Microsoft Manager Murder Trial Set for Monday
A murder-for-hire scheme has been alleged in the death of Jared Bridegan, a Microsoft design manager. The case is set to go to trial on Monday in Florida's Duval County court.
Bridegan was repeatedly shot outside his vehicle while his two-year-old child was strapped in a car seat in Jacksonville Beach in 2022. Investigators say the attack was part of a plot involving a tyre placed in the road to distract and kill him.
The alleged masterminds behind the scheme are Bridegan's ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, and her current husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana. Gardner, 39, is also charged with murder, though her trial won't start until September.
Bridegan was granted a divorce from Gardner in 2015, but there were years of acrimony over the parenting of their two children. Authorities say Gardner 'hated' Bridegan and wanted him dead.