#4, 5 & 6
Statement #1 of Mark Sievers:
In an interview with M. Sievers, he stated the decedent and their two children went on
vacation to New York and Connecticut on June 26, 2015 for the decedents
grandmothers 75,h birthday celebration. The family continued to spend the following two
days there before driving the decedent to the airport on June 28, 2015 in order for her to
return home to Florida. The last known contact that M. Sievers had with the decedent was
at approximately 10:53 p.m., when she texted him that she had landed safely, had gotten
something to eat and was leaving the parking garage. M. Sievers went on to explain that after learning of the decedent's failure to show up at work the following day, he tracked
her phone and saw that it was at their residence on Jarvis Road. After being unable to
contact the decedent, contact was later made with M. Petrites who was asked to conduct a
well being check, later resulting in discovery of the crime scene. M. Sievers stated he
does not know who would have wanted to hurt the decedent and noted there should not
have been any other person(s) home at the time of her arrival.
During the statement, M. Sievers stated he had a good marriage with the decedent
however the two often got on each others nerves.*' M. Sievers denied any suspicion or
allegation of infidelity and went on to confirm the two were taking active steps to
rekindle their relationship. When asked if any entry / exit points to the dwelling had
previous evidence of forced entry, M. Sievers stated there was not. M. Sievers stated his
mother, Bonnie Sievers, white female bom October 9, 1941 was tasked with looking after
the two dogs and cat on Jarvis Road and was arming and disarming the alarm system
when she checked on the dwelling. (Refer to audio / video / transcription for specific
detail).
Statement #2 of Mark Sievers:
On July I, 2015 at approximately 1 1:40 a.m,, M. Sievers met with detectives at the Lee
County Sheriffs Office Headquarters located at 14750 Six Mile Cypress Parkway to
provide an additional interview in an attempt to obtain further leads in finding his wifes
killer. The following is a result of said interview and is not verbatim:
During the interview, M. Sievers voluntarily signed a consent to search form, regarding
the download of his cell phone contents. The contents were then downloaded and retained
for further proceedings. As the interview progressed, M. Sievers remained adamant there
was no one in his or the decedents life that he would know to be responsible for the
murder. M. Sievers described the layout of the dwelling and described what tools he
would commonly recognize. When shown pictures of the two hammers on scene, M.
Sievers was unable to confirm whether or not they were his. When asked about the pry
marks on the side door, M. Sievers stated they were not there prior to his departure to
New York.
In continuing the interview, M. Sievers stated he, the decedent and their two children,
Josephine Sievers, white female, bom May 14, 2004 and Carmela Sievers, white female,
born February 15, 2007 left for New York on Friday June 26, 2015 to celebrate his
mother-in-law's 75th birthday with other family. According to M. Sievers he dropped the
decedent off at LaGuardia airport between 3 & 4 p.m., on June 28, 2015 and did not have
any other voice contact after. M. Sievers spent the following time there with the two
children and were slated to return days later. When he received the call his wife was
murdered, he flew home and met with investigators.
M. Sievers stated in years past, the couple had experimented with other partners and
swinging however he was adamant that the decedent had never secretly cheated on him.
M. Sievers could not provide any information regarding any of the partners that would
want to hurt him or the decedent stating they all parted on good terms.
When asked about life insurance policies, M. Sievers stated he has a 2.5 million dollar
policy on himself and another on the decedent. When asked to elaborate on amounts, M.
Sievers could not recall stating he did not know and would have to check with his
financial advisor. There is no life insurance on the children. As M. Sievers explained the
contents of the four safes located within his dwelling and the numerous firearms and
other associated values, it was evident that nothing was taken from the scene. One of the
safes was said to have 40,000 in U.S. Currency. When asked about finances, M. Sievers
stated despite the cash in the safe, they commonly live month to month and do not have
that much financial stability. M. Sievers had no other contributions regarding items or
leads of evidentiary value. (Refer to audio / video / transcription for specific detail).
#8 & 9
Mark Sievers Refusal to Cooperate in the Investigation:
On July 7, 2015 Detective Jamie Nolen attempted to set another meeting with M. Sievers
in an attempt to go over what was obtained in the investigation thus far and seek
assistance and aid in finding his wife's killer. Later in the day, detectives were contacted
by Criminal Defense Attorney Lee Hollander who advised he was retained as council and
to direct any further inquiry through him. With this, detectives drafted a formal letterhead
requesting the following assistance:
(l) Palm prints from Mark Sievers, Carmela Sievers, Josephine Sievers, and Bonnie
Sievers, to be collected by the Lee County Sheriffs Office AFIS Unit.
(2) Buccal swabs from Carmela Sievers and Josephine Sievers.
(3) Information in regards to portable electronic devices carried by Teresa while she
was traveling from Florida to New York, and New York to Florida. What types of
portable electronic devices did Teresa carry and use?
(4) Information in regards to all user access codes to the home alarm. Please provide
the pin code and the user coder number if you know all of them. Also, who knew
the codes?
(5) Who knew the code to open the garage door? Is it possible to open the garage
door remotely with an electronic device?
(6) When can detectives speak with Carmela Sievers and Josephine Sievers?
(7) When Teresa didn't show up for work, who contacted Mark to let him know?
Who did Mark contact, in order, to check on Teresa?
It should be noted that these inquiries were solely for the purpose of obtaining
information that would expedite the process of elimination in regard to biological testing
and to further aid investigators in finding the person(s) who committed the offense. After
several days passing since submission of the inquiry, there was no answer. With this,
detectives made several attempts to contact M. Sievers council which later led to
notification that these requests will not be fulfilled and no further participation in the
investigation would ensue on M. Sievers part. No further contact was made with M.
Sievers as he denied any further aid in finding his wifes killer(s).
