodgers chose not to speak on his own behalf, and the judge called it one of the most horrific crimes he ever tried. 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? But it wasn't long before Bolin suspected Wayne Wright had a dark side. I think it might be ice., [Feature Photo: Teresa Sievers, Mark Sievers/Police Handout], Attorney for Kristin Smarts Convicted Murderer Challenges Conviction 2 Weeks Before Sentencing, 4 Dead, Including 13-Year-Old Boy, in Suspected Murder-Suicide, Soft Swinging Mormon Mom TikToker Threw a Chair That Hit Her 5-Year-Old Daughter in Argument With Boyfriend. When Rodgers and Wright arrived around 6 a.m., authorities believe they turned off the house alarm. His daughters were taken into custody by state officials the same day. They say the Sievers allowed Wright to access everything from his home in Missouri. Photos of the dumpster were also included in Thursdays document release (above). It was -- yeah, they were his reason for being," she replied. Yes. 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. It was June of 2015 when Dr. Teresa Sievers was found dead at her home, lying on the kitchen floor with a broken skull. An autopsy showed that she had been beaten to death. He had an uncanny resemblance to the victim's husband, Mark Sievers. The two men attacked her in the kitchen and struck her repeatedly with a hammer. 'This murder was committed in expectation of Wright getting paid an undisclosed amount of money from Mark Sievers and then in turn, he was to pay Rodgers $10,000 for his involvement,' detectives said in the probable cause statement. Rodgers initially faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty. What they did behind closed doors, no one knew about," Pais said. Or was he betrayed by his best friend? Detective: I'll be right back, is that all right? Moriarty asked the couple. In February 2016, Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced for 25 years behind bars. "Every time," Hoskins said. Investigators believe that as soon as Dr. Sievers walked into her kitchen, she was killed struck repeatedly with a hammer. The two girls have been a central point of love and mourning for Sievers' family members. A lot of things he told at the time, nobody really believed Jimmy," Conway explained. 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. Teresa and Mark Sievers ran a practice called Restorative Health and Healing Center, which focused on holistic and integrated medicine. After being found guilty of first-degree murder and the conspiracy to commit murder, Mark Sievers was sentenced to death for first-degree murder. "Yeah, that was his lingo," said Hoskins. Three years later the couple divorced, and Teresa met another man called Mark Sievers through his sister, with whom she was good friends. "So we showed up to a press conference, I believe, that August. Their last and final stop in the city was the Sievers residence again, which is when they killed her. The comments on the GoFundMe page are filled with heartfelt tributes to Sievers from patients and community members who loved and appreciated her work. "No," Lipscomb said. 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. And it wasn't nothing of sorrow or sadness. "At least in pictures, they look like twins," Moriarty noted. Tottenham said Sievers' arrest Friday, while a relief in many ways, has dealt another blow. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. 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. Sievers' arrest Friday on second-degree murder charges brought relief for Tottenham, 40, as both girls were taken into state custody. Why was Jimmy "The Hammer" Rodgers in Florida that fateful weekend? Sievers and Wright had been childhood friends in Missouri. Bolin remembers his high school classmate, Wright, as a tech whiz, the kid voted most dependable, and as a fun guy to hang around with. Wright was at Teresa's funeral, he had celebrated Mark and Teresa's wedding with them, and just two months before the murder, Mark had been Wright's best man at his wedding. In 2011 he was serving time for drug possession when he befriended the other suspect in Dr. Sievers' murder: a young inmate named Jimmy Ray Rodgers who was doing time on a weapons charge. Tottenham is again spreading the word about a fundraiser for the girls' college tuition. "I think, you know, he always keeps an eye and an ear to the ground, so to speak, and is aware of his surroundings and you know he -- he was concerned for their safety.". He first met Wright in the third grade. I stepped back. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. I am so proud of you how much you have grown this past few years. The teen looked lovely in an auburn-colored gown in a series of photos and videos mom Teresa shared to her Instagram stories, posing with her date and showing all smiles for the high school event. Eight months after Teresa passed away, Mark Sievers was arrested on charges of first-degree murder and eventually was convicted. "No. "I know that terrible things do happen and people do things to people that they love. Wayne Wright would travel from Missouri to Florida to work on the computers in Dr. Sievers' office. "from ages and ages so I didn't believe it. "They both were having relationship with other people. "Her husband didn't get what he wanted. When Marks mother Bonnie requested the transfer of the temporary custody to her, a judge denied the motion. I am so lucky to be your dad. "I hugged him. Dr. Teresa Sievers. There were signs of a forced entry -- pry marks on a side door -- but Mark's extensive gun collection and $40,000 in cash discovered inside the Sievers' home hadn't been touched. Her husband, Mark, was the only other person in the home at the time of her death. "But he was also all about Teresa and her mission.". Moriarty asked Connie Reiss. "How did Mark feel about being a dad?" TIMELINE June 28: Dr. Teresa Sievers bludgeoned to death in her Bonita Springs home after flying back from a family gathering in Connecticut. An Indiegogo fund-raiser also raised more than $8300 for the girls college education, which was 41% of the mentioned $20,000 goal. "They didn't look alike when they were young," Missouri friend Greg Bolin explained. Even two lovely daughters were born to the couple. He also said that Sievers had offered him ten grand to get the job done. 48 Hours has been on air since 1988, and for good reason. Moriarty asked Weckelman and Reiss. On June 28, 2015, Dr. Teresa Sievers was brutally murdered after someone hit her with a hammer in the head at her house in Bonita Springs. The daughters of Lee County murder defendant Mark Sievers will remain in the temporary custody of their maternal grandmother as the case moves toward trial, a Lee County judge ruled Monday. "So when this happened, everyone wanted to know what happened with the alarm. Reiss and Mark became family when her mother married his father. He just didn't care," said Pais. When the friend went inside, however, they found Sievers dead on the floor. On June 28, 2015, Mark Sievers' wife, Teresa Sievers, left a family vacation and returned alone to her Bonita Springs home. That's all I can tell you.". He claimed that Teresa was going to separate his daughters from him and that he could not afford a custody battle. In the months. Less than an hour later, in the early morning hours of Monday, June 29, the GPS shows Rodgers and Wright on the highway headed northbound for the 17-hour drive back to Missouri. Pat couldn't tell Tottenham how Sievers had died, so Monday morning was a confusing blur until later in the afternoon, when the two received horrifying news from another of Tottenham's siblings. Mark Sievers has been charged in the slaying of Teresa. "Which one do investigators believe did the killing?" Dr. Teresa Sievers was a 46-years-old wife, and mother of two girls. In May, Sievers appeared on the cover of Naples-based eBella Magazine for her work. said Reiss. In her police interview, Dr. Sievers' sister, Annie Lisa, said she heard Sandra Hoskins was a disgruntled employeethat's the same woman who seemed so upset by the doctor's death. Sievers often wrote for local publications about women's health issues and was actively involved in the community. Lysa Heslov directs and executive produces the docuseries, which recounts the horrific events of 2015 that led to the brutal murder of 46-year-old Dr. Teresa Sievers, when she returned home after . She claimed that the two had suffered severe psychological and emotional trauma in the wake of these incidents. 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. Teresa Giudices Fiance Luis Ruelas Video Controversy: Everything To Know, A post shared by THE REAL HOUSEWIVES (@housewives_obsessed), Milania Giudice also celebrated a major milestone in 2021: her 15th birthday, on February 2. 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