The man arrested for the murder of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan in front of his young daughter had been plotting the murder with at least one accomplice for at least six weeks, a new court document has revealed.
Henry Tenon, 61, was arrested January 25 on charges of second-degree murder with a weapon, conspiracy to commit murder, aiding and abetting, and child abuse in the February 16, 2022 execution in North Florida.
Melissa Nelson, state’s attorney for the Fourth Judicial District, announced the breakthrough in the case at a news conference.
“We know that Tenon did not act alone,” he said. His office formally filed the charging document against him on February 1.
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Booking photo by Henry Tenon, January 25, 2023; Jared and Kirsten Bridegan with their little daughter.
(Jacksonville Beach Police Department/Courtesy of Kirsten Bridegan)
The only new detail in the document says that Tenon “between January 4, 2022 and February 16, 2022…agreed, conspired, combined, or confederated with other human beings to unlawfully and with premeditated design effect the death of Jared Bridegan”.
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Fox News Digital was the first to report that Tenon has a surprising connection to Bridegan’s ex-wife, Shanna Gardner-Fernandez.
She lived in a house owned by Gardner-Fernandez’s husband, Mario Fernandez, at the time of the murder. Tenon also worked as a handyman for Fernandez, his former roommate told the New York Post.
Shanna Gardner-Fernandez and her husband Mario Fernandez pose in a car. Her ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, was shot to death on February 16, 2022.
(Facebook)
Bridegan and Gardner-Fernandez, who remarried, had a contested divorce and continued to fight in court over custody of their 10-year-old twins and finances until their deaths.
Shortly before her divorce, she asked a tattoo parlor employee if he knew someone who could “shut him up”.
Gardner-Fernandez and Fernández remain suspects in the murder, according to law enforcement sources.
A combination of photos of Jared and Kirsten Bridegan, left, and Shanna Gardner-Fernandez outside their home in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
(Courtesy of Kirsten Bridegan/Mom and Paparazzi for Fox News Digital)
Bridegan’s widow and mother of his two youngest children, Kirsten Bridegan, previously told Fox News Digital that she wants all those responsible to be brought to justice.
“This was orchestrated, this was planned and this was specific to Jared,” he said. “We will continue to fight until all the people involved are held accountable.”
The 33-year-old software developer was shot driving home with his 2-year-old daughter and ran into a tire on the road in Jacksonville Beach.
A billboard advertised a $55,000 reward for information on the unsolved murder of Jared Bridegan.
(Jacksonville Beach Police Department)
When he got out to move it, he was shot repeatedly.
Minutes earlier, she had dropped off the twins she shares with Gardner-Fernandez at her nearby home.
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Tenon, who is being held without bail, is due back in court on February 13 for his arraignment.
