Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez, her estranged husband, will be back in court Wednesday morning for a pre-trial hearing in the murder-for-hire case against them.

Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez, her estranged husband, will be back in court Wednesday morning for a pre-trial hearing in the murder-for-hire case against them.

Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez, her estranged husband, will be back in court Wednesday morning for a pre-trial hearing in the murder-for-hire case against them.

Attorneys for a woman accused of plotting with her new husband to have her ex-husband killed in 2022 want the case against her dismissed.

Newly released documents in the case of the murder-for-hire plot to kill Jared Bridegan outline everything from comments made during a search of his ex-wife Shanna Gardner’s parents’ property in Washington and the defendants’ movements before and after the murder.

Shanna Gardner’s attorneys continue to argue that she should be released on bond ahead of her trial in the murder-for-hire plot that prosecutors say left her ex-husband, 33-year-old Jared Bridegan, dead.

The state has responded to a motion filed last month by Shanna Gardner’s defense team that claimed prosecutors had withheld evidence from the defense.

The Jacksonville Beach couple accused in a murder-for-hire plot was in court Tuesday morning and the lawyers for Shanna Gardner continued to argue for her release on bond.

The lawyers for Shanna Gardner are asking a Duval County judge to order a review of all communications between her and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez.

A Duval County judge on Monday morning denied the motion of Mario Fernandez and Shanna Gardner to disqualify the State Attorney’s Office from prosecuting them in the Jarred Bridegan murder case.

The judge is expected to formally rule on Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez’ motions to have the State Attorney’s Office kicked off the case on Monday morning.

A judge was expected to rule Thursday on whether the State Attorney’s Office should be disqualified from prosecuting the couple accused of conspiring to kill 33-year-old Jared Bridegan in 2022.

Gardner and her now estranged husband Mario Fernandez are accused of hiring Henry Tenon to kill Gardener’s ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, a 33-year-old St. Johns County father, in Jacksonville Beach in 2022.

Defendant Shanna Gardner’s attorney on Wednesday asked the court to close part of an evidentiary hearing on Thursday related to her motion to disqualify State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office from prosecuting the alleged murder-for-hire plot.

Mario Fernandez, the man accused of conspiring with his wife to kill her ex-husband in 2022, appeared in court Thursday as potential evidence was handed over to a judge for review.

Mario Fernandez, the man accused of conspiring with his wife to kill her ex-husband in 2022, appeared in court Thursday as potential evidence was handed over to a judge for review.

All proceedings in the case against a couple accused in a murder-for-hire plot have been put on hold after a judge’s ruling this week.

Now, new evidence released this week suggested his murder was not only planned, it was also rehearsed.

The estranged couple accused in what investigators describe as a murder-for-hire plot was back in court Friday -- exactly two years after the ambush killing of 33-year-old Jared Bridegan.

A new batch of evidence obtained by News4JAX on Thursday gives more details into the Jared Bridegan investigation and revealed that police identified a total of five people who were “likely involved” in a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the death of the father of four.

It’s a fight for visitation involving a family that was torn apart by a brutal murder.

Shanna Gardner and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez, will be back inside a Duval County courtroom on Wednesday as they face charges in the murder-for-hire plot that investigators say left Gardner’s ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, dead.

Inside 800 pages of reports from prosecutors obtained by News4JAX on Tuesday lie new details in the Jared Bridegan murder investigation.

The estranged husband and wife accused of orchestrating the ambush murder of Jared Bridegan in 2022 will be back in court Monday for back-to-back hearings.

Henry Tenon, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the conspiracy to kill Jared Bridegan has a pretrial hearing scheduled Monday in Duval County court.

The estranged husband and wife accused of orchestrating the ambush murder of Jared Bridegan in 2022 saw each other for the first time in over a year when they appeared back-to-back in court Friday.

The previously dark and wooded stretch of Jacksonville Beach where father of 4 Jared Bridegan was murdered in February 2022 now has bright streetlights to make it safer.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are preparing for a legal showdown in the Jared Bridegan murder case, which new legal filings show will involve the use of wire taps and phone search warrants.

The lawyers for one of three people charged with the murder-for-hire plot that left a St. Johns County father of four dead want the prosecutors off the case.

A Jacksonville Beach woman who is charged with orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill her ex-husband’s murder hired a new high-profile defense attorney, according to a new court filing.

Shanna Gardner was booked into the Duval County Jail late last night after being extradited from Washington State

One of three people accused of a plot to kill a St. Johns County father of four said “it ain’t looking good” when talking about his case in a jailhouse interview.

Until Gardner is extradited to Florida, the murder case against Fernandez is at a legal standstill.

For the first time since his wife’s arrest in the murder conspiracy to kill her ex-husband, the man accused of orchestrating the death of Jared Bridegan will appear in court Tuesday.

Shanna Gardner, Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife, is scheduled for a first appearance in court in Washington State Friday.

During the video, Mario Fernandez can be seen sitting handcuffed in the back of a pickup truck, talking with investigators. He was then placed into the back of a patrol car.

The State Attorney’s Office on Thursday the indictment of Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife on first-degree murder charges in the conspiracy that led to his ambush shooting last year.

The man accused of planning the death of a St. Johns County father of four last year appeared briefly in Duval County court on Tuesday for a routine pre-trial hearing.

The man accused of planning Jared Bridegan’s death appeared in court today. Mario Fernandez faces first degree murder, conspiracy, and child abuse charges.

Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will seek the death penalty against Mario Fernandez if he is convicted in the murder of his wife’s ex-husband, 33-year-old Jared Bridegan.

The man investigators say helped orchestrate a conspiracy to kill a St. Johns County father of four in February 2022 will plead not guilty to the charges against him at his arraignment Tuesday in Duval County court.

Jared Bridegan’s widow, Kirsten, said between Valentine’s Day and knowing it’s now been a full year since Jared’s murder, this has been a tough week.

The man arrested in connection with the death of Jared Bridegan appeared in Duval County court Monday morning for his arraignment.

Henry Tenon scheduled to be in Duval County court Monday for his arraignment

The state attorney’s office filed the formal charges against the man arrested in connection with the shooting death last year of a father of four in Jacksonville Beach, Duval County court records show.

The widow and brother of a father of four killed last year in what police believe was a targeted ambush shooting in Jacksonville Beach opened up Thursday to the News4JAX I-TEAM about the arrest in the case and the questions still left in the investigation.

Nearly a year after a father of four was gunned down in what police believe was a targeted ambush shooting in Jacksonville Beach, police and the state attorney’s office announced an arrest in the case Wednesday.