FL - Dr Teresa Sievers, 46, murdered in home, Bonita Springs, June 2015 #4

[Monk-ster]

I'm surprised more people aren't questioning how the perp got rid of bloody clothing, hid probable injuries, and made such a clean getaway ... to what, start his workday? And no one around him noticed anything odd? I am scratching my head over these Q's and thinking a family member or someone is covering up for him. Perhaps an accomplice after the fact.

With each passing day though, the silence by ALL family members is growing my confidence that LE has a subject in sight and the family of TS has been kept duly informed. That includes her out-of-state immediate family members, whom I can’t imagine LE could effectively silence to this extent if there was not a POI. So I am not as frustrated as others with the time passed and no arrest, because if my hunch is correct, they have the perp under full surveillance while putting all their ducks in a row – and at the same time they get to watch this lunatic sweat … that’s not a bad thing. Ultimately we’ll all get to watch him sweat if LE is crossing their T's, dotting their I's.
:happydance:

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

I'm surprised more people aren't questioning how the perp got rid of bloody clothing, hid probable injuries, and made such a clean getaway ... to what, start his workday? And no one around him noticed anything odd? I am scratching my head over these Q's and thinking a family member or someone is covering up for him. Perhaps an accomplice after the fact.

With each passing day though, the silence by ALL family members is growing my confidence that LE has a subject in sight and the family of TS has been kept duly informed. That includes her out-of-state immediate family members, whom I can’t imagine LE could effectively silence to this extent if there was not a POI. So I am not as frustrated as others with the time passed and no arrest, because if my hunch is correct, they have the perp under full surveillance while putting all their ducks in a row – and at the same time they get to watch this lunatic sweat … that’s not a bad thing. Ultimately we’ll all get to watch him sweat if LE is crossing their T's, dotting their I's.
:happydance:

ITA! In addition to probable injuries....I wonder if this demented perp also took something as a "trophy" like they often do? If LE has someone in mind, I wonder what sort of evidence will be found? Jewelry? Prescription pad? Pills? The hammer? Cash? Clothing?

The mind of a killer....very frightening.
I truly believe that this is NOT this monsters first "rodeo"....

With that being said, the DNA should be in the data banks already. Are they taking more DNA from the animals to tidy up their timeline of events?
I bet the perp staged some things & covered his tracks--spread some disinformation & was tricky. I believe LE has to uncover a lot.

Tentacles...

 

[No it's not]

I'm surprised more people aren't questioning how the perp got rid of bloody clothing, hid probable injuries, and made such a clean getaway ... to what, start his workday? And no one around him noticed anything odd? I am scratching my head over these Q's and thinking a family member or someone is covering up for him. Perhaps an accomplice after the fact.

With each passing day though, the silence by ALL family members is growing my confidence that LE has a subject in sight and the family of TS has been kept duly informed. That includes her out-of-state immediate family members, whom I can’t imagine LE could effectively silence to this extent if there was not a POI. So I am not as frustrated as others with the time passed and no arrest, because if my hunch is correct, they have the perp under full surveillance while putting all their ducks in a row – and at the same time they get to watch this lunatic sweat … that’s not a bad thing. Ultimately we’ll all get to watch him sweat if LE is crossing their T's, dotting their I's.
:happydance:

As I am stating since the day the "hammer" leaked: The "hammer" is not verified info. Hitting with a hammer is not necessarily the primary cause of death in the Sievers case. Lots of scenarios here. If Dr Sievers was gravely injured one can take all the time to stage the crime scene and take precautions in order not to get one splatter on the clothes. One can simply take the cloths off.
Again, if a hammer was used and the crime scene was staged, whoever did this made a big mistake in figuring it out IMO.

The individual may not have a regular working schedule, has a job where he can wear gloves and a long shirt (construction for example), may come up with a sudden "injury" (seemingly legitimate cause), family members have different work schedules, Monday morning everyone left on their own, our guy left early.

-Nin

 

[No it's not]

..it will be interesting to see what we all came up with in our own investigations. I have run into so many "twists and turns" myself with this case, that I can only imagine what LE is going through.

Hopefully all this will lead to an arrest soon and a solid conviction, and then I really like to discuss all the "coincidences" in the case. And there are many..

