The Florida ex-wife of murdered Microsoft manager Jared Bridegan has denied the affair that ended their marriage. Her claim in an interview with Fox News Digital.
As his gift for Christmas in late 2014, Bridegan bought his then-wife Shana his Gardner his Fernandez a package of training his sessions, but the relationship ended a few weeks later. It got romantic, said his fitness instructor.
33-year-old Bridegan's unsolved mystery marked the six-month anniversary of his death on Tuesday.
I was shot dead in front of me. A wooded road in an upscale suburban neighborhood in North Florida.
A father of four children, he left his 10-year-old twins from his first marriage and his two daughters Bexley, 2, and London, 1, from his second marriage. years old).
"The past six months have been the hardest months of my life," his widow, Kirsten Bridegan, 31, told his Fox News Digital. "Jared was my security and stability, my strength, and it was gone in an instant by someone else's cowardice."
Amid mounting public scrutiny, 35-year-old Gardner Fernandez gave a rare interview to the local Florida Times-Union in June, in which she "denied public reports that she had an affair. Until the end of the marriage."
Gardner Fernandez, descendant of a prominent Mormon family in Utah,also claimed that she had nothing to do with her ex-husband's execution.. Years of bitter divorce and custody battles that ended only with his death.
Trainor is a family owned multi-million dollar paper craft company Stampin' He's Up Gardner He's Fernandes but she and Bridegan have been separated for months When I told him that their session had taken an unprofessional turn.
"They weren't really talking," said the instructor. "They lived on opposite sides of the house. She said she didn't want that anymore because she grew up Mormon." remained a true believer.
Bridegan's family said the two did not separate until Gardner's Fernandez filed for divorce on February 23, 2015. He claims to have been her weightlifting lover.
Her friends said her doting father was willing to forgive the betrayal on behalf of his children—but Gardner Fernandez gave the judge a brief account of the split. I said sorry. ,” according to court documents.
The day after filing for divorce, Gardner-Fernandez visited a tattoo parlor and asked Fox According to a waiver obtained by News Digital, it listed her trainer-turned-suspected lover as her emergency contact. Court documents state.[53][54]Bridegan and Gardner-Fernandez have both remarried, but conflicts between the two persist, with the exes frequently scratching their heads over their conflicting approaches to raising children. I was butting.
Officials at the twin private elementary schools said Gardner Fernandez openly defamed Bridegan.
"When I first met her, she divorced and painted him in a not-so-good light," she told Fox News Digital. "There was this disrespect." After dropping off the twins, Bridegan was ambushed.
He was on his way home with Bexley when he encountered a tire on the road. When he went outside to move it, he was shot repeatedly.
Law enforcement sources said Gardner Fernandez and her husband, Mario Fernandez, were accused of However, authorities have run out of clues and have not publicly identified a suspect.
Gardner posted a photo of a memorial service held by her family for her father who was killed. was broken.
In a post-delete comment, Jessica said: I am writing to ''
Gardner replied. That's what Jared told people. ''
According to Trainer Gardner, her relationship with Fernandez lasted only a few months.
Daniel Bibb, a former Manhattan prosecutor who now works as a criminal defense attorney, said the alleged case was related to a murder investigation.
"Personal.Assuming what the trainer is saying is true, whenever a person apparently lies during a murder investigation, it shows a sense of guilt." ' he said. "It wasn't about the incident, but that she may have lied when she knew she was under scrutiny."
Gardner-Fernandez and her husband defended Criminal defense attorney Henry Coxe III did not immediately seek comment.
An investigation by the Jacksonville Beach Police Department and the State Attorney's Office for the Fourth Judicial District is ongoing.
"We are getting information all the time. With that information the detectives have to work from there. The case is still very active," said Sgt. Tonya. Tater said.
The Jacksonville Beach Police Department enlisted the help of the public to identify a vehicle of interest, a dark blue Ford F-150 captured on surveillance video near the scene of the crime.
State Attorney's Office spokesman David Chapman declined to comment.
Kirsten Bridegan has said she won't give up until her husband's killers are brought to justice.
"This was not only an attack on my husband and his life, but it was also an attack on the family we have built together. No," she said. "Keep fighting until the end. Whether it takes another six months or six years, I will keep fighting for him and his children."
