Jared Bridegan update: Ex-wife of slain Microsoft exec charged with first degree murder

Mr Tenon, 62, was charged on January 25 with conspiracy to murder, second-degree murder with a weapon, aiding and abetting a felony and child molestation. Authorities say he was a former tenant of Mr Fernandez. He has a long criminal record and has already been behind bars awaiting trial on unrelated charges.

Police announced on March 16 that Mr. Fernandez was arrested in Orlando and charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation of a felony and child molestation.

It was announced the same day that Mr Tenon had pleaded guilty to second degree murder and had agreed to testify against him and anyone else who may have been involved in the murder.

Prosecutors said Mr Tenon has admitted he was the shooter and faces up to 15 years in prison under the appeal agreement.

Mr Fernandez pleaded not guilty to the arraignment in July and prosecutors say he will not be offered a settlement deal. According to the indictment, he wrote Tenon three checks, and phone records show the men exchanged more than 70 phone calls before and after the murder.

Authorities have not identified a motive for the murder, but a warrant states: “An investigation into Bridegan’s background revealed an extremely acrimonious divorce from his ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, and a contentious relationship with both Gardner and Fernandez Saldana.”

Mario Fernandez, a Florida landlord, was arrested in March on suspicion of orchestrating the murder of Jared Bridegan.

Mr. Fernandez is married to Shanna Gardner-Fernandez, Mr. Bridegan’s ex-wife.

Police believe the landlord hired Henry Tenon, a tenant who lives in one of his properties, to kill Mr Bridegan. Mr Tenon has admitted to shooting the manager.

Mr Bridegan was shot dead on his way back from his ex-wife’s house while trying to clear a tire off the road that was blocking his vehicle.

The ex-wife of slain Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, who was fatally shot by a gunman while driving home with his two-year-old daughter, has been arrested and charged with murder.

Shanna Gardner-Fernandez was arrested Thursday in Washington state and is being extradited to Duval County, Fla., where she was charged by a grand jury with first-degree murder and child molestation.

“We promised early in this investigation that we would not back down until we uncovered the truth about Jared’s murder, the whole truth,” prosecutor Melissa Nelson told reporters.