Also and most important, the family needs closure and time for healing. This is going to be a long road for them.

-Nin

 

[Hiandmighty]

Idk. The more silent this is the more i think it could be random.

 

[No it's not]

Idk. The more silent this is the more i think it could be random.

You mean randomly targeted..? ;-)

-Nin

 

[Silverdraco69]

haha yeah my english teacher loved me at school , im not good at writing grammar wise but my hearts always in it

Welcome!! Great post. Same with me my heart is there unfortunately my head always has to many thoughts and scenarios of the crime like who, what, how it happened. Lol!

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[Wow]

Agreed...taking to long for it to not be random

 

[Riversinthedesert]

Another quote from WINK news earlier on (about Dr. S. speaking her mind). Note the similarity to her sister's comment re: speaking the truth, and some people don't like the truth.

"New Thursday, we’re hearing from the reverend who laid Dr. Teresa Sievers to rest, and knew her well.

“She was a strong woman and maybe who knows whether she spoke her mind but you don’t get killed for that in the United States of America, we hope and pray."

 

[cluciano63]

I am still doubtful this was random. I have seen cases where LE "knows" who did it, but where it took years to find enough to go ahead and charge. Also, if the hammer part is true, I still believe this was someone she knew and who reacted out of anger or passion...rather than a general criminal. But jmo.

 

[FelicityLemon]

Another quote from WINK news earlier on (about Dr. S. speaking her mind). Note the similarity to her sister's comment re: speaking the truth, and some people don't like the truth.

"New Thursday, we’re hearing from the reverend who laid Dr. Teresa Sievers to rest, and knew her well.

“She was a strong woman and maybe who knows whether she spoke her mind but you don’t get killed for that in the United States of America, we hope and pray."

Sadly, people get killed every day for speaking their minds

 

[Matlacha]

I'm another newbie drawn here by this case. I first became aware of Dr. Sievers two years ago when, after becoming a winter resident of SW Florida, I was looking for a doctor. Dr. Sievers seemed perfect, but her policy was to work only as a specialist--her patients had to already have a general practitioner, which at the time I didn't. Having watched some of her Youtube talks since her death, learning for example that she studied nutrition with cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, and heard how much her patients loved her, I'm even sorrier I wasn't able to work with her.

In the couple of days it's taken for me to get registered, Mimi SWFL has posted a hypothesis close to my own. Like many, I'm strongly influenced by the words of Sievers's sister, Annie-Lisa Tottenham. The full quote from the NBC2 interview (there's voice over by the reporter where I've shown ellipsis): "When people are willing to speak the truth, some people might not like the truth. . . . She was about honesty, integrity; she was a troubadour [sic] for justice." Troubadour seems the wrong word, but I think we know what she meant, and the word justice seems important--not a word you'd normally use about a family member or business associate.

Sheriff Scott said Sievers was "targeted." Does that mean she knew her attacker? Not necessarily.

Someone asked about crime in Sievers's neighborhood--and there was even a reference to something that happened in January 2015. I wouldn't have guessed there's much crime in Bonita Springs, but I was wrong. A crime report I found online shows that while the Sievers' home itself is in a green (low crime) area, there are red (maximum crime) areas very close by. Search on "human trafficking Bonita Springs" and you'll find that the breakup of a large Southwest Florida human trafficking ring was announced March 6, 2015. One of those arrested was operating a brothel with sex slaves on Dortch Avenue, less than 0.4 mile from the Sievers' home (0.8 miles by street). I believe that location was also raided in January 2015 for what was first taken as a domestic dispute.

Why search on "human trafficking" in the first place? Because one of the three community organizations Sievers strongly supported was www.WingsofShelter.com, an organization that helps victims of human trafficking. Perhaps Dr. Sievers was too supportive, too insistent that a victim should testify. A hammer doesn't necessarily suggest an emotional or spontaneous killing. It sends a message to others, makes no noise, and normally the victim would be unconscious (maybe even beyond saving) with the first blow. And unlike a firearm or long-bladed knife, there's no permit needed to carry a hammer, even for a convicted felon, if he happened to be stopped for some reason prior to the attack. Clean up before going to work? Who says he works? And if he doesn't have a criminal record in the U.S., then like the victims of the trafficking operation, he may be undocumented, thus hard to identify or locate.

