UPDATE (3 PM) --
The next state witness is Lt. Michael Lebid, from the LCSO.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
He was a supervisor over Teresa Sievers's murder investigation. He monitored the process of how everything in the investigation was progressing.
The next state witness is Lt. Michael Lebid, from the LCSO.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
He was a supervisor over Teresa Sievers's murder investigation. He monitored the process of how everything in the investigation was progressing.
Judge Kyle says it's a 1st-degree premeditated murder charge and the witnesses are under subpoena so the state needs to do whatever they can to get them in.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
Just one more witness to go through, the prosecution says the went through the other 9 quicker than anticipated and are not sure they will be able to bring more in today.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
The prosecution says they are having issues with scheduling and the holidays.
UPDATE (2 PM) -- Next up was Aimee Lusk, a former detective with the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
She made contact with Jimmy Rodgers while he was detained at Collier County jail. She collected a buccal swab and hair sample from Rodgers.
She documented the autopsy of Teresa Sievers.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
Martinez took photographs and collected evidence recovered from the body.
Now on the stand is Gladis Martinez, an examiner from the LCSO.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
In 2015 she was a crime scene tech with the LCSO when she became involved in the Teresa Sievers murder investigation.
The next state witness is Jason Duvall, an employee at Walmart.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
He assisted detectives in locating the surveillance videos at the Walmart on 6 Mile Cypress.
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UPDATE (1:30 PM) -- Following the lunch break, Crime Scene Tech Kimberly Van Waus was recalled to the stand by the state. She processed the Hyundai Elantra that was taken into custody from Arizona.
Van Waus said she collected "trace evidence" from the crime scene and the car, hoping to find correlating evidence.
Van Waus is walking the jury through the photographs she took of the inside of the car.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
Once she was done taking photographs, Van Waus says she used tweezers to collect "trace evidence" from the inside of the car.
Crime Scene Tech, Kim Van Waus, has been recalled to the stand by the state.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
She processed the Hyundai Elantra that was taken into custody from Arizona.
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UPDATE (12 PM)
-- Court is in recess for lunch. Session will resume at 1:15 p.m.
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UPDATE (11:45 AM) -- The next state witness is Capt. John Long, from the Lee County Sheriff's Office. In 2015 he was the assistant commander of the Forensic division.
Capt. Long collected surveillances from various businesses along the ‘logical route' someone would take to i-71.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
He also flew out to Phoenix, AZ to take custody of a Hyundai Elantra and bring it back to FL.
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UPDATE (11:00 AM) -- The next state witness is Jeffery Conway, the former supervisor of Jimmy Rodgers at a contracting company that supplied laborers to the Doe Run Facility.
Conway says Rodgers completed training to learn how to avoid contamination of chemicals.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
Conway is explaining the different jumpsuits used at the facility.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- More witness questioning resumed Monday morning in the trial of Mark Sievers for the murder of his wife Teresa in 2015.
The first state witness to take the stand was Sandra Hoskins, a former employee at Teresa Sievers's medical practice. She says Teresa had a patient scheduled for 9 a.m that Monday morning after returning from her trip. When Teresa didn't arrive to work, Hoskins attempted to locate her and contacted Mark Sievers.
The next state witness was Detective Nick Schueneman of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in Missouri. On July 12, 2015, he was informed about assisting the Lee County Sheriff's Office with the Teresa Sievers murder investigation. He assisted with the search warrant conducted at Curtis Wright's home.
Det. Schueneman is walking the jury through photographs taken at Wright’s residence during the search warrant.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) November 25, 2019
In one of the photos, there is a Hyundai Elantra parked outside the home.
Side note: This is the car Wright used to drive to FL to attend Teresa Sievers's funeral.
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