Owners of Utah's Stampin' Up! release statement after daughter charged in Microsoft exec's murder

CEDAR CITY. BUT WE HAVE MORE STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WASATCH FRONT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S COMING UP IN MY FIRST ALERT FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. >> THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT 4:00. PROSECUTORS IN FLORIDA HAVE CHARGED A WOMAN IN THE MURDER OF HER EX-HUSBAND WHO WAS GUNNED DOWN IN FRONT OF HIS CHILD. >> THE SUSPECT AND VICTIM BOTH HAVE TIES HERE IN UTAH. ONE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IS SPEAKING WITH 2 NEWS ABOUT THE BREAK IN THIS CASE. DANIEL WOODRUFF IS JOINING US LIVE WITH THE VERY LATEST. >> Reporter: I WAS HERE FOR A TIME. JARED AND HIS FAMILY LIVED HERE. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY. LAST YEAR HE WAS MURDERED IN FLORIDA. TODAY THE STATE ATTORNEY THERE SAYS SHE HAS CHARGED THE EX- WIFE FOR THE CRIME. THAT EX-WIFE, SHANA GARDNER FERNANDEZ, WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY WAS A COLD, CALCULATED AND PREMEDITATED MURDER OF HER ASK IN JANUARY OF 2022. TWO OTHERS HAVE ALSO BEEN CHARGED. HER HUSBAND IN A MAN NAMED HENRY. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH JARED WAS WORKING AS AN EXECUTIVE FOR MICROSOFT. HE AND SHANA HAD BEEN DIVORCED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT HAD BOTH REMARRIED AND SHARED CUSTODY OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN. JARED'S BROTHER, ADAM, TELLS ME THEY ARE FEELING A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS. >> IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY LONG, GRUELING PROCESS FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS. TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF COMFORT KNOWING THAT THE WHEELS ARE IN MOTION. >> Reporter: WE ARE HEARING FROM THE PARENTS OF SHANA, WHO LIVES HERE IN UTAH. THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, IN PART, WORDS CANNOT ACCURATELY EXPRESS THE DEPTH OF OUR SADNESS. FAMILY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY. WE LOVE OUR DAUGHTER AND ARE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING HER AND OUR ENTIRE FAMILY AS WE HELP OUR GRANDCHILDREN NAVIGATE THIS DIFFICULT AND VERY CONFUSING TIME. PROSECUTORS IN FLORIDA TODAY ANNOUNCED THEY WILL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST HIS EX-

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Length: 2min 7sec (127 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 18 2023