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Break in unsolved murder of Microsoft exec Jared Bridegan’s, last year in Florida, as prime suspect, his ex-wife moves cross country to Washington with their children- arrest imminent, cops said

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Major break in case of murdered Microsoft exec <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Arrest imminent in murder of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Ex-wife&comma; Shanna Gardner-Fernandez&comma; and her second husband&comma; Mario Fernandez&comma; remain suspects in the mysterious killing<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Ex-wife&comma; Gardner-Fernandez&comma; has moved 2&comma;800 miles across the country&comma; to West Richland&comma; Washington <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Gardner-Fernandez&comma; 35&comma; and Bridegan&comma; 33&comma; divorced in 2016&comma; reportedly after she had an affair <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The estrangement sparking angry&comma; years-long accusations from both in court filings that continued until his death<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Jared Bridegan was murdered after dropping off the 10-year-old twins he shared with his ex at her then-Florida home on Feb&period; 16 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>On the way home&comma; when he stopped to pick up a tire left in the middle of the road <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He was shot multiple times as his toddler daughter from his second marriage watched from the back of the car <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Cops believe the tire was planted in the road to help ambush Bridegan <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Investigators found out that the victim’s ex mentioned that she was shopping for someone go after him to a friend&comma; before he was shot dead shortly after their divorce<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Shanna was getting the genital piercing at a Florida tattoo parlor in 2015 after divorcing Jared Bridegan but still living together <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332b2c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Tattoo parlor employee who became friends with Gardner-Fernandez claims she <strong>asked us if they knew anybody that could &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;shut him up&comma;”&OpenCurlyQuote; <&sol;strong>at dinner<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Shanna-Gardner-Fernandez-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428626" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"555"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Victims ex-wife Shanna Gardner-Fernandez &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; reportedly&comma; moved from North Florida to West Richland&comma; Washington&comma; with the twins she shared with Jared Bridegan&period; She has remained a suspect in the unsolved murder<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">An arrest is expected any day in the shocking murder of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan&comma; as it emerged that his ex-wife&comma; who remains a suspect&comma; has moved 2&comma;800 miles across the country&comma; to the Pacific northeast&period;<br>Investigators confirmed an arrest is likely as soon as Wednesday&comma; nearly a year after the father of four was ambushed and repeatedly shot in front of his then-2-year-old daughter Bexley in Florida&period;<br>Bridegan’s ex-wife&comma; Shanna Gardner-Fernandez&comma; and her second husband&comma; Mario Fernandez&comma; remain suspects in the unsolved assassination of the young father-of-four&comma; according to sources close to the investigation<br>Gardner-Fernandez&comma; 35&comma; and Bridegan&comma; 33&comma; divorced in 2016&comma; reportedly after she had an affair&comma; sparking angry&comma; years-long accusations from both in court filings that continued until his death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Jared-Bridegan-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428646" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"1128"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Father-of-four Jared Bridegan &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 33&comma; was executed in front of his two-year-old daughter in February 2022&period; His ex-wife and her current husband have been the only suspects<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;image-55&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428630" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"514"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Kirsten Bridegan seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; with Jared&comma; the twins&comma; their toddler and infant daughters&comma; is determined to find those behind her husband’s murder&comma; so she can explain his death to his children <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Microsoft executive was murdered after dropping off the 10-year-old twins he shared with his ex at her then-Florida home on  Feb&period; 16&period; <br>On the way home&comma; he stopped to pick up a tire left in the middle of the road&comma; only to be shot multiple times as his toddler daughter from his second marriage watched from the back of the car&period;<br>Detectives believe the tire was a red herring&comma; planted in the road to help ambush Bridegan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;image-56&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428631" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"458"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption">At the time c<strong>ops said they had not found a suspect or a potential motive for killing of Jared Bridegan&comma; a father-of-four&comma; seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; with his seven-month-old daughter and nine-year-old twins Liam and Abbie&period; He shared custody of his older two children with his ex&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;image-59&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428638" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"1034"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>The Microsoft executive was found 2&period;2miles from Shanna’s home after dropping off the kids