FL - Dr Teresa Sievers, 46, murdered in home, Bonita Springs, June 2015 #2

[Starry Night]

I know this article is a couple of days old, but I am hopeful because it mentions that "there's a lot of evidence". Hopefully we will hear/read something soon. http://www.winknews.com/2015/07/09/crimestoppers-getting-tips-in-bonita-doctors-murder/

from above article:Thursday, Sievers’ husband, Mark, announced he is donating all of the money they raised on a ******** account to Good Shepherd Ministries of Fort Myers.

He says this was one of her favorite charities. So far they’ve raised more than $18,000.

 

[LadyL]

what camera? there's a camera?

I read back & see that the NG transcript discussed three cameras on the Sievers house and indicated that there was not one facing the door that was burgled. I've googled and I cannot find any photos of the surveillance cameras. I did look at pictures taken the day off (with the grieving family members present) and couldn't see any cameras. It'd be great if someone could link me to a video or pictures that show them.

However, if there are three cameras and originally there were four, that would add another dimension to this investigation.

 

[indianwin2001]

Why did the perp leave the hammer?

I have to assume LE is in possession of such hammer, if this was indeed the murder weapon. How else would they know the victim had been attacked with a hammer? They must be sure about the murder weapon and the way it happened. Otherwise the body of Dr Sievers would not have been cremated, right?

So, why did the unsub leave the hammer?

-No it's not

The unsub may not have necessarily left the hammer. The M. E. can tell by the imprint on the body that a hammer was used. A hammer on a body would leave a distinctive mark. Also,the blood splatter evidence can tell a lot about what type of weapon was used.

 

[Orgona]

what camera? there's a camera?

According to the NG transcript posted somewhere back in the thread there are 3 cameras. The door where the brake in occurred wasn't in the view of any of them.

Edit: I see you found it already. I have no pictures of them. I believe NG many times has things wrong, but I don't believe she would outright made up a camera system which isn't there.

 

[LadyL]

According to the NG transcript posted somewhere back in the thread there are 3 cameras. The door where the brake in occurred wasn't in the view of any of them.

Edit: I see you found it already. I have no pictures of them. I believe NG many times has things wrong, but I don't believe she would outright made up a camera system which isn't there.

I just wonder if someone confused the security lights for cameras. There are two different kinds of lights on their house - the spotlight kind that people generally use as motion-activated and then regular ones that are more decorative. I'm not saying NG or anyone else is intentionally fabricating cameras but I still want to see the cameras so I can decide for myself which way they're facing. :thinking:

 

[LadyL]

I just wonder if someone confused the security lights for cameras. There are two different kinds of lights on their house - the spotlight kind that people generally use as motion-activated and then regular ones that are more decorative. I'm not saying NG or anyone else is intentionally fabricating cameras but I still want to see the cameras so I can decide for myself which way they're facing. :thinking:

ETA: or do those security lights have cameras in them? :gaah:

 

[Luvrosco]

I just wonder if someone confused the security lights for cameras. There are two different kinds of lights on their house - the spotlight kind that people generally use as motion-activated and then regular ones that are more decorative. I'm not saying NG or anyone else is intentionally fabricating cameras but I still want to see the cameras so I can decide for myself which way they're facing. :thinking:

I was wondering if they were motion lights also. We had 6 cameras put on our house a little over a year ago. Mine look totally different. They are dome shaped with a blue light. The darker it gets the bluer the light becomes. Also, many companies have an app for your phone or iPad. I can view my house from anywhere I am.

 

[Ociboys]

Everyone who uses "alternative medicine" is not desperate.
I find it funny when folks talk about allopathic medicine as being "traditional". Umm nope, it is the traditional medicines that we now call alternative.
Also, not sure at all what that post has to do with reiki

Thanks CoolJ. The murder of this bright light has nothing to do with Reiki.

OT add: to discredit any beliefs of this being pure quackery, My husband is in treatment at a major hospital who is partnered with MSK in NY. They've adapted and Integrative/Team based Approach to treating cancer patients. Along with a dozen or so drs and therapists caring for my husband, the center also offers FREE Massage therapy and Reiki to all patients and Accupuncture for 20.00 to patients who do not have insurance cov. for this treatment. They refer to it as healing therapy to compliment the patients needs while in therapy. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but open up your minds to explore that theres more too it than you might think. If Sloan Kettering is on board, I'd say its pretty mainstream.

 

[TTF14]

from above article:Thursday, Sievers’ husband, Mark, announced he is donating all of the money they raised on a ******** account to Good Shepherd Ministries of Fort Myers.

He says this was one of her favorite charities. So far they’ve raised more than $18,000.

This says a LOT to me.

 

[Orgona]

I was wondering if they were motion lights also. We had 6 cameras put on our house a little over a year ago. Mine look totally different. They are dome shaped with a blue light. The darker it gets the bluer the light becomes. Also, many companies have an app for your phone or iPad. I can view my house from anywhere I am.

The last several years the cameras I saw installed here and around are cameras which are protected/covered by a dark "half glass ball" and they are not really big, but potent. Most of them has no visible light from the outside which would show to the thiefs if they are working or not. You can check/test them in the app or via your home screen if you want to know if they are functioning properly.
Unfortunately we have no idea how old their home surveillance system is, so we have no idea how they look like.

 

[oceanwatch]

The trim on the Siever's house is very dark. The cameras shown on the house by Nancy Grace were the color of the trim, making them difficult to see. She zoomed in on each camera or I would not have been able to tell there were cameras. The cameras were also kind of under the eves of the roof just a little, at least one of them was.

 

[Msl1966]

Somewhere in the first thread, I posted my thoughts on a possible affair where she brought the person home in her van to avoid neighbors seeing his car in the driveway. I realize it sounds as if there is far more to this crime, but I still feel my scenario could apply. It would account for how he got in (with her in the van) and was able to avoid cameras. It would account for the murder being the morning. Maybe they had been up all night, or slept and had a fight in the morning when they woke.

Also, there seems to be a lot of focus on how the person got into the house without being seen. I am more interested in how he got OUT of the house without being seen. Did he walk/run away? Someone pick him up? Not a single neighbor saw anything? (With it being very early in the morning on a workday, I would think someone would have been out jogging, walking their dog, putting out trash, etc.)

 

[human]

I posted this before but I will again. This has been in existence for two decades. There is nothing wild and innovative in Sievers practice.

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[DesertCookie]

Anyone know if there were cars in the garage other than Dr. S's van? I'm thinking a home invasion would be risky not knowing if someone was home and whether the alarm was set or not plus the time of day seems risky to me as well. The perp could have been seen leaving the house at dawn on foot or car after the murder. If the perp wanted to kill Dr. S. it makes more sense to do so at night rather than at dawn. The shouting and arguing are also not indicative of a burlary/home invasion. I would not discount the possibility of a romantic entanglement but engaging in one in your family home seems overly risky to me. Off-premises seems more logical.

 

[pferrin]

although it's possible that a thief broke in to the garage first, looked around for goodies, retrieved the hammer to jimmy the side door, got surprised by Teresa, she screamed & he yelled at her to shut up and killed her with the hammer because it was in his hand - he left without stealing anything because by that point, he just had to get the heck outta dodge & hadn't planned on murder

add in the wrinkle that this thief may have known & targeted Teresa's house because he thought they were out of town & it only enhances the above theory IMO

here's a break & enter that just happened in the same area on Thurs. morning but I don't yet know what time of morning it occurred (wouldn't it be wild if we found a connection between this thief and Teresa?):

http://www.winknews.com/2015/07/11/naples-homeowner-holds-would-be-burglar-at-gunpoint/

The incident you cite happened 13 miles from Teresa. 24 minutes drive time. Not to say that criminals don't travel...

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

Somewhere in the first thread, I posted my thoughts on a possible affair where she brought the person home in her van to avoid neighbors seeing his car in the driveway. I realize it sounds as if there is far more to this crime, but I still feel my scenario could apply. It would account for how he got in (with her in the van) and was able to avoid cameras. It would account for the murder being the morning. Maybe they had been up all night, or slept and had a fight in the morning when they woke.

