Henry Tenon confessed to killing Jared Bridegan. He took a plea deal — second-degree murder, a minimum of fifteen years, and his testimony against the two people prosecutors say hired him. Then in February 2026, Tenon walked into a Jacksonville Beach courtroom and told the judge he wanted a trial instead. His confession is no longer cooperating testimony — it's evidence the state now has to use without him on its side. Bridegan was thirty-three, a father of four, shot on a dark road after stopping to move a tire someone had planted in his path. His two-year-old daughter sat in the back seat; the bullet missed her by inches. Mario Fernandez, Tenon's former landlord, is on trial now, charged with first-degree murder and solicitation for allegedly hiring Tenon. An FBI agent traced Tenon's phone on a Saturday eighteen days before the murder, moving from Fernandez's rental toward Bridegan's neighborhood and back — what prosecutors call a practice run. But no DNA, fingerprints, or surveillance connects Fernandez to the truck used in the ambush, and investigators admit they never searched the property where that truck turned up months later. Financial records add another layer — three checks from Fernandez to Tenon totaling ten thousand dollars, written weeks after the murder, with memo lines reading "landscaping" and "Kickstarter Good Luck!!" A prosecutor also revealed a second person was at the scene that night — someone who still hasn't been charged. Shanna Gardner's trial starts in September. Tenon's own trial is set for 2027. Jared Bridegan's widow, Kirsten, has spent four years fighting for this case and is about to sit through every version of it. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #JaredBridegan #MarioFernandez #HenryTenon #ShannaGardner #MurderForHire #JacksonvilleBeach #BrideganTrial #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcas