Mark Sievers Granted Death Sentence Appeal Extension in Murder of Gorgeous Mom/Doctor Found Bludgeoned Dead on Kitchen Floor

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🗓️ 7 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A judge has granted an extension for closing arguments in Mark Sievers' latest appeal. State prosecutors and Mark Sievers' defense had 45 days to file written closing arguments. It was due a week from Monday, Dec. 15. November 19th, Sievers post conviction attorneys, Megan Montagno, Julissa Fontan and John LoBianco, filed a motion seeking the time extension. They cited the impending execution of another death row inmate they represent. Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle granted the extension.

A beautiful and brilliant medical doctor, Dr. Teresa Sievers, takes her family on a vacation trip to visit extended relatives with her husband and her two little girls.

Teresa comes home early, leaving family behind in Connecticut so she can go to work the next morning. Mark Sievers calls a co-worker of his wife to go to the home and check on her when she doesn't show up.

Dr. Teresa Sievers was found brutally bludgeoned, still wearing the outfit, complete with high-heeled shoes, she wore home from the airport Sunday night. The kitchen is covered in blood, a hammer by her side.

Husband Mark Sievers is ultimately charged with murder, accused of arranging for his childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, to murder his wife.

Wright pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder, cooperating with prosecutors in Mark Sievers's trial. Sievers is convicted and now is appealing his death sentence.

Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the case:

Ashley Willcott: Judge and trial attorney, Anchor on Court TV, www.ashleywillcott.com
James Shelnutt: Attorney, served 27 years as Atlanta Metro Major Case Detective, SWAT Officer
Bethany Marshall: Psychologist
Dr. Tim Gallagher: Medical Examiner
Amanda Hall: Reporter, WINK TV, Ft Myers, Florida

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.8	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
0:10.8	It's the 10th anniversary of a murder that shocked not just Southwest Florida, but beyond.
0:19.1	Do you recall the name Dr. Teresa Severs because I will never forget it?
0:25.3	Her husband, Mark Severs and his high school buddy who was a doppelganger, get together and
0:32.6	murder his wife, the mother of their two little girls. She was everything, just precious, cute as a button,
0:41.4	a tiny diminutive woman.
0:44.8	The mother of the two, she was a medical doctor.
0:47.5	Listen, she not only brought home the bacon, but fried it up and put it on the table.
0:53.7	You see what I'm saying? She
0:54.5	supported him. How did he repay her? By killing her. I mean, and believe it or not,
1:02.8	Mark Severs, the killer, now wants out of jail on appeal. Surprised?
1:12.6	I'm not.
1:13.6	I'm Nancy Grace.
1:14.6	This is crime stories.
1:16.6	I want to thank you for being with us.
1:19.6	He just won't go away, will he?
1:22.6	After evidence proved him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Mark Severs now decides, hey, I want to get out of
1:29.8	jail. He should have thought about that before he had his wife murdered in this elaborate plan.
1:35.9	Ridiculous? His main point of contention is Jimmy Rogers, one of the convicted killers hired by Severs to murder his wife.
1:51.0	Now, Jimmy Rogers claimed in an interview with Wink, W-I-N-K, that there was no conspiracy,
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