Also, there seems to be a lot of focus on how the person got into the house without being seen. I am more interested in how he got OUT of the house without being seen. Did he walk/run away? Someone pick him up? Not a single neighbor saw anything? (With it being very early in the morning on a workday, I would think someone would have been out jogging, walking their dog, putting out trash, etc.)

I thought I read something about LE focusing on a fence---perhaps it was in the rear of the property & that is where the perp exited to escape the potential of witnesses on the more exposed street view?

Additionally, I would like to add that what I feel puts the Doctor's practice in a more vulnerable position is not the holistic element to it. It IS the element of cash transactions----any business that deals in actual physical cash takes on a whole new level of various risks & vulnerabilities. For instance, cash deposits must be done in a timely manner or else someone has a lot of cash on them or in their home which takes on inherent risks. Also, Cash transactions need to be highly monitored for risk of accounting fraud.
And then we can get into the risks of the personnel that you hire to handle the cash transactions. Did the Doctor run credit checks/background checks on those she hired? Did people in her practice discuss how much cash was taken in per each day? Robbery, accounting fraud, & "skimming" are common issues associated with cash businesses in general.

Sadly, medical schools don't teach practioners how to run a business which I feel is important. They usually learn how to run a practice the hard way--and when you run ANY type of cash business, you take on a lot more inherent risks, IMO.

 

[cluciano63]

I am not convinced her practice or beliefs had anything to do with her murder. Jmo

 

[Irisha]

I wonder if they had a gun in the home for protection and Dr. S couldn't get to it. Was the shower wet?( morn. shower taken) Any lights on? Was she still wearing clothes from the day before? Can we get a clue? Whoever did this needs to be locked up!:jail:

 

[travelbug]

I thought I read something about LE focusing on a fence---perhaps it was in the rear of the property & that is where the perp exited to escape the potential of witnesses on the more exposed street view?

Additionally, I would like to add that what I feel puts the Doctor's practice in a more vulnerable position is not the holistic element to it. It IS the element of cash transactions----any business that deals in actual physical cash takes on a whole new level of various risks & vulnerabilities. For instance, cash deposits must be done in a timely manner or else someone has a lot of cash on them or in their home which takes on inherent risks. Also, Cash transactions need to be highly monitored for risk of accounting fraud.
And then we can get into the risks of the personnel that you hire to handle the cash transactions. Did the Doctor run credit checks/background checks on those she hired? Did people in her practice discuss how much cash was taken in per each day? Robbery, accounting fraud, & "skimming" are common issues associated with cash businesses in general.

Sadly, medical schools don't teach practioners how to run a business which I feel is important. They usually learn how to run a practice the hard way--and when you run ANY type of cash business, you take on a lot more inherent risks, IMO.

Totally agree, I posted a similar comment the other day. Loose lips can sink ships, if an employee mentions the volume of cash being collected to the wrong person the results can be disastrous. Someone related to one of the employees already has a record for B & E. Since the family was out of town I wonder if daily deposits were being made by an employee or if Dr. Sievers stopped by her office to collect the cash and checks on her way home from the airport. There might have been a belief that a large amount of cash would be in the house. jmho :moo:

 

[No it's not]

The unsub may not have necessarily left the hammer. The M. E. can tell by the imprint on the body that a hammer was used. A hammer on a body would leave a distinctive mark. Also,the blood splatter evidence can tell a lot about what type of weapon was used.

What if the hammer on the scene is another hammer? What if the hammer is a ruse altogether in an attempt to cover up the true COD ? Farfetched? Not if the perp(s) are locals. Another hammer left at the scene could match the mark(s) on the victim, but would not match any other prints at the scene. Now that would be a real twist. Remember when I posted about the witnesses? There is a time discrepancy between when the shrill was heard and when the arguing ( or male voice) was reported by an unnamed witness.

-No it's not