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Florida jury deliberates in the alleged murder-for-hire killing of a Microsoft manager
Prosecutors say the killing was part of a murder-for-hire plot tied to a custody dispute, and jurors saw $10,000 in payments to an alleged accomplice.
- A Florida jury began deliberating Wednesday the fate of Mario Fernandez Saldana, charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 ambush death of Microsoft design manager Jared Bridegan.
- Prosecutors allege the murder was a contract killing orchestrated by Fernandez Saldana and his wife, Shanna Gardner, stemming from a contentious, years-long child custody dispute involving their twins.
- Evidence presented to jurors included $10,000 in checks written to alleged gunman Henry Tenon and DNA evidence found on a tire used to lure Bridegan from his vehicle.
- Lead defense attorney Jesse Dreicer challenged the prosecution's case, arguing there was no direct evidence linking his client to the shooting and that payments to Tenon were for legitimate handyman work.
- Gardner faces a separate murder trial in September, while Tenon, who withdrew an earlier guilty plea, is scheduled to stand trial next year for his role in the alleged murder-for-hire plot.
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Florida jury deliberates in the alleged murder-for-hire killing of a Microsoft manager
Deliberations are underway in Florida in the shooting of a Microsoft design manager. Jared Bridegan was gunned down when he got out of his SUV to remove a tire from the road in 2022.
·New York, United States
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Jury begins deliberations in Mario Fernandez murder trial in February 2022 ambush shooting of Jared Bridegan
The jurors who have spent more than a week listening to both sides make their cases began deliberating the fate of Mario Fernandez on Wednesday morning in the Jared Bridegan murder case.
·Jacksonville, United States
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