Suspect in Microsoft exec's murder-for-hire slaying wished 'good luck!' to hit man: witness
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Mario Fernandez, a suspect in Jared Bridegan's killing alongside codefendent Shanna Gardner, allegedly wrote "good luck!" on a check to a hit man in April 2022.
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Gardner and Fernandez Saldana, her second husband, allegedly offered $150,000 to Henry Tenon, Fernandez-Saldana's former tenant, to carry out the murder. A $5,000 check to Tenon dated April 4, 2022, from Gardner's and Saldana's LLC, First Choice Home Rentals, reads, "Kickstarter" and "Good luck!," according to Jacksonville Beach Police Department Det. Chris Johns.
"Mr. Tenon stated that this was the first of many payments that were supposed to be an investment into his pallet company which was actually payment for the homicide," Johns, the lead detective assigned to the Bridegan murder case, testified Tuesday.
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