An ex-Mormon mother claims she fell in love along with her health club coach earlier than they plotted to kill her estranged husband and that her ex married her for cash, bombshell new docs reveal.
Shanna Gardner-Fernandez, 36, met her now husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana, at a YMCA as her marriage to her ex-husband Jared Bridegan – who was shot useless in an execution-style capturing on February 16, 2022 – was tanking.
Throughout her interview with police after her ex’s loss of life, she stated she turned ’emotionally concerned’ with Mario and had ‘deeper emotions’ for him than she did for her then-husband.
Shanna referred to as this second ‘the start of the top’ as her ex began to suspect that she was having an affair and began to ‘bash her publicly’ to church members.
She additionally talked about how she thought that Jared’s causes for marrying her to begin had ‘ulterior motives, realizing she got here from cash,’ court docket paperwork stated.
Shanna and Mario have since been accused of of plotting Jared’s ugly homicide after they allegedly employed a hitman, Henry Arthur Tenon, 62, to kill the father-of-four in entrance of his then two-year-old daughter in Jacksonville Seaside, Florida.
Shanna Gardner-Fernandez, 36, the ex-wife of Jared Bridegan, who was murdered in 2022, instructed police he was a ‘controlling hermit’ who she solely married as a result of she was ‘determined’ She has been accused of plotting his killing
Jared was shot a number of occasions at shut vary in what police described as an ‘ambush’ and ‘focused’ assault on February 16, 2022, in entrance of his then two-year-old daughter in Jacksonville Seaside, Florida
Throughout a police interview on March 1, 2022, Shanna described intimately how her and her ex-husband met and their points main as much as their divorce in 2015 that centered round their 11-year-old twins, Abby and Liam.
Shanna, who got here from a rich Mormon household, instructed police she married Jared after assembly two months earlier as a result of she was ‘determined.’
The couple had youngsters, which Shanna said put a pressure on their relationship after their son, Liam, bought in poor health.
She and Jared then moved from their house in Utah to Connecticut earlier than they settled in Florida, the place they lived near her ex-husband’s household to assist with the kids.
She admitted throughout their marriage, her ex-husband was a ‘hermit’ who solely wished to spend time along with her or play along with his ‘toys,’ paperwork revealed.
Lower than a yr after they moved to Jacksonville, the couple bought divorced and Shanna determined to go away the Mormon church.
She said her ex-husband then ‘drained’ her accounts and the divorce was intense as he refused to maneuver out of their household house. Shanna added the house was bought with cash from her belief however turned a joint asset as soon as it was purchased.
Paperwork stated in March 2015, she said her ex-husband began to turn out to be ‘paranoid’ and wrote the whole lot down as he insisted that he wished half the proceeds from their home.
After their divorce was finalized, Shanna stated her ex-husband didn’t wish to be round her, because the couple went to separate parent-teacher conferences and physician’s appointments for his or her kids.
Jared is seen along with his widow Kristen, their two daughters, and the twins he shared with Shanna
Gardner-Fernandez has been charged alongside along with her new husband, Mario, with the homicide of her ex.
Shanna stated that although they’d a separate routine, she would ‘simply present up’ and didn’t care about their association.
Throughout her interview, Shanna stated she ‘might depend on one hand’ what number of occasions Brigegan ‘yelled’ at her, however that he did typically have a ‘impolite undertone’, particularly in textual content messages and emails.
She added her ex-husband was ‘very bipolar’ and knew the right way to be charming when he wanted to be, however that it was not his ‘pure character.’
Whereas they lived in Utah and Connecticut, Shanna said Jared restricted her on when she might see her pals and sometimes weighed in on what she might put on.
The couple then determined to strive remedy, to which Jared reportedly responded that ‘he didn’t have an issue and that she was the one which wanted to vary,’ paperwork stated.
Shanna defined how she went on to ‘vent to folks on the YMCA’ and shortly met her now husband, Mario, court docket paperwork stated.
Mario’s presence in his kids’s lives was additionally a fear to Jared, in keeping with those that know the household.
The daddy was described as a ‘religious’ Mormon who was working as a software program developer for Microsoft.
Shanna and Mario have been charged with conspiracy to commit homicide, solicitation to commit a capital felony and youngster abuse.
Gardner-Fernandez is seen in her mugshot after she pleaded not responsible to a number of fees regarding her ex-husband Jared Bridegan’s homicide
Suspected gunman Henry Tenon, 62, (left) has stated he’s prepared to testify that Mario Fernandez-Saldana, 35, and his spouse employed him to kill Jared
Tenon, Mario’s former tenant, who acted because the gunman within the killing had reportedly confessed to the plot after being arrested for an unrelated crime.
Jared was shot a number of occasions at shut vary in what police described as an ‘ambush’ and ‘focused’ assault. Talking on the time Jacksonville Seaside Police Chief Gene Paul Smith stated that when Jared stepped out of his automobile he was ‘gunned down in chilly blood.’
Jared’s widow Kristen who shared two children with him, stated she’s going to assist the loss of life penalty if his ex-wife is convicted.
The chief’s household just lately filed a lawsuit that restricted visitation rights for Shanna to see her 11-year-old youngsters that she shared with Jared. The kids are presently staying out of state with household.
In an emotional interview, Kirsten, 36, told DailyMail.com of her ‘satisfaction’ about Shanna’s arrest which got here 547 days after the father-of-four was killed simply minutes from his ex-wife’s house.
