GUILTY MI - Jane Bashara, 56, dies in contract killing, Grosse Pointe Park, 25 Jan 2012 #3

[Darkman00]

Bashara gets public defender, hearing date

By JAMESON COOK
jamie.cook@macombdaily.com; @jamesoncook

Posted: Tuesday, 05/07/13 11:51 am
Updated: Tuesday, 05/07/13 11:52 am

Bob Bashara faces an Aug. 19 preliminary examination for the murder of his wife, Jane, in their Grosse Pointe Park garage.

The date for the probable-cause hearing was set Tuesday morning by Judge Kenneth King of 36th District Court in Detroit at a scheduling conference.

Bashara, who is in prison, did not attend the hearing but was represented by court-appointed attorney Mark Procida, who appeared. Also in attendance at the brief hearing was assistant Wayne County prosecutors Lisa Lindsey, Robert Moran and a third assistant prosecutor.

Procida said afterward the volume of the evidence in the case necessitated the three-month delay. Bashara waived his right to a preliminary examination within 14 days of his arraignment.

The case involves 15 law enforcement agencies in six states, nearly 300 witnesses and more than 5,000 pages of documents.

Bashara previously was represented by Mark Kriger, who could still be retained by Bashara.

“Whether he hires another attorney is entirely up to him,” said Procida, a St. Clair Shores native.

Read more: http://www.macombdaily.com/article/...-gets-public-defender-hearing-date#full_story

 

[Darkman00]

Bob Bashara's preliminary exam moved to August

Posted: May 07, 2013 9:57 AM CDT
Updated: May 07, 2013 9:57 AM CDT

Read more: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/22182358/key-hearing-set-for-august-in-strangulation-death

 

[Darkman00]

Key court hearing date set in Bashara murder case

12:12 PM, May 7, 2013

By Gina Damron
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

Bob Bashara, the Grosse Pointe Park man accused in his wife’s death, is scheduled to have a preliminary exam in August.

A scheduling conference was held today in Detroit’s 36th District Court, and the preliminary exam was set for Aug. 19.

Bashara is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder, suborning of perjury during a capital trial, witness intimidation and obstruction of justice in connection with Jane Bashara’s death in January 2012.

Bashara, who said during his arraignment earlier this month that he was trying to raise funds for an attorney, was represented in court today by court-appointed attorney Mark Procida.

Procida, who said he has met with Bashara, said there is so much discovery in the case “it’s going to take months to sift through it.”

Maria Miller, a spokeswoman for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, said the August preliminary exam date was set to give the parties time to prepare “because the discovery materials in the case are so extensive.”

When announcing charges against Bashara last month, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said the investigation into Jane Bashara’s death includes 5,000 pages of documents and involves nearly 300 witnesses.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20130507/NEWS05/305070071/Bashara-preliminary-exam-date-murder

 

[Darkman00]

Key hearing set for August for suburban Detroit man accused of arranging his wife's slaying

Bob Bashara's prelim moved from Tuesday to August 19

Published On: May 07 2013 12:20:26 PM EDT

DETROIT -
A key hearing has been rescheduled for a suburban Detroit man accused of arranging his wife's slaying.

Robert Bashara's preliminary hearing had initially been planned for Tuesday in 36th District Court in Detroit.

The Wayne County prosecutor's office says those involved agreed to hold it Aug. 19 instead.

Read more: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...ing/-/1719314/20046506/-/11ns839/-/index.html

 

[Darkman00]

Bob Bashara's Exam Postponed until August

By Sara Eaton Martin, the author, May 8, 2013


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.

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Last week Bashara had asked to have the preliminary exam date farther into the future, explaining he wanted to have a chance to raise funds to hire an attorney. The judge denied setting the date any later than Tuesday, explaining if necessary he would be appointed an attorney if he did not have one by Tuesday.

The original hearing was scheduled at 1:30 p.m. That was changed to a schedule conference hearing at 9 a.m., during which he was not to appear in person.

Following the morning hearing, Miller said, "the preliminary examination was adjourned by agreement of the parties until August 19, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in 36th District Court in Detroit."

Read more: http://grossepointe.patch.com/articles/bob-bashara-s-exam-continued-to-august

 

[Darkman00]

WDIV Takes A Tour of Bob Bashara's Sex Dungeon

May 13th, 2013, 8:09 AM

May is sweeps month when TV ratings help set advertising rates.

So what better way to tweak the ratings than to take a little tour of murder suspect Bob Bashara's much-talked about sex dungeon.

WDIV on Sunday night aired a segment with reporter Hank Winshester taking a tour of Bashara's dungeon in a Grosse Pointe Park building he owns.

