Crime & Safety

Prosecutor to Make Announcement in Jane Bashara Case

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy will hold a press conference Wednesday morning to make an announcement in the Jane Bashara case.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy will make an announcement Wednesday morning in the Jane Bashara case, according to a release sent from her office.

Maria Miller said Worthy’s press conference will take place at 11 a.m. April 17 in downtown Detroit.

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Joe Gentz was sentenced to 17 to 28 years in prison in February after he pleaded guilty to to second-degree murder in the death of Jane Bashara, a Grosse Pointe Park resident.

Bob Bashara, Jane’s husband, was named a person of interest in his wife’s death, but he has not yet been charged in the case. Bob Bashara is serving 80 to 240 months in prison after pleading guilty to a charge that he hired a hitman to kill Gentz.

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