Blaine Alexander

It's not fair for someone who's never been charged with a crime to sit in jail while they get their ducks in a row for a case that they brought.

They can't say we're not ready for trial because our case isn't strong enough.

but say simultaneously, our case is so strong, he's got to be held in jail on a $5 million bond.

You can't do it.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Best years of my life as a parent.

And I'll never get those years back.

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Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly. I'm Blaine Alexander filling in today for Andrea Canning. It's October 16th and here's what's on our docket.

Miamiissa modelin tapauksessa, joka sanoi, että hänen tyyppiänsä on tappanut itsevaihtoehtoisuutta, rauhoittuu. Järjestäjät sanovat, että se oli murha. Kun poliisi käy, he löytävät Kalanenin tyyppiä, jolla on koko ympäri. Dateline Roundupissa terveyskysyjä käsittelee myöskään myöskään Philadelphia-opettajasta. Donna Adelson, Suomalainen isä, joka on kuivattu murhaan vanhaa tyyppiä, puhutaan hänen kääntämäänsä.

Minulla ei ollut tietoa, että tämä vaarallinen, vaarallinen tehtävä tulisi tapahtumaan. Lisäksi uudesta drama-seriasta, jonka järjestäjät ovat John Wayne Gacy. Andrea keskustellaan tuotantopuolella ja taustalla.

But before all that, we're heading to Florida, where a man sentenced to death for murdering his wife, a doctor, tries to convince a judge he got a raw deal. Ten years ago in sunny Bonita Springs, Florida, Dr. Teresa Severs was making a name for herself in the field of holistic medicine, appearing on local TV shows and speaking at public events. Getting you healthy is my passion. Being healthy is your choice. When the devoted doctor didn't show up for work on June 28, 2015...

Her patients and her staff immediately knew something was wrong. Her husband Mark, who was out of town, asked a friend to check on her at their home, and what that friend found was a bloody crime scene. 911, what is your emergency? I'm at a friend's house, and I came here to check on his wife, and he's dead on the floor.

Theresa had been bludgeoned to death. Investigators quickly zeroed in on a suspect, Theresa's husband, accusing him of hiring his best friend and another man to commit the crime. In December of 2019, a jury convicted Mark of murder, and he was sentenced to death.

This week, more than a decade after Teresa's death, Mark is once again standing before a judge. He says he's innocent and that his case needs a second look. There is a lot to cover here, and there's nobody better to break it all down than my good friend Dennis Murphy, who has covered this case extensively for Dateline. So Dennis, thank you so much for being here today. Always a pleasure to be with you, Plain.

So let's start by talking about Dr. Severs. She's this beloved doctor. Her husband was out of town at the time. How did he react to learning this tragic news?

She really is on track to change the world. Breathe. Breathe with me. Slow me down. My life is so much better at this than I am. And then the police leave the room, but they can still hear Mark talking on the recording, apparently to Teresa. Oh my God, Teresa. What could I have done if I was with you? This wouldn't have happened if I came back.

And that's really kind of the crux of the defense's case, right? That Wayne is lying about all of this and really tried to discredit Wayne as a witness. But in the end, obviously the jury agreed with the prosecution and Mark was found guilty. So now, Dennis, more than 10 years after Teresa's murder, Mark is back in front of a judge for an evidentiary hearing on his claims that the trial was unfair and his original attorney was ineffective.

He wanted you to represent him so much that he didn't mind that you were not death qualified. And the trial attorney went on to say that he did the best he could to represent Mark. But there was one more thing that he was questioned about, right? Tell us about that.

And we should say that Wayne denied having any sort of sexual relationship with Mark when police questioned him about it. And Dennis, there's one more kind of hanging chat in all of this. It's this letter that has come out to Mark's mother from Jimmy Rogers, the alleged hitman. What was that about?