Mark Sievers to Appear at a Hearing This Afternoon

Mark Sievers lost his parental rights to his two daughters at a hearing a few weeks ago. Custody was awarded to the girls’ maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Groves, who moved from Connecticut to Florida after her daughter Teresa’s brutal murder in late June 2015. Mark Sievers is charged with first degree murder and is facing the death penalty. He allegedly hired a childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, to murder his wife Teresa while he and his daughters remained in New England on a family vacation. Teresa, a doctor, had returned to their Bonita Springs, Florida home a few days early. She was bludgeoned to death when she arrived at the house. Curtis Wright allegedly hired a friend, Jimmy Rodgers, to help him carry out the attack. Wright has already pled guilty to murder in exchange for truthful testimony against Mark…