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crime5 days ago•2 min saved

Custody feud inspires murder-for-hire conviction in Florida road killing

A Florida jury convicted Mario Fernandez Saldana of first-degree murder and solicitation of murder in the 2022 killing of Microsoft design manager Jared Bridegan on a Jacksonville Beach road, in a plot tied to a bitter child-custody dispute with his ex-wife Shanna Gardner; a former tenant, Henry Tenon, carried out the shooting and was paid after the fact, with DNA on the tire rim linking him to the crime. Gardner's trial is set for September and Tenon faces trial next year.

via NBC News|

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crime15 days ago•202 min saved

Ex-wife and husband accused in murder-for-hire plot against Microsoft exec go to trial

Prosecutors say Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan was lured from his car by a tire left in the road and shot in 2022 in a premeditated murder-for-hire plot tied to Bridegan's contentious custody battle; the scheme allegedly involved his ex-wife Shanna Gardner and her husband Mario Fernandez Saldana, with shooter Henry Tenon previously pleading guilty but now testifying as the case unfolds. Fernandez Saldana is on trial, Gardner faces related charges and is next to stand trial, while investigators point to checks and hundreds of phone contacts linking the conspirators.

via CNN|

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crime3 years ago•5 min saved

Unveiling the Identity of Shanna Gardner in Jared Bridegan's Jacksonville Beach Murder

Shanna Gardner, the ex-wife of Jared Bridegan, has been charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony, and child abuse in connection with his ambush killing in Jacksonville Beach. Gardner, who had been living in Washington state with their twin children, joins her husband Mario Fernandez Saldana and another suspect in the case. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for both Gardner and Fernandez Saldana. Gardner had hired a high-profile attorney and given interviews denying any involvement in the murder.

via The Florida Times-Union|

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crime3 years ago•4 min saved

"Microsoft Exec's Ex-Wife Arrested in Murder of Jared Bridegan"

Shanna Lee Gardner, the ex-wife of Jared Bridegan, has been indicted and charged in his ambush death in Jacksonville Beach. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Gardner, as they have already advised for her co-defendant husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana. Gardner was arrested in Washington state, where she was living, while Fernandez Saldana was arrested in March. Another suspect, Henry Arthur Tenon, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and agreed to testify against Fernandez Saldana and any others involved in the murder. The motive for the murder has not been disclosed, but the investigation revealed a contentious relationship between Bridegan and Gardner.

via The Florida Times-Union|

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