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

I'm another newbie drawn here by this case. I first became aware of Dr. Sievers two years ago when, after becoming a winter resident of SW Florida, I was looking for a doctor. Dr. Sievers seemed perfect, but her policy was to work only as a specialist--her patients had to already have a general practitioner, which at the time I didn't. Having watched some of her Youtube talks since her death, learning for example that she studied nutrition with cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, and heard how much her patients loved her, I'm even sorrier I wasn't able to work with her.

In the couple of days it's taken for me to get registered, Mimi SWFL has posted a hypothesis close to my own. Like many, I'm strongly influenced by the words of Sievers's sister, Annie-Lisa Tottenham. The full quote from the NBC2 interview (there's voice over by the reporter where I've shown ellipsis): "When people are willing to speak the truth, some people might not like the truth. . . . She was about honesty, integrity; she was a troubadour [sic] for justice." Troubadour seems the wrong word, but I think we know what she meant, and the word justice seems important--not a word you'd normally use about a family member or business associate.

Sheriff Scott said Sievers was "targeted." Does that mean she knew her attacker? Not necessarily.

Someone asked about crime in Sievers's neighborhood--and there was even a reference to something that happened in January 2015. I wouldn't have guessed there's much crime in Bonita Springs, but I was wrong. A crime report I found online shows that while the Sievers' home itself is in a green (low crime) area, there are red (maximum crime) areas very close by. Search on "human trafficking Bonita Springs" and you'll find that the breakup of a large Southwest Florida human trafficking ring was announced March 6, 2015. One of those arrested was operating a brothel with sex slaves on Dortch Avenue, less than 0.4 mile from the Sievers' home (0.8 miles by street). I believe that location was also raided in January 2015 for what was first taken as a domestic dispute.

Why search on "human trafficking" in the first place? Because one of the three community organizations Sievers strongly supported was www.WingsofShelter.com, an organization that helps victims of human trafficking. Perhaps Dr. Sievers was too supportive, too insistent that a victim should testify. A hammer doesn't necessarily suggest an emotional or spontaneous killing. It sends a message to others, makes no noise, and normally the victim would be unconscious (maybe even beyond saving) with the first blow. And unlike a firearm or long-bladed knife, there's no permit needed to carry a hammer, even for a convicted felon, if he happened to be stopped for some reason prior to the attack. Clean up before going to work? Who says he works? And if he doesn't have a criminal record in the U.S., then like the victims of the trafficking operation, he may be undocumented, thus hard to identify or locate.

:welcome4:

Great first post & welcome!!

 

[indianwin2001]

I'm another newbie drawn here by this case. I first became aware of Dr. Sievers two years ago when, after becoming a winter resident of SW Florida, I was looking for a doctor. Dr. Sievers seemed perfect, but her policy was to work only as a specialist--her patients had to already have a general practitioner, which at the time I didn't. Having watched some of her Youtube talks since her death, learning for example that she studied nutrition with cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, and heard how much her patients loved her, I'm even sorrier I wasn't able to work with her.

In the couple of days it's taken for me to get registered, Mimi SWFL has posted a hypothesis close to my own. Like many, I'm strongly influenced by the words of Sievers's sister, Annie-Lisa Tottenham. The full quote from the NBC2 interview (there's voice over by the reporter where I've shown ellipsis): "When people are willing to speak the truth, some people might not like the truth. . . . She was about honesty, integrity; she was a troubadour [sic] for justice." Troubadour seems the wrong word, but I think we know what she meant, and the word justice seems important--not a word you'd normally use about a family member or business associate.

Sheriff Scott said Sievers was "targeted." Does that mean she knew her attacker? Not necessarily.

Someone asked about crime in Sievers's neighborhood--and there was even a reference to something that happened in January 2015. I wouldn't have guessed there's much crime in Bonita Springs, but I was wrong. A crime report I found online shows that while the Sievers' home itself is in a green (low crime) area, there are red (maximum crime) areas very close by. Search on "human trafficking Bonita Springs" and you'll find that the breakup of a large Southwest Florida human trafficking ring was announced March 6, 2015. One of those arrested was operating a brothel with sex slaves on Dortch Avenue, less than 0.4 mile from the Sievers' home (0.8 miles by street). I believe that location was also raided in January 2015 for what was first taken as a domestic dispute.

