Friday, May 17, 2013
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office is performing the autopsy this morning on the 35-year-old woman found dead inside a home in the 1300 block of Wayburn early Thursday. If her death is ruled a homicide, it will be the second in about 18 months in
Grosse Pointe Park detectives are at the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office this morning awaiting the results of an autopsy of the 35-year-old woman found dead early Thursday. Detectives were asked to be there at 8:30 a.m. and will be there until the autopsy is complete, Capt. David Loch said early Friday. The woman, identified by media as Sabrina Gianino, was the head receptionist at Platz Animal Hospital. Loch told Patch early Friday there had not been a history of 911 calls to the duplex where she was found, 1316 and 1314 Wayburn St. He declined to explain the nature of the call at this time. According to a press release from the Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Safety, the Michigan State Police crime lab is assisting in …
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Grosse Pointe Park man already serving a prison sentence will not appear in 36th District Court on charges related to his wife's 2012 strangulation death until late August.
Bob Bashara had been scheduled to have a preliminary exam Tuesday in 36th District Court but the hearing was rescheduled for Aug. 19 after officials reached an agreement, according to Wayne County Prosecutor's spokeswoman Maria Miller. Bashara was arraigned last week on murder and five other charges related to the January 2012 strangulation death of his wife, Jane Bashara. The charges were announced about 15 months after her body was found in the backseat of her SUV in Detroit. Jane Bashara's death was ruled a homicide shortly thereafter, and the investigation into her death was been ongoing by the Wayne County Prosecutor's office since. Bob Bashara is charged with: If convicted, Bashara faces mandatory life in prison on the first-degree…
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Bob Bashara made his first appearance Wednesday afternoon in 36th District Court on charges stemming from his wife's January 2012 strangulation death. He will return to court May 7.
A not guilty plea was entered on behalf of Bob Bashara Wednesday in 36th District Court after he was arraigned on six charges related to his wife's strangulation death in January 2012. Bashara is scheduled to return to court May 7 for a preliminary exam. He is charged with: If convicted, Bashara faces mandatory life in prison on the first degree murder charge; up to life on each the conspiracy, solicitation and suborning counts; 15 years for witness intimidation; and five years for obstruction of justice. Bashara requested to delay the preliminary exam date so he could have time to hire an attorney. Judge Laura A. Echartea declined to change the date from May 7, explaining if he has an attorney by then, his attorney can request to change…
Monday, April 29, 2013
Bob Bashara will make his first appearance in 36th District Court Wednesday on charges related to his wife's death. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced charges against Bob Bashara earlier this month.
Bob Bashara will be brought back to Detroit this week to make his first appearance in 36th District Court on new charges stemming from the January 2012 strangulation death of his wife, Jane E. Bashara. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the new charges April 17 nearly 15 months after Jane Bashara's body was found in the backseat of her SUV in a residential alley in Detroit near 7 Mile and Hoover. Bob Bashara had denied any involvement in her death, which was ruled a homcide, but he was identified as a "person of interest" early on in the investigation. Worthy described the investigation as spanning several states, involving multiple computers and thousands of documents in addition to involving nearly 300 witnesses. In …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced five charges early Wednesday against Bob Bashara in the strangulation death of his wife, Jane Bashara, whose body was found in the back of an SUV in Detroit.
Bob Bashara will be arraigned on several charges next week in the strangulation death of his wife Jane Bashara following an investigation spanning multiple states and nearly 300 witnesses. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced several charges early Wednesday against Bashara. She was surrounded by more than a dozen people from various agencies who helped in the investigation and without, Worthy said, charges never would have resulted. The charges include: Bashara is currently serving a prison sentence on a second, related case involving his former handyman, Joe Gentz, whom he tried to have killed while in jail to prevent him from testifying. Bashara is currently being housed in Manistee in Oaks Correctional Facility. He will be …
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced several charges early Wednesday against Bob Bashara in the strangulation death of his wife, Jane Bashara, whose body was found in the back of an SUV in Detroit.
Bob Bashara will be arraigned on several charges next week in the strangulation death of his wife Jane Bashara following an investigation spanning multiple states and nearly 300 witnesses. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced several charges early Wednesday against Bashara. She was surrounded by more than a dozen people from various agencies who helped in the investigation and without, Worthy said, charges never would have resulted. The charges include: RELATED: More details on the charges against Bob Bashara. Like Patch on Facebook | Follow Patch on Twitter | Sign up for Patch's free daily e-newsletter
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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. 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.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The former handyman who admitted in December to killing Grosse Pointe Park resident Jane Bashara in January 2012 will serve 17 to 28 years in prison after being sentenced Tuesday morning in Wayne Circuit Court.
In approximately 15 minutes, Joe Gentz apologized for killing Jane Bashara, her sister asked that he be held accountable and Wayne Circuit Court Judge Vonda Evans sentenced him to 17 to 28 years in prison Tuesday. Gentz pleaded guilty in December to second-degree murder in the strangulation death of Jane Bashara. Originally he was charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, carrying potential life in prison sentences. Evans highlighted the lack of thought by Gentz about whether it was wrong to kill Bashara. She followed plea agreement guidelines established by the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and his defense attorney, Susan Reed. He will serve no less than 17 years and no more than 28 years. Gentz underwent two…
The former handyman turned hired hitman will be sentenced this morning before a Wayne Circuit Court judge in downtown Detroit. Check back later this morning for an update.
Nearly a year after Joe Gentz was officially arrested in the January 2012 strangulation death of Jane E. Bashara, he will be sentenced. Gentz, formerly of St. Clair Shores and most recently of Grosse Pointe Park, pleaded guilty in December to second-degree murder--the same day his trial was to begin. During his guilty plea, he said he killed Jane E. Bashara, of Grosse Pointe Park, at the behest of her husband, Bob Bashara, who offered him money and threatened him. Jane Bashara was a marketing executive in Detroit and well known in the Grosse Pointes for her volunteerism and her supportive friendship. Her body was found in the backseat of her SUV in Detroit in late January 2012. Originally he was charged with first degree murder and …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The sentencing for the man who admitted to strangling Jane Bashara to death has been re-scheduled for a second time--this time moving the sentencing up to Feb. 19 from a March date.
Wayne Circuit Court Judge Vonda Evans changed the sentencing hearing for Joe Gentz from early March to Feb. 19, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. Gentz, who pled guilty to second degree murder in the January 2012 strangulation death of Jane E. Bashara, will be sentenced at 9 a.m. Feb. 19. He was originally scheduled to go before Evans Jan. 29 then that was rescheduled to March 1. Wayne County Prosecutor's spokeswoman Maria Miller noted the change in the sentencing date in an email case update Thursday morning. Gentz remains in custody. He was arrested in the death of Jane Bashara in March. He has consistently told investigators he killed Bashara at the behest of her husband, Bob Bashara, who offered cash to Gentz for the …
Chris K
9:05 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2013
Is it about time to get Bob Bashara's picture off the "front page"? Why is this indictment worthy of one article stating the charges with Bob Bashara's picture and another with Jane Bashara's picture. It is time to move on.... more ›