Scott signs extradition for Sievers murder suspect

Governor Rick Scott signed extradition papers for one of the two men accused of killing Bonita Springs Dr. Teresa Sievers.

The application for Wayne Wright would allow deputies to move him from a county jail in Missouri to Lee County.

Scott has not signed an application for the second suspect is Sievers’ murder, Jimmy Rodgers. He is currently serving six months in a federal prison in Missouri for probation violation.

Lee County deputies say Wright and Rodgers were at a Wal-Mart in Lee County the day before the Sievers was killed.

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