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Did a Florida man hire a look-alike to kill his wife?

Did a Florida man hire a look-alike to kill his wife?

CBSN
Sunday, July 21, 2024 03:07:35 AM UTC

This story previously aired on Aug. 22, 2020. BONNIE SIEVERS: So, I really feel it's my fault [crying]. ANNIE LISA [police interview]: You may not like your boss, but you don't bad mouth them to patients that are coming in the doors like "Dr. Sievers, you know, she's a-she's a bitch." WINK-TV report: Teresa Sievers was bludgeoned to death with a hammer … Neighbors are still waiting for answers. BONNIE SIEVERS: I was not there at 6:09 in the morning. TAYLOR SHOMAKER: …he said, "throw this into the river" and it took me a minute to click in ... And then I threw the gloves out and then waited a minute and then I threw out the jumpsuit… TAYLOR SHOMAKER: And he told me about using a hammer on her. TAYLOR SHOMAKER: And then asked him how he was going to make money and it was murdering Mark's wife. JUDGE: Mr. Wright, why are you pleading guilty today to second-degree murder? HAMID HUNTER | ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY: This case was about the perfect marriage. The perfect friendship. The perfect alibi. The perfect murder … HAMID HUNTER: Mr. Wright hit her with the hammer. Hit her again. Mr. Rodgers came out of nowhere … Mr. Rodgers engages with his hammer. And he starts hitting, hitting her, hitting her. KATHLEEN FITZGEORGE: What you heard from the state attorney is what they believe or expect or hope the evidence will show, but it's a bumpy road because they haven't told you everything. PROSECUTOR CYNTHIA ROSS | PROSECUTOR: Is this how you found this jumpsuit on the side of the road in Cadet, Missouri? TAYLOR SHOMAKER: And then I asked him "how" and he said, "with a hammer." PROSECUTOR: Mr. Wright, who killed Dr. Sievers? DONALD MCFARLANE | RODGERS' DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Curtis Wright's the only one that ever hit that woman and he's lying to you to save his own worthless skin. … Jimmy didn't have a hammer. CYNTHIA ROSS | PROSECUTOR: This is a case which 21st century technology became vital — cell towers … cell tower dumps, call detail records — that allowed massive amounts of data to sorted, organized, and searched MICHAEL MUMMERT | SIEVERS' DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Curtis swings that hammer [yells "BANG"] at the side of the head, followed by another one across the bridge of the nose … PROSECUTOR: Did he tell you how much money he expected to be making from this? ATTORNEY: Mr. Wright, who killed Dr. Teresa Sievers? ATTORNEY: Why did you do it? WAYNE WRIGHT: The only option … that he had was for her to die and he said that he needed to have her killed. MARK SIEVERS: I'm not going to testify, but I would like to go home. MARK SIEVERS: Although a jury found me guilty, I am innocent of all charges as I have maintained since this heinous crime took place. [Sievers chokes up while reading his statement] Our girls have tragically lost their mommy, and now they are about to lose their daddy, as well. JUDGE BRUCE KYLE: I judge people's actions. I don't judge people's souls. That's for somebody else to do. Sir, I am going to go ahead and adjudicate you guilty on each count on the first count, first-degree murder, it's the order of the court that you be sentenced to death, sir.

Produced by Marcelena Spencer, Susan Mallie and Lisa Freed   DETECTIVE: You can't, you cannot blame yourself. COP: It was turned off at 6:09. DETECTIVE: Did you ask why, or you just did it? DETECTIVE:  OK.  And he said that he killed Teresa Sievers, Mark's wife   — DETECTIVE: He said that Mark hired Wayne – WAYNE WRIGHT: I'm pleading guilty because of my role in the planning and participating in the murder of Teresa Sievers. INVESTIGATOR: Yes. WAYNE WRIGHT: I did and Jimmy Rodgers. MICHAEL MUMMERT: Curtis says, "I struck Teresa three times in the head with a hammer, but Jimmy did the rest …" TAYLOR SHOMAKER: Yes. WAYNE WRIGHT: Jimmy Rodgers and I physically did it, but Mark Sievers was also involved in the planning. WAYNE WRIGHT: I was asked to do it.

When high-profile physician Teresa Sievers was found murdered in her Bonita Springs, Florida, home – bludgeoned with a hammer – there were no immediate suspects and her husband had a rock-solid alibi.  BONNIE SIEVERS: …. someone was in there? TAYLOR SHOMAKER: No, I just did it. I was scared. TAYLOR SHOMAKER: Yeah. TAYLOR SHOMAKER:  Yes, and Wayne hired him.  Mark didn't know anything about Jimmy PROSECUTOR: How many times did you hit Dr. Sievers with that hammer? PROSECUTOR: And what did he tell you? ATTORNEY: By whom?

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