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NAPLES Similarities between Sievers and Schiano murder cases The Trials End murder case of Mario Schiano has shocking similarities to another well-known Southwest Florida case: The murder of Teresa Sievers.
BONITA SPRINGS Florida Supreme Court rejects Mark Sievers’ appeal of murder conviction The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Mark Sievers’ appeal of his first-degree murder conviction and corresponding death sentence, as well as his conviction for conspiracy to commit murder. “We are relieved, to say the least,” said Annie Lisa, Teresa’s sister. According to court documents, Sievers’ lawyers argued in the appeal that the trial court’s […]
SOUTH BAY, FLA. Teresa Sievers’ convicted killer Jimmy Rodgers claims innocence, plans to file for new trial In a WINK News exclusive, for the first time, one of the three convicted killers in the death of Dr. Teresa Sievers is speaking out. Mark Sievers, Teresa’s husband, is on death row, convicted of hiring two people to do it. Curtis Wayne Wright, Mark’s childhood friend, took a plea to testify and got 25 […]
LEE COUNTY Teresa Sievers’ convicted killer Jimmy Rodgers files second appeal Jimmy Rodgers, who was convicted of second-degree murder, is currently serving a life sentence for the death of local doctor Teresa Sievers, but he isn’t giving up and accepting his fate.
TALLAHASSEE Mark Sievers takes appeal to Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday Mark Sievers’ attorneys are set to argue in front of Florida’s highest court that he deserves a new trial on Tuesday. Sievers was found guilty in 2019 of orchestrating the death of his wife Teresa Sievers, a well-known doctor in Southwest Florida. Sievers hired his longtime friend Curtis Wayne Wright and Jimmy Rodgers to kill […]
FORT MYERS Florida’s death row inmates received thousands of dollars from stimulus checks Stimulus checks from the federal government that were meant to help struggling people ended up in the hands of prisoners. WINK News found out a few inmates got their payday as well. A couple of them are responsible for some of Southwest Florida’s most notorious crimes. While people work to make ends meet due to […]
TALLAHASSEE Florida Supreme Court hears Mark Sievers appeal Mark Sievers and his defense team are fighting for a new trial after he was sentenced to death in 2020 for orchestrating the murder of his wife Dr. Teresa Sievers. On Tuesday, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments from prosecutors and Sievers’ attorney. Mark Sievers was not present for the hearing. He is on death […]
LEE COUNTY Jimmy Rodgers appeals conviction in murder of Teresa Sievers Attorneys for one of the men convicted in the murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers filed an appeal on his behalf Thursday. Jimmy Rodgers was convicted of being involved in the killing of Sievers inside her Bonita Springs home in 2015 and was sentenced to life in prison in 2019. Her husband Mark Sievers was found […]
FORT MYERS State responds to Mark Sievers’ appeal Mark Sievers, convicted of orchestrating the death of his wife Dr. Teresa Sievers, received a response to his appeal. In it, the state pushed back hard on the defense’s motion that Sievers deserves a new trial. Sievers was convicted in 2019 for the 2015 death of Dr. Sievers. Now in 2021, his lawyers are fighting […]
(CBS News "48 Hours") “The Plot to Kill Dr. Teresa Sievers” to air on CBS’s “48 Hours” Saturday The murder of a beloved Southwest Florida doctor grabbed national headlines as her husband became the prime suspect back in 2015. Dr. Teresa Sievers was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in her home by men hired by her husband, Mark Sievers. WINK News covered three months of trials as three men were ultimately convicted […]