In summer of 2015, a brutal crime scene was uncovered in the Bonita Springs home of a wealthy and well-known holistic medicine physician. In the middle of the kitchen lay the bludgeoned body of a woman, her head caved in by blows from a hammer. The murder completely gripped the nation but it wouldn’t take long until a trail of proverbial breadcrumbs led right to the doorstep of the guilty party.
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SOURCES –
Naples Daily News, 1 July, 2015 – “Dr. Teresa Siev”
Naples Daily News, 1 July, 2015 – “Neighbors of Dead Doctor in Fear After Slaying”
The Commerical Appeal, 2 July, 2015 – “Colleague of Slain Estero Doctor Reflects on ‘Mother Teresa’”
CBS – 4 KMOV, 27 August, 2015 – “Two Missouri Men Accused in Florida Woman’s Death”
Naples Daily News, 27 August, 2015 – “Two Charged in Slaying of Estero Doctor”
Naples Daily News, 29 August, 2015 – “Accused Pair Had Socialized Together”
Naples Daily News, 31 August, 2015 – “New Clues Emerging in Death of Bonita Doctor”
Naples Daily News, 12 September, 2015 – “Missouri Man Accused in Bonita Springs Doctor’s Killing Considered Person of Interest”
Naples Daily News, 24 September, 2015 – “Reports Detail Why Sievers Suspect is Person of Interest”
Charlotte Sun, 23 October, 2015 – “Sievers Murder Suspect’s Attorney Preparing for Trial”
Naples Daily News, 19 November, 2015 – “On Her Birthday, Friends and Family Remember Slain Bonita Doctor”
Naples Daily News, 31 October, 2015 – “Tangled Web Surrounds Suspects”
Naples Daily News, 1 December, 2015 – “Mark Sievers Planned His Wife’s Killing with Longtime Friend”
Charlotte Sun, 2 December, 2015 – “Sievers’ Husband Hired Killers in Her Murder”
Naples Daily News, 2 December, 2015 – “DCF Reviewing Welfare of Children After Documents Show Investigators Believe Mark Sievers Helped Plan Wife’s Killing”
Naples Daily News, 3 February, 2016 – “Sister of Slain Bonita Springs Doctor Teresa Sievers Said She Had No Reason to Believe Victim’s Husband Involved”
Naples Daily News, 26 February, 2016 – “Mark Sievers, Husband of Slain Bonita Springs Doctor, Arrested”
Naples Daily News, 27 February, 2016 – “Daughters of Accused Murderer Mark Sievers Face Uncertain Future at Monday Custody Hearing”
Vista Seminal, 1 March, 2016 – “New Documents Detail Mark Sievers’ Behaviour Following Wife’s Killing”
Naples Daily News, 25 March, 2016 – “Mother of Slain Bonita Doctor Files for Custody of Grandkids”
Vista Semanal, 21 April, 2016 – “Mark Sievers’ Friend Flipped on Him”
Vistal Seminal, 4 May, 2016 – “Mark Sievers, Jimmy Rodgers Indicted on 1-st Degree Murder”
Charlotte Sun, 7 May, 2016 – “A Key Witness Describes Life Before, After Sievers Killing”
Naples Daily News, 11 May, 2016 – “Mark Sievers Argues His Mother Should Care for His Children”
Vista Seminal, 16 May, 2016 – “Daughters Of Slain Dr. Teresa Sievers to Remain With Her Mother”
Naples Daily News, 24 June, 2016 – “Defendant in Teresa Sievers Case Tells Authorities He Was First to Hit Her”
Charlotte Sun, 3 July, 2016 – “Teresa Sievers Was a Big Hearted Visionary”
Naples Daily News, 18 May, 2017 – “Sievers’ Journal Detailed Troubles”
Naples Daily News, 10 October, 2019 – “She Was My Sister and the Love of my Life”
Naples Daily News, 10 October, 2019 – “Defence in Jimmy Rodger’s Trial Rests”
Naples Daily News, 15 October, 2019 – “Prosecution Links Key Evidence in Jimmy Rodger’s Murder Trial”
Naples Daily News, 18 October, 2019 – “Depictions of a Plan Come Out”
Naples Daily News, 22 October, 2019 – “Rodgers Case Will Go To Jury Today”
Naples Daily News, 20 November, 2019 – “Investigators Testify in Mark Sievers Murders Trial”
Naples Daily News, 21 November, 2019 – “Curits Wayne Wright Testified at Mark Sievers Trial”
AUDIO SOURCES –
“Verdict: Jimmy Rodgers Guilty”
“Dr. Teresa Sievers with Dr. Robert Korolevich, Internist, Age Management Doctor”
“Unedited testimony: Curtis Wright in the Jimmy Rodgers murder trial”
“East Meets West: Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit”
“Mark Sievers Trial – Opening Statements”