WInshester notes that dungeon still has many of the fixtures: A bed, sword, rope, hooks and " adult toys we can't show you on TV."

A legal expert tells Winchester he expects prosecutors to bring up the dungeon during Bashara's murder trial to show motive for wanting to kill his wife. Bashara is accused of hiring handyman Joe Gentz to kill his wife Jane.

A woman named Lynn, a former mistress of Bashara's who spent time in the dungeon and is cooperating with investigators, revisits the private lair with WDIV.

Read more: WDIV

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[Darkman00]

Update: New hidden camera video from inside Bob Bashara's dungeon

'Sex dungeon' in basement of Grosse Pointe Park building expected to play key role in Jane Bashara murder trial

Author: Hank Winchester, Local 4 Reporter

Published On: May 13 2013 06:00:52 PM EDT | Updated On: May 13 2013 07:31:52 PM EDT

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GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. -
A Grosse Pointe Park building owned by Bob Bashara at the time of his wife's 2012 murder now is for sale.

The building is almost empty since most of the tenants have taken off, but what's still hidden inside likely will play a key role in the case against Bob Bashara.

A door to the basement leads to his secret sex dungeon. For the first time, cameras have captured what is in the space. To the Local 4 Defenders' surprise, the dungeon that made headlines and that Bashara denied existed is still stocked.

There is a bed in the corner, and ax on the floor and up on the wall is a sword. A mirror looks down on the bed.

Hooks in the room were used with rope to tie up people in the dungeon. There is a motorized device on the floor.

Then there is a cabinet filled with rope, candles and adult items.

A woman named Lynn spent time with Bashara in his dungeon. She also went to police when she saw him on TV after the news broke about his wife's murder.

Lynn went back into the dungeon last week with an undercover Local 4 producer and hidden cameras.

"There were no windows. It was dark. But even when I was in there it was lighted with lamps," said Lynn. "But there were like medieval time lighting fixtures as well."

According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Bashara has worked to get witnesses to lie and to help hide key parts of information. However, he has shockingly left the dungeon in tact. The whips, chains and toys are all still there in the basement behind a locked door.

It will all play a role in the murder trial.

"There is probably a lot of great circumstantial evidence in the case. Why would it be relevant as it relates to anything that Bob has done is probably more about motive and why he wanted to kill his wife," said legal expert Todd Flood.

More at the Source: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...eon/-/1719314/20130668/-/vd9j3bz/-/index.html​

 

[michmi]

Now that's a dump with a capital D. I'm sorry, but this is not surprising to me that Bob thinks a dirty basement with a nasty bed and some hooks is a dungeon. It's just gross, how much of a master could he have been if he couldn't even get anyone to clean the place.

 

[Darkman00]

lol @ michini ....

The dungeon was, reportedly, "out of business" for quite some time now.

But when it was open who knows if it was much better or much cleaner ... I wouldn't bet my farm on it, that's for sure!

 

[TexasCharm]

How's life workin' for ya now .... Big Bad Bobb ????

Sooooooooo we wait for August.. *sigh*

 

[Darkman00]

Bashara, who is in prison, did not attend the hearing but was represented by court-appointed attorney Mark Procida, who appeared.

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Read more: http://www.macombdaily.com/article/...-gets-public-defender-hearing-date#full_story

Grosse Pointe Park's Bob Bashara indigent, appointed public defender

By Gus Burns | fburns@mlive.com
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on May 08, 2013 at 8:52 AM

DETROIT — Grosse Pointe Park's Bob Bashara is on trial for the murder of his wife, 56-year-old Jane Bashara in January of 2012, and it will be the public who pays his attorney fees.

Bashara was represented by a public defender this week when he appeared for a preliminary examination that was adjourned until Aug. 19.

The 1963 Supreme Court ruling in "Gideon v. Wainwright" created the standard that defense attorneys should be provided to defendants who cannot afford one at the public's expense.

Bashara, once a well-off property investor and landlord, is now indigent, the Wayne County court system has determined.

Representatives in the Wayne County Third Circuit Court Criminal Division said they were unable to answer question related to public defenders, their pay rates and criteria for appointment, and referred questions to the law group that coordinates the attorneys.

MLive could not reach representatives there as of 8:45 a.m. Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/05/grosse_pointe_parks_bob_bashar.html

 

[amandab]

That is a sad, skeezy-looking "dungeon". Yech.

 

[atthelake]

Thank you darkman for keeping this thread going over all this time!

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[Darkman00]

Another murder in Grosse Pointe ...

