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Man convicted in murder-for-hire killing of Microsoft manager on Florida road
Jurors found Fernandez guilty after prosecutors said he hired an intermediary and paid $10,000 in checks tied to the killing.
- On Wednesday, a jury convicted Mario Fernandez Saldana of first-degree murder and solicitation in the 2022 ambush shooting of Jared Bridegan, concluding a high-profile trial in Jacksonville.
- Prosecutors argued Bridegan was killed in a "targeted ambush" following years of post-divorce custody disputes with his ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, over their twins.
- Investigators linked Fernandez Saldana to the crime through three checks totaling $10,000 paid to Henry Tenon, whose DNA was identified on the tire intentionally placed in the road.
- Fernandez Saldana faces an automatic life sentence without parole; Gardner and Tenon face separate trials in September and 2027, respectively.
- Judge London Kite ordered Fernandez Saldana to return to court on October 5 at 9 a.m. to set his sentencing date, as victim's widow Kirsten Bridegan said "truth won today.
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Man convicted in murder-for-hire killing of Microsoft manager on Florida road
A man accused of arranging the fatal shooting of a Microsoft design manager on a Florida road was convicted Wednesday in a murder-for-hire scheme fueled by a stormy child custody arrangement between the victim and his wealthy ex-wife.
·Atlanta, United States
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Jury convicts Mario Fernandez of murder in February 2022 ambush shooting of Jared Bridegan, his wife’s ex-husband
Mario Fernandez has been found guilty of first-degree murder and solicitation to commit a capital felony in the deadly ambush shooting of Jared Bridegan, his wife’s ex-husband.
·Jacksonville, United States
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