Jared Bridegan Murder Trial
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explains: what both sides agree on
explains: the money is the case
contradicts: no forensic link at all
contested: who was the second person?
contradicts: the state's own concession
contradicts: the gun chain is inference
contradicts: nobody heard a bargain
supports: the trap traces to his property
contested: invoice or receipt?
supports: 70 minutes unaccounted for
supports: a rehearsal, the state says
supports: what his death unlocked
supports: his own words, a friend says
contested: does the dark phone put him in it?
Almost nothing about the
killing itself is in dispute
Did Mario Fernandez arrange
and pay for this killing?
Was the $10,000 wages for a
handyman — or the price of a
murder?
The lead detective: nothing
physical connects Fernandez to
it
There were two people in that
truck, and nobody has named
the s…
The state told the jury, out
loud, that it can't say where
he was
Nobody ever heard Fernandez
and Tenon discuss a killing
The gun was never found — and
the chain to Fernandez is an
infe…
His death unlocked a trust.
$50,000 moved a week later.
A tire like the roadblock
turned up at his rental
property
$10,000 in checks, and a memo
reading "Good luck!"
His phone dropped off the
network for 70 minutes that
night
The state calls a Jan. 29 trip
a dry run
A friend says he called it a
hit-and-run, early
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