UPDATE (7:00 PM) -- Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle adjourned court early on Monday to allow the defense the chance to sit with one of the state's FBI witnesses and discuss an evidence issue.
Defense says there is evidence they have not received from the FBI, although the FBI witness says they handed everything they had to the state. The state argues they gave everything they had to the defense.
Defense says this has been an issue since the beginning and it is why they had asked for a continuance.
Court will resume Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m.
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UPDATE (1:45 PM) -- One member of the jury reported that during lunch with two other jurors at a restaurant, another diner sat next to them with a laptop and was viewing evidence photos of the murder. They asked the man to please move.
The juror told the judge he only caught a glimpse of the photos before he realized what it was. The three jurors were questioned by the judge before calling a recess to allow the State to make unrelated arrangements.
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UPDATE (12 PM) -- Court has taken a lunch break.
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UPDATE (11:50 AM) -- Former LCSO crime scene technician Amy Lusk has taken the stand to answer questions about hair samples taken from Jimmy Rodgers.
Buccal swabs were also collected, says Lusk. Those samples are in court today.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 14, 2019
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UPDATE (11:35 AM) -- State witness Kimberly Van Waus is back on the witness stand. She is a crime scene tech for the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
She first testified last Thursday. She photographed the car collected by LCSO for evidence.
Van Waus says the "trace evidence" she was specifically looking for in this case was hair from the suspect or victim, as well as pet hair.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 14, 2019
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UPDATE (10:10 AM) -- The next witness is Detective Nick Schunemann of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, formerly of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Missouri.
He says he was assigned to execute two search warrants in Missouri.
During the search warrant at a home in Hillsboro, Missouri, Detective Schueneman says there was a cellphone that was collected as evidence.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 14, 2019
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UPDATE (9 AM) -- The first State witness is taking the witness stand this morning. Jeffery Conway is from Missouri and works for the Doe Run mining company.
Conway says Rodgers used to work for him as a subcontractor and Rodgers would work at the Doe Run company. He was part of a cleanup crew, says Conway.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 14, 2019
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UPDATE (850 AM) -- Judge Kyle asked the State if the Mark Sievers trial will take longer than Rodgers. Estimate is whatever length the Rodgers trial takes, the Sievers trial will take a week longer.
But the State did say jury selection will take longer. The State wants a January date for the Sievers trial, but the judge is keeping it for November. He’s concerned they won’t be able to find a jury if they move it to January because of the holidays.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Questioning is continuing Monday in the trial of Jimmy Rodgers, who is accused of murdering Dr. Teresa Sievers in Bonita Springs in 2015 after being hired by her husband Mark.
Opening statements were held on Thursday, and the state has been calling up witnesses since then.
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