BREAKING UPDATE: Prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty against Mario Fernandez, the man accused of orchestrating the murder of his wife's ex-husband, Jared Bridegan.
Florida law says prosecutors have 45 business days from the day of an indictment to determine if they will seek the death penalty. That deadline was approaching, and prosecutors opted to file the notice during Wednesday’s scheduled court hearing.and charged with first-degree murder with a weapon, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony and child abuse in connection with the shooting death of Bridegan, who is the ex-husband of Fernandez’s wife.
Bridegan’s widow was in the courtroom Wednesday when prosecutors made the announcement about seeking the death penalty if Fernandez is convicted.to the charges against him when he was arraigned last month. Prosecutors have said they are not offering him a plea deal in the case.He had just dropped off his two oldest children at his ex-wife’s home in Jacksonville Beach when he stopped to remove a tire from the roadway and was ambushed, investigators say.
He was shot multiple times while his young daughter was still strapped in her car seat a few feet away.Fernandez had been Tenon’s landlord, and investigators say phone records revealed more than 70 calls between the men before and after Bridegan’s murder.and anyone else who might be charged.
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