- Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan was killed on a routine drive home after stopping to move a tire—his 2-year-old daughter in the backseat was unharmed.
- Prosecutors say the slaying was a targeted, months-long murder-for-hire plot allegedly tied to his ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, and her husband amid a bitter custody dispute.
- The case remains active and high-profile: a key witness initially pleaded guilty then recanted, and trials for the accused are still pending.
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