Man charged with arranging fatal ambush of Microsoft manager faces murder trial in Florida
Jared Bridegan, a 33-year-old Microsoft design manager, was fatally ambushed outside his vehicle in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, in 2022 while his 2-year-old child was strapped in a car seat. Police allege that the murder was part of a murder-for-hire scheme involving Bridegan's ex-wife Shanna Gardner and her current husband Mario Fernandez Saldana.
Fernandez Saldana, 38, has been charged with first-degree murder, while Gardner, 39, faces the same charge and will go on trial in September. Henry Tenon, the alleged gunman, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2023 and will testify against Fernandez Saldana but will face his own trial in 2027. Tenon's DNA was found on the tire used to block Bridegan's vehicle.
The motive for the murder reportedly stemmed from years of acrimony between Gardner and Bridegan over the custody of their two children.
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