Ex-wife charged with murder in ambush-style killing of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, may face death penalty

The ex-wife of a Microsoft executive who was gunned down by a triggerman in front of his young daughter has been charged with first-degree murder, and prosecutors in Florida plan to seek the death penalty.

A grand jury indicted Shanna Lee Gardner in the ambush-style death of Jared Bridegan, State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced Thursday at a news conference in Jacksonville, Florida. Gardner, 36, was arrested in West Richland, Washington, and will be extradited to Florida to stand trial, Nelson said.

"From very, very early on, everything in my body and soul told me she was behind it," Kristen Bridegan, Jared Bridegan's wife, said during the news conference.