Cops call death of Grosse Pointe Park woman, 35, suspicious​

Grosse Pointe Park woman's death labeled suspicious: A 35-year-old woman was found dead in her duplex on Wayburn in Gross Pointe Park. Police responded to her residence early Thursday after receiving a 911 call and have labeled her death suspicious. Eric Lawrence/Detroit Free Press

8:47 PM, May 16, 2013

By Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

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Bob Toole wonders if he was the last person to see his Grosse Pointe Park neighbor alive.

Police are calling the death of the 35-year-old woman suspicious but have released no details about what may have happened. Toole said the woman lived with her boyfriend on the first floor of a duplex in the 1300 block of Wayburn, where police answered a 911 call and found her deceased at about 12:11 a.m. today.

The woman’s name has not been released.

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The duplex is located less than two blocks from the rental where handyman Joseph Gentz lived. Gentz is serving a 17-28 year sentence in the slaying of Jane Bashara. Gentz said he killed the Grosse Pointe Park woman at the behest of Bashara’s husband, Bob, who is now charged in the January 2012 death as well.

This afternoon, a few TV news vans were parked near the duplex, and at least one officer was working inside. The officer declined to answer questions from reporters as he headed to his car.

{ Snip }

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20130516/NEWS05/305160158/Grosse-Pointe-woman-body-found​

 

[Darkman00]

Bashara Home’s New Owner: ‘The House Didn’t Kill Anyone’

May 17, 2013 1:12 PM

Bashara family home (credit: Mike Campbell/WWJ)​

Large size photo:

someone's track is parked near the garage ... (under Spoiler below)

Spoiler

GROSSE POINTE PARK (WWJ) – Linked to a notorious murder, Bob Bashara’s Grosse Pointe Park home has been sold.

Bashara, who’s charged in his wife’s, was given until May 15 to come up with $64,000 to stop the sale. He didn’t have the cash — and the deal closed on Tuesday.

Bashara is currently behind bars, serving a 20-year sentence for paying his former handyman, Joseph Gentz, to kill his wife, Jane, in the garage last year.

The 2,800 square-foot home on Middlesex has five bedrooms, three full bathrooms, two half-baths, a remodeled kitchen, finished basement and wine cellar. It went on the market for $415,000.

WWJ Newsradio 950′s Mike Cambell reported he could smell the fumes from fresh paint when he stopped by on Friday.

The new resident told Campbell said there’s nothing creepy about the home; he got a good deal on it and his family likes the location. The man, who didn’t want to give his name, added: ”The house didn’t kill anyone.”

The case has drawn national attention with tales that Bashara secretly ran a sex dungeon in the basement of one of his businesses and was known in chat rooms and at S&M parties as “Master Bob. “

Bashara’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 19 in 36th District Court in Detroit.

Source: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/bashara-homes-new-owner-the-house-didnt-kill-anyone/

 

[Darkman00]

Another murder in Grosse Pointe ...

Cops call death of Grosse Pointe Park woman, 35, suspicious​

Grosse Pointe Park woman's death labeled suspicious: A 35-year-old woman was found dead in her duplex on Wayburn in Gross Pointe Park. Police responded to her residence early Thursday after receiving a 911 call and have labeled her death suspicious. Eric Lawrence/Detroit Free Press

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Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20130516/NEWS05/305160158/Grosse-Pointe-woman-body-found​

Grosse Pointe Park woman's death ruled strangulation

Medical Examiner says 35-year-old Sabrina Gianino died by strangulation

Author: Dave Bartkowiak Jr. , Online News Editor, dbartkowiak@wdiv.com

Published On: May 17 2013 04:00:40 PM EDT Updated On: May 17 2013 04:06:18 PM EDT

GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. -
According to the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office, 35-year-old Sabrina Gianino, who was found dead Thursday morning in her Grosse Pointe Park home, was strangled to death.

Police said a 911 call came in just after midnight and officers found Gianino in a home in the 1300 block of Wayburn Street. Police reportedly got the call from Gianino's boyfriend. He was questioned by police and released.

Police are calling the death suspicious but are not discussing any possibility of forced entry. Sources say markings were found around Gianino's neck.

An autopsy revealed Friday that it was death by strangulation.

Source: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...ion/-/1719418/20195310/-/12v62dbz/-/index.htm

 

[Darkman00]

Shot fired at St. Clair Shores church festival

Published: Monday, May 20, 2013

By MITCH HOTTS
mitch.hotts@macombdaily.com; @mhotts

Someone fired at least one gunshot into the air late Saturday as a church festival in St. Clair Shores was closing for the night, sending hundreds of people scurrying for cover, according to police and a church official.

The incident happened about 11:10 p.m. as workers were shutting down the midway of the annual St. Joan of Arc Festival on Overlake at Greater Mack. No one was reported to be hurt and police are conducting an investigation.