Why search on "human trafficking" in the first place? Because one of the three community organizations Sievers strongly supported was www.WingsofShelter.com, an organization that helps victims of human trafficking. Perhaps Dr. Sievers was too supportive, too insistent that a victim should testify. A hammer doesn't necessarily suggest an emotional or spontaneous killing. It sends a message to others, makes no noise, and normally the victim would be unconscious (maybe even beyond saving) with the first blow. And unlike a firearm or long-bladed knife, there's no permit needed to carry a hammer, even for a convicted felon, if he happened to be stopped for some reason prior to the attack. Clean up before going to work? Who says he works? And if he doesn't have a criminal record in the U.S., then like the victims of the trafficking operation, he may be undocumented, thus hard to identify or locate.

Very good 1st post and welcome. That is some good insight and,knowing the area,you might be on the right track.

 

[Keefer]

I don't think this crime was random and despite what we think of the local sheriff he doesn't think it was random either.
Anyone check out the property that was purported to be a brothel less than half a mile from the doctors house?

 

[Leomoon80]

I think its just extremely hard for people with a heart and a conscience to realize that this may have been a "hit" pure and simple much like exterminating a roach infestation.

Yet these things do occur, and always shocks us to hear about them. On I.D. program they had a show the other night where the young woman was beaten to a bloody pulp, she skull bashed in, for fighting off the home intruder who raped her. Her face was so badly beaten they realized it was her iron nearby that did this damage.

She died a few days after being on life support in the hospital. So senseless.

 

[cebee]

Do we know if her house appeared unoccupied? or were lights on a timer etc? I still keep coming back to the fact that either the murderer was prepared to also do harm to the husband and girls (if random ) or KNEW it was her alone. Or thought the house was unoccupied.

 

[littlemo2015]

when you look at what little we know and go through every possibility of how and why and was it someone she knew or didn't know was it random or not random , truth is its very possible her murder was random someone may not of like her because of some of the line of work she did or just because she was blunt and honest and sugar coated nothing (from what people have said in interviews and things about her ) it could very easily be random just with those reasons alone.

also id like to just point ut im 4'11 in height and im pretty blunt and honest myself if i need to say something i say it regardless , so in way im alot like Dr Sievers , i get funny looks because i just speak my mind a lot and also because of my height too and most of my life people take one look at me and think im harmless and would fight back or say one word to anyone untill they cross me and find out there sadly mistaken , which means again it could of been random killing Dr Sievers the perp may have thought she would be easy to take down at least that's my own opinion when thinking about it logically .

also whoever did this to the Dr could also be someone who just wanted to murder someone see what it felt like saw her and and planned it because of how she may have seemed due to height and things so it may have been random because they didn't know but planned at the same time , ive herd of and watched a few real crime documentaries where it was a random killing but also planned because they killer wanted to kill just because they thought they could or wanted to see how it felt so its very possible this could be one of those cases and maybe there could be enough evidence left behind to leaned police to the perp but there's soo much there waiting on results for and being silent is necessary for now.

on the other hand it could also end up as an unsolved clod case later down the line or mybe it is someone she knew and there was full cut clear motive to why they killed her who knows , for now i guess we all have to keep passing our thoughts and ideas to one another till we hear something.

last of all i apologise if i offend anyone or anything or said something i shouldn't been sat all day here in uk trying to write this out correctly and well nothing ever comes out how i want it to.

 

[Mimi SWFL]

I'm another newbie drawn here by this case. I first became aware of Dr. Sievers two years ago when, after becoming a winter resident of SW Florida, I was looking for a doctor. Dr. Sievers seemed perfect, but her policy was to work only as a specialist--her patients had to already have a general practitioner, which at the time I didn't. Having watched some of her Youtube talks since her death, learning for example that she studied nutrition with cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, and heard how much her patients loved her, I'm even sorrier I wasn't able to work with her.

