{"id":25138,"date":"2026-08-26T19:50:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=25138"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:50:59","slug":"suspect-convicted-in-murder-of-microsoft-executive-jared-bridegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=25138","title":{"rendered":"Suspect convicted in murder of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A Florida jury convicted Mario Fernandez Saldana of murder in the 2022 ambush murder of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan.<\/p>\n

The jury on Wednesday found the defendant, who is married to Bridegan’s ex-wife, guilty of first-degree murder and solicitation to commit a capital felony.<\/p>\n

Fernandez Saldana was ordered to return to court Oct. 5 to receive his sentencing date.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Bridegan, 33, was shot to death at close range in February 2022 in Jacksonville Beach after stopping his car to move a tire in the middle of a dark road.<\/p>\n

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Mario Fernandez Saldana looks on during his trial at the Duval County Courthouse on Aug. 17, 2026, in Jacksonville, Fla.<\/span> (Corey Perrine\/The Florida Times-Union via AP, Pool)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His daughter, who was just 2 years old at the time, was sitting in the back seat during the shooting but was uninjured.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutors argued the scene was a deliberate set-up stemming from a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife Shanna Gardner and her husband, Fernandez Saldana.<\/p>\n

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Mario Fernandez, right, was arrested for the murder of Jared Bridegan, left. He’s the second husband of Bridegan’s ex-wife, Shanna Gardner-Fernandez, far right.<\/span> (GoFundMe\/ Instagram)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Prosecutors allege the duo planned the hit by hiring Henry Tenon as the gunman. Tenon initially pleaded guilty before rescinding that plea.<\/p>\n

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Fernandez Saldana was arrested in March 2023, followed by Gardner’s arrest in August. Both were indicted on the same charges in Bridegan’s killing.<\/p>\n

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A judge ruled that Gardner and Fernandez Saldana would be tried separately with different juries.<\/p>\n

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An old booking photo of Henry Tenon, who was charged with the Feb. 16 murder of Jared Bridegan. At right is a family portrait of Jared and Kirsten Bridegan and their daughters, Bexley and London.<\/span> (Florida Department of Corrections\/ Courtesy of Kirsten Bridegan)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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