‘Cold, Calculated and Premeditated’: Ex-Wife Charged in Microsoft Exec’s Murder
The ex-wife of a Microsoft executive fatally shot in the middle of a quiet Florida road in front of his toddler has been charged in the brazen 2022 murder, prosecutors announced on Thursday.
The State Attorney’s Office confirmed that Shanna Gardner-Fernandez has been arrested in Washington state and indicted on charges in connection with Jared Bridegan’s February 2022 slaying. The charges come months after Gardner-Fernandez’s husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana, was also charged for allegedly enlisting the help of his handyman and tenant to carry out the crime. Gardner-Fernandez was married to Bridegan for six years before their 2015 divorce.
“We promised at the outset of this investigation we would not relent until we uncovered the truth about Jared’s murder, the whole and entire truth,” State Attorney Mellisa Nelson said during a press conference to announce the charges.