In the couple of days it's taken for me to get registered, Mimi SWFL has posted a hypothesis close to my own. Like many, I'm strongly influenced by the words of Sievers's sister, Annie-Lisa Tottenham. The full quote from the NBC2 interview (there's voice over by the reporter where I've shown ellipsis): "When people are willing to speak the truth, some people might not like the truth. . . . She was about honesty, integrity; she was a troubadour [sic] for justice." Troubadour seems the wrong word, but I think we know what she meant, and the word justice seems important--not a word you'd normally use about a family member or business associate.

Sheriff Scott said Sievers was "targeted." Does that mean she knew her attacker? Not necessarily.

Someone asked about crime in Sievers's neighborhood--and there was even a reference to something that happened in January 2015. I wouldn't have guessed there's much crime in Bonita Springs, but I was wrong. A crime report I found online shows that while the Sievers' home itself is in a green (low crime) area, there are red (maximum crime) areas very close by. Search on "human trafficking Bonita Springs" and you'll find that the breakup of a large Southwest Florida human trafficking ring was announced March 6, 2015. One of those arrested was operating a brothel with sex slaves on Dortch Avenue, less than 0.4 mile from the Sievers' home (0.8 miles by street). I believe that location was also raided in January 2015 for what was first taken as a domestic dispute.

Why search on "human trafficking" in the first place? Because one of the three community organizations Sievers strongly supported was www.WingsofShelter.com, an organization that helps victims of human trafficking. Perhaps Dr. Sievers was too supportive, too insistent that a victim should testify. A hammer doesn't necessarily suggest an emotional or spontaneous killing. It sends a message to others, makes no noise, and normally the victim would be unconscious (maybe even beyond saving) with the first blow. And unlike a firearm or long-bladed knife, there's no permit needed to carry a hammer, even for a convicted felon, if he happened to be stopped for some reason prior to the attack. Clean up before going to work? Who says he works? And if he doesn't have a criminal record in the U.S., then like the victims of the trafficking operation, he may be undocumented, thus hard to identify or locate.

Great post and insightful ideas - Thank you.
Mimi

 

[No it's not]

The TOD (Time Of Death) would be a big clue in this case.

Also, if this was a hit, someone would have had to sabotage the alarm system. I can only come up with 4 scenarios how to gain access to the house without deploying the alarm system:

1. The alarm was not set ( in general, or, Dr Sievers deactivated the system while walking the dogs at night / in the early
morning hours)

2. Someone had an access code and entered the house through the main entrance

3. Dr Sievers deactivated the security system and let someone inside the house

4. Someone sabotaged the system and broke into the house:

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-home-alarms/

For this to be random, someone had to sabotage the system. Nobody would sit outside not knowing if and when the security system will be deactivated. Also, they would have possibly observed that there were not so small dogs inside the house. Dogs make noise usually.

All other scenarios are based on some kind of a planned/ opportunistic event. Familiarity seems to be a clue, being familiar with the system, habits, points of entry, escape routes, neighbors, house occupancy at given time, dogs etc..

Too many things to consider, if this was random. Opportunity yes, random no.

If we go with targeted/ non random, we are looking again at options 1-3 from above to gain access to the inside house.

1. What are the chances that the alarm was not set? Dr Sievers is home alone. The security system is supposed to keep you safe. I would set the alarm, why wouldn't she? Only two scenarios here why alarm was not set (if it wasn't):

a. She expects a visitor who has announced herself/himself and has a key. This person always has a key, she may be looking
after the house, when the family is out of town, a friend/ neighbor, a co-worker. Boyfriend?

b. She deactivates the alarm and walks the dogs.

2. Someone has an/the access code and a key and enters the house through the front door. This person might have
announced herself/ himself. A friend/neighbor, a co-worker. Boyfriend?

3. Same like in 1. or 2.. however, the person does not have a key/ access code. Dr Sievers lets the individual(s) in. The individual would have to be known to Dr Sievers for her to let anyone into her house.

Mathematically there is a greater chance, the act was not random, Dr Sievers was targeted and she knew the individual(s).

Also, in case of 1., 2. or 3. to be true, the crime scene was staged to make it look like a home invasion / burglary. Only if option 4. was true, the broken in door would be the true access point and the crime scene would not have to be staged to cover up the burglary.

A burglary would be a non random event, if the victim and the attacker knew each other and the attacker had insider knowledge about the situation.

-Nin