JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man charged with arranging the fatal ambush of a Microsoft design manager is headed to trial Monday in Florida, more than four years after the victim was repeatedly shot outside his vehicle while his 2-year-old child was strapped in a car seat.
Investigators say a tire was placed in the road in a plot to distract and kill Jared Bridegan, 33, in Jacksonville Beach in 2022. They allege it was a murder-for-hire scheme involving his ex-wife and her current husband.
The husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana, 38, is charged with first-degree murder in Duval County court. Bridegan’s former wife, Shanna Gardner, 39, is also charged with murder, though her trial won’t start until September…