>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. ON JARED BRIDEGAN IS NOW OPENING UP TO THE NEWS.
4 JAX FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
THAT ARREST WAS ANNOUNCED IN
HER HUSBAND’S MURDER. I HAVE
FELT SINCE THE BEGINNING
>> THIS WAS PLANNED. THIS
THOUGHT OUT AND THIS WAS
SPECIFIC TO AND BRIDEGAN’S
BROTHER ADAM REVEALS JARED AT
A HAUNTING FEAR BEFORE HE WAS
GUNNED DOWN. I WILL GET INTO
SPECIFICS.
>> BUT I I DID HAVE SEVERAL
CONVERSATIONS WITH CHAIR WHERE
HE DID EXPRESS CONCERNS THAT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD
HAPPEN TO THEM AND NOW HELD IN
BRIDEGAN’S MURDER MADE HIS
FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT
TODAY ON A LIST OF CHARGES.
THAT ARREST IS GIVING THE
FAMILY OF JARED BRIDEGAN HOPE.
BUT THEY SAY THIS IS NOT OVER
YET. INVESTIGATORS SAY HENRY
10 AND DID NOT ACT ALONE AND
THAT THE MURDER WAS A TARGETED
AMBUSH.
>> THEY BELIEVE SOMEONE PLACED
THIS TIRE IN THE ROAD AND ONE
BRIDE AGAIN GOT OUT OF HIS SUV
TO MOVE IT. HE WAS SHOT TO
DEATH.
>> TARA, WE’LL HAVE MORE IN A
MOMENT ON TENDONS COURT
APPEARANCE. WE BEGIN, THOUGH,
WITH NEWS 4 JAX. I TEAM
INVESTIGATOR VIC MICOLUCCI WHO
SAT DOWN WITH BRIDEGAN’S WIDOW
AND BROTHER ABOUT THIS NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASE.
>> A BELOVED FATHER OF 4 JARED
BRIDEGAN MEANT THE WORLD TO
HIS FAMILY LOVED ONES WHO HAVE
NOT GIVEN UP HOPE EVEN AFTER
NEARLY A YEAR WITHOUT ANSWERS
TIMES HERE AND THERE THAT I
WAS HAVE REACH OUT TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO CESAR,
ANYTHING.
>> YOU CAN TELL ME IN, YOU
KNOW, THEY REASSURE ME, HEY,
WE’RE WORKING DILIGENTLY LIKE
WE’RE NOT FORGETTING JARED
RIGHT AGAINST WIDOW, KIRSTEN
AND HIS OLDER BROTHER. ADAM
TELLING US TODAY FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF
AN ANSWER AFTER LEARNING
SOMEONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR
MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE
CASE. 61 YEAR-OLD HENRY 10 AND
BEHIND BARS A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. HUGE STEP.
HAVE EITHER OF YOU EVER HEARD
OF HENRI TENANT. BEFORE HE
CAME UP IN THE INVESTIGATION.
NEVER IN OUR LIVES. AND NO, I
NO IDEA WHO THIS INDIVIDUAL
BUT THE NEWS FOR JAX, I TEAM
UNCOVERED A PROPERTY RECORDS
LINKING 10 IN TO MARIO
FERNANDEZ. HE’S MARRIED TO
BRIDEGAN’S EX-WIFE SHANNA
GARDNER-FERNANDEZ AT THE TIME
OF THE SHOOTING 10 AND RENTED
A ROOM IN THE HOME THAT
FERNANDEZ OWN. WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THAT CONNECTION
BETWEEN HENRY 10? EX-WIFE’S
HUSBAND? I MEAN, IT’S SCARY.
ALL RIGHT. IT’S IT’S A
FRIGHTENING, FRANKLY, THAT
THERE IS A CONNECTION AND THAT
THERE’S THIS MASS CONSPIRACY.
IT.
>> IT DOES NOT HELP US SLEEP
AT NIGHT.
>> SHANNON, MARIO FERNANDEZ
HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED NOR HAVE
THEY BEEN PUBLICLY NAMED AS
SUSPECTS. CHINA HAS SAID SHE
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
AMBUSH MURDER ON THIS DARK
STRETCH OF ROAD IN
JACKSONVILLE BEACH. IT
HAPPENED JUST MINUTES AFTER
BRIGHT AGAIN DROPPED THE 2
CHILDREN HE SHARED WITH HER.
>> OFF AT HER HOME. AS I LEARN
MORE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO JARED. YOU KNOW THAT
THERE’S A TIRE IT IS PRETTY
CLEAR THAT SOMEONE KNEW HIS
ROUTE. HE’S SCHEDULE. I HAVE
FELT SINCE THE BEGINNING THAT
THIS WAS PLANNED. THIS IS
THOUGHT OUT AND THIS WAS
SPECIFIC TO JARED. SO I’M NOT
SURPRISED THAT THEY ANNOUNCED
THAT AND TEND IN SOMEONE THAT
WE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. THAT
CHAIR DID NOT KNOW. I WASN’T
ALONE IN LOVED ONES HOPING HE
OPENS UP TO DETECTIVES AND
GIVES UP INFORMATION ABOUT WHO
ELSE IS INVOLVED.
>> BRIGHT AGAINST BROTHER
TODAY WITH SOMETHING WE HAD
NOT HEARD BEFORE. SOMETHING
STARTLING. I DID HAVE SEVERAL
CONVERSATIONS WITH CHAIRED
WHERE HE DID EXPRESS CONCERNS
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD
HAPPEN TO THEM.
>> THAT HE COULD BE.
>> I WON’T GO INTO SPECIFIC
DETAILS INTO BUT HE DID HAVE
CONCERNS ON HIS LIFE. THE PAST
11 MONTHS HAVE BEEN SO
INCREDIBLY PAINFUL FOR THIS
FAMILY GRIEVING A GREAT LOSS
WHILE LIVING IN FEAR IS NOW 3
YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER BAXLEY WHO
WAS IN THE SUV AT THE TIME OF
THE SHOOTING.
>> HAS SO MANY QUESTIONS. HOW
IS BAXLEY HOW SHE KNEW
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, EARLY ON
SHE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE
SOUNDS OF THE GUNSHOTS. AND
SHE EVEN SAID THAT, YOU KNOW,
DADDY ON THE GROUND, WHICH
MAKES ME BELIEVE SHE SAW HIM
THERE WHEN SHE WAS REMOVED
FROM THE VEHICLE. AND I’M JUST
SO GRATEFUL THAT NOW THE
CONVERSATIONS WHEN SHE WITH ME
ARE MORE ABOUT DAD’S. IT HAVE
BEEN.
>> KIRSTIN AND ADAM, THANKFUL
FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THEY’VE
GOTTEN, NOT JUST FROM THE
COMMUNITY FROM AROUND THE
WORLD NOW THEY NEED THOSE WHO
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO
COME CLEAN. MY MESSAGE IS THAT
WE’RE STILL HERE.
>> IT’S ALMOST BEEN A YEAR.
WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IF
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HELP AND
BE COMPLICIT, YOU WILL BE
FOUND AND HE WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. SO NOW IS YOUR
CHANCE TO TRY TO MAKE IT
RIGHT. THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO
GO FOR JUSTICE FOR JARED.
>> VIC MICOLUCCI CHANNEL 4,
THE LOCAL STATION. THANK YOU,
VIC. ALSO TODAY, THE MAN
CHARGED WITH KILLING RIGHT
AGAIN, HENRY 10 AND MADE HIS
FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT ARC
IS JOINING US NOW WITH HOW
THAT HEARING WENT YOU KNOW,
TODAY’S COURT APPEARANCE FOR
HENRY 10 WAS BRIEF. A JUDGE
SET NO BOND FOR HIM. HE’S BEEN
IN JAIL SINCE AUGUST.
>> ON AN UNRELATED CHARGE, 10
IS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT
MURDER ACCESSORY AFTER THE
FACT AND CHILD ABUSE. NOW THE
CHILD ABUSE STEMS FROM JERRY
BRIGHT AGAINST IN 2 YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER BEING FEET AWAY FROM
HER DAD WHEN HE WAS GUNNED
DOWN 10 AND WILL BE BACK IN
COURT NEXT WEEK ON THE
UNRELATED CHARGE OF DRIVING
WITHOUT A LICENSE. HE IS
PLEADING GUILTY TO THAT 10 IN
RENTED THIS HOME IN NORTHWEST
JACKSONVILLE AND THE NEWS 4
JAX. IT LEARNED OF A
CONNECTION TO THIS HOME IN
BRIGHTON. THIS IS BRIDEGAN’S
EX-WIFE SHANNA
GARDNER-FERNANDEZ AND HER
CURRENT HUSBAND, MARIO
FERNANDEZ. MARIO OWN THAT HOME
IN NORTHWEST JACKSONVILLE AND
HENRY 10 AND DRIFTED FROM HIM.
FERNANDES SOLD THE HOME LATE
LAST YEAR. JARED BRIDEGAN, AS
YOU SAID, WAS MURDERED IN
JACKSONVILLE BEACH JUST
MINUTES AFTER DROPPING HIS
OLDEST 2 CHILDREN OFF AT THE
FERNANDEZ HOME. HE SHARED
THOSE TWINS, WHICH ANNA MARIO
AND SHE ARE NOT CHARGED TO
BRIDEGAN’S MURDER. SHE’S NOW
LIVING IN WASHINGTON STATE
WITH THE TWINS. THANK YOU.
TARIK. WE CHECKED WITH CRIME
STOPPERS. WE WERE TOLD A
$50,000 REWARD IS STILL
AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO COMES
FORWARD WITH INFORMATION THAT
LEADS TO A FURTHER ARREST.
>> ATF IS ALSO OFFERING A
SEPARATE $5,000 REWARD. THE
NUMBER FOR CRIME STOPPERS ON