Murder for Hire in Jacksonville: The Jared Bridegan Case
Show Notes
On February 16, 2022, Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan was gunned down after stopping to move a tire blocking a Jacksonville Beach road—with his two-year-old daughter in the car. Prosecutors allege this was no random act: it was a meticulously planned murder-for-hire, orchestrated by his ex-wife Shanna Gardner and her estranged husband Mario Fernandez over a bitter custody dispute. The admitted gunman has pleaded guilty, but key questions remain as Gardner and Fernandez await trial in August 2026.
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