Microsoft exec’s grieving widow faces man accused of plotting his murder as she reveals eerie final call

Microsoft exec’s grieving widow faces man accused of plotting his murder as she reveals eerie final call

By Fox News
Publication Date: 2026-08-18 16:01:00

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The widow of slain Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan came face to face Monday with the man accused of helping to plan his killing, recounting the bitter custody conflict and final phone call that preceded the roadside ambush.

Kirsten Bridegan took the witness stand as Mario Fernandez Saldana’s murder trial got underway in Florida.

Prosecutors allege Fernandez Saldana helped plan and finance the killing and that Henry Tenon was the gunman. Fernandez Saldana has pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys say the state cannot prove he solicited or intended Bridegan’s death.

On Tuesday, jurors watched Nest and Ring footage that prosecutors said traced Bridegan’s black Volkswagen Atlas and a blue two-tone truck through South Jacksonville Beach in the minutes before the killing. A Jacksonville Beach corporal testified that another camera showed a person prosecutors identified as Tenon walking, then running, from the scene, while nearby audio…