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The St. Joan of Arc Festival each spring draws thousands of people to the church campus for midway rides, food and entertainment. Church officials said the shooting did not impact Sunday’s attendance as large crowds turned out on a warm spring afternoon to enjoy the final day of the three-day event.

The spring festival was in the headlines last year when Grosse Pointe Park murder suspect Bob Bashara was asked to leave after he inexplicably showed up to work as a volunteer in the Vegas tent.

At the time, he was considered a person of interest in the strangulation of his wife, Jane Bashara. Now accused in his wife’s death, he is serving a six-to-20 year prison sentence after trying to hire a hit man to kill Joe Gentz, who has confessed to killing Mrs. Bashara at Bob Bashara’s behest.

“I guess there’s always some excitement at our festival,” Bugarin said.

Read more: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arti...519a80efd9aa6094581795.txt?viewmode=fullstory

 

[michmi]

Grosse Pointe Park woman's death ruled strangulation

Medical Examiner says 35-year-old Sabrina Gianino died by strangulation

Author: Dave Bartkowiak Jr. , Online News Editor, dbartkowiak@wdiv.com

Published On: May 17 2013 04:00:40 PM EDT Updated On: May 17 2013 04:06:18 PM EDT


GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. -
According to the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office, 35-year-old Sabrina Gianino, who was found dead Thursday morning in her Grosse Pointe Park home, was strangled to death.

Police said a 911 call came in just after midnight and officers found Gianino in a home in the 1300 block of Wayburn Street. Police reportedly got the call from Gianino's boyfriend. He was questioned by police and released.

Police are calling the death suspicious but are not discussing any possibility of forced entry. Sources say markings were found around Gianino's neck.

An autopsy revealed Friday that it was death by strangulation.

Source: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...ion/-/1719418/20195310/-/12v62dbz/-/index.htm

They have someone in custody but no charges on that one yet:

WDIV Channel 4 reports, based on neighbor statements, that the man detained by police is a relative of residents who live next to the two-flat home where Gianino was killed.

A nephew of the man in police custody told Channel 4 that police seized some of his uncle's clothing when they returned to search the address on Sunday.

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/05/grosse_pointe_park_police_deta.html

 

[Darkman00]

MOJO IN THE MORNING:

[ PODCAST: 10:17 ] Inside Bob Bashara's secret dungeon

It's pretty good / funny ... (Click) .:floorlaugh:

... or / and ...

Enjoy! (Click) .

 

[Darkman00]

Consumer watchdog: Would you buy a home where a murder occurred?

8:58 AM, May 28, 2013

By Zlati Meyer
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

Janis Chiapparo of II Elite Real Estate in Roseville, the real estate agent who sold the Bashara house in Grosse Pointe Park, wouldn't say how much it sold for, only that it was less than the listing price of $415,000. / Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free Press

Kayla Bentley was thrilled to move into her in-laws’ house as a 19-year-old newlywed back in 2010.

That is until she found out that the unassuming house on a quiet street in Allen Park was where Justin Olszowy, a mentally unstable 26-year-old man, fatally shot his parents two years earlier.

“We were kind of upset about it,” she recalled. “It freaks me out, especially because in this situation, he’s not dead. If he was released or escaped, this is where he’d come.”

But her in-laws, retirees Paula and Jerry Bentley, had fallen in love with the house — three bedrooms, full-size kitchen, nice living room, privacy fencing, a garage, a corner lot.

Location, location, location may be the adage, but what happens when that location is the site of a violent death?

■ Related: How to find out if a home has a bloody past

Properties that were the sites of homicides or suicides have an interesting stain that remains long after crime-scene investigators leave. For some potential buyers, owning a home with notoriety gives them, well, notoriety. Others are freaked out by it.

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For higher-profile killings — like Jane Bashara’s, reportedly in the Grosse Pointe Park home she shared with her husband, Bob, now charged with killing her — buyers know what they’re getting into, but that doesn’t mean it’s very easy for the Realtor selling it.

“Obviously it’s not like any other house, when you have a distressed property, said Janis Chiapparo of II Elite Real Estate in Roseville, the real estate agent who sold the Bashara house. “The house was innocent ... Grosse Pointe is full of homes people have died in. Maybe not in that manner.”

Chiapparo wouldn’t say how much it sold for, only that it was less than the listing price of $415,000.

“Buyers obviously are going to want a steal. They think they’re going to get the price cheaper or they stay away from it,” she said.

That’s what happened with the Bentleys. Kayla said the family believes in ghosts, but the issue was more about the cash than Casper. They got it for less than $70,000.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013305280012
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