on February 16&period; It was on a quiet patch of road&comma; where there were no security cameras <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This was such a heinous crime … I mean&comma; the amount of times he was shot&comma; just to ensure that he was dead&comma;” Bridegan’s older brother&comma; Adam&comma; said at the time&period;<br>While she&&num;8217&semi;s remained a suspect&comma; the victim&&num;8217&semi;s ex&comma; Shanna Gardner-Fernandez had quietly uprooted her 10-year-old twins with Jared and relocated to West Richland&comma; Washington&comma; detectives discovered&period;<br>However&comma; her second husband Mario Fernandez&comma; allegedly also a suspect&comma; did not make the 2&comma;800-mile cross-country trek with his family&period; <br>Shortly after the murder&comma; the couple retained high-powered criminal defense lawyer Henry Coxe III&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;image-54&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428628" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"1160"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Shanna Gardner-Fernandez&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; the ex-wife of Jared Bridegan&comma; the Microsoft exec&period;<&sol;strong> <strong>who was shot and killed February&comma; in front of his toddler allegedly asked a tattoo shop worker if she knew anyone who could &OpenCurlyQuote;shut him up’ while she was getting her vagina pierced<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Shanna-Gardner-Fernandez-9&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428654" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"451"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>With the ongoing investigation of the murder of after her ex-husband&comma; Jared Bridegan&comma; in north Florida&comma; Shanna Gardner-Fernandez moved cross country to this home in West Richland&comma; Washington which she purchased for &dollar;1 million according to the records<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;image-58&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428635" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"829"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Shanna Gardner-Fernandez&comma; seen with husband Mario Fernandez and the twins she shared with Jared Bridegan&period; Fernandez&comma; allegedly also a suspect — did not make the 2&comma;800-mile cross-country trip with Shanna and the kids <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">However&comma; the move devastated the slain exec’s extended family&comma; including his second wife&comma; Kirsten Bridegan&comma; and their two young children&period;<br>Kirsten said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Honestly&comma; I was shocked&comma;” by the long-distance move&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s been an added loss … On top of losing Jared&comma; my children have lost their siblings&period; I’ve lost my step-kids&period; I have tried for months and months to make contact and have gotten nowhere&period;”<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;sites&sol;2&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;jared-bridegan-murder-mystery-cross-country-move-04&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;image-60&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428640" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"575"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Jared and Kirsten Bridegan&comma; shared two biological daughters Brexley&comma; then aged two years&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; and London&comma; then seven-months &lbrack;left&rsqb;&period; Brexley who was in the car when her dad was murdered&comma; would ask her mom about &OpenCurlyQuote;the boom’ – referring to the gunshots <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">She also fears that her stepchildren are now &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;isolated” from the rest of their family after being pulled out of their private Jacksonville Beach school&period;<br>She is concerned that the twins who have to deal with the loss of their father&comma; have been &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;completely cut off from their own sisters&comma; and now they’re being taken away from their school&comma; friends&comma; their sports teams … that’s what concerns me&period;”<br>Gardner-Fernandez moved the twins to a six-bedroom&comma; four-bathroom house in the Tri-Cities area of southeastern Washington&comma; Fox said&period;<br>Property records show that the modern ranch home was purchased in September for &dollar;1 million by Whitesand LLC&comma; which lists the Alpine&comma; Utah&comma; address of her parents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Jared-Kirsten-and-Bridegan-with-their-children-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428642" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"1049"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Smiling family portrait of Kirsten and Jared Bridegan smiles with their children&period; Kirsten said her late husband&&num;8217&semi;s is ex-wife cut off contact after the murder&period; She&&num;8217&semi;s desperately trying to reach her step-kids<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In a rare interview about the case&comma; four months after the murder&comma; Gardner-Fernandez denied having an affair&comma; but admitted to the <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;jacksonville&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;30&sol;jared-bridegan-ex-wife-shanna-gardner-fernandez-speaks-out-killing-jacksonville-beach-florida&sol;7750499001&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Florida Times-Union<&sol;a>&comma; that she’d asked a tattoo parlor employee in 2015 if he knew anyone who would &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;shut … up” her ex-husband&period;<br>However&comma; she insisted that was just talk — putting it down to things people say during &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;bitter” divorces&comma; without serious deadly intent&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our relationship was pretty complicated and remained pretty complicated&comma;” she said&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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