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

[Darkman00]

Bob Bashara, Mich. man accused of hiring handyman to kill wife, charged with first-degree murder

By Crimesider Staff

(CBS/AP) DETROIT - Bob Bashara, a Michigan man who admitted he plotted to murder a handyman charged with killing Bashara's wife, was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday.

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Bashara was charged with murder, conspiracy and other charges. He is currently n prison in northern Michigan, serving a minimum sentence of 6.5 years for trying to have Gentz killed in the county jail last year.

Bashara quickly was identified by police as a person of interest, although he repeatedly denied any role in his wife's death. He attended a candlelight vigil in honor of Jane Bashara and told reporters last year that the killing was an "unconceivable tragedy."

"I am confident this concludes our investigation," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in announcing the charges.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_...o-kill-wife-charged-with-first-degree-murder/

 

[Darkman00]

Murder charges announced against Bob Bashara in connection with wife's death

Published On: Apr 17 2013 11:12:28 AM EDT Updated On: Apr 17 2013 11:35:46 AM EDT

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...eath/-/1719314/19783872/-/49ak6f/-/index.html

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Jane's family issues statement:

"Jane's parents, siblings and children are pleased that the investigation into her murder has come to a conclusion. We want to extent our heartfelt thanks to the Grosse Pointe Park police, Detroit police, Michigan State Police, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and all other law enforcement agencies who have worked so tirelessly and with such dedication to ensure that those responsible for Jane's murder are brought to justice. We also want to thank all media outlets and journalists for respecting our family's privacy during what has undoubtedly been the most difficult time of our lives. We will not be making any other statements or giving any interviews at this time" -- Julie Rowe, Jane Bashara's sister.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...eath/-/1719314/19783872/-/49ak6f/-/index.html

 

[Darkman00]

Bob Bashara Charged With 1st Degree Murder In Wife’s Death

April 17, 2013 3:58 PM

By Christy Strawser

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced charges Wednesday including first degree murder against Bob Bashara in the death of his wife more than one year ago.

“I am confident that this concludes our investigation,” Worthy said.

She called handyman Joseph Gentz “a strong and credible witness” in the case against Bashara, who is also charged with perjury, solicitation of murder, witness intimidation and witness tampering after allegedly trying to force one unnamed witness to move out of state.

It is always best and most efficient to do the work of the case before it’s charged, even if we know the direction the case is going to take,” Worthy said. “This case needed a great deal of care and attention.”

Worthy would not discuss motives or the role of DNA in the charges, though she did say the case “has a lot of tentacles.” She added she would “keep her opinion to herself” on Bashara himself.

Worthy made the announcement amid a gathering of FBI agents, Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies, and police from Grosse Pointe Park. There are 5,000 pages of documents associated with the case that stretches across numerous states including Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, and Texas. The witness list includes 300 people, she added.

She added she “couldn’t even begin to imagine” how much the case has cost...

Read more: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/04/17/bashara-announcement-charged-with-1st-degree-murder/

 

[TallCoolOne]

Well, it was a long time coming, but considering the outcome, worth the wait.

Justice for Jane.

Wonder how long they will stretch out this trial?

 

[atthelake]

Bob Bashara, Mich. man accused of hiring handyman to kill wife, charged with first-degree murder

By Crimesider Staff

(CBS/AP) DETROIT - Bob Bashara, a Michigan man who admitted he plotted to murder a handyman charged with killing Bashara's wife, was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday.

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Bashara was charged with murder, conspiracy and other charges. He is currently n prison in northern Michigan, serving a minimum sentence of 6.5 years for trying to have Gentz killed in the county jail last year.

Bashara quickly was identified by police as a person of interest, although he repeatedly denied any role in his wife's death. He attended a candlelight vigil in honor of Jane Bashara and told reporters last year that the killing was an "unconceivable tragedy."

"I am confident this concludes our investigation," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in announcing the charges.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_...o-kill-wife-charged-with-first-degree-murder/

thank you for keeping this case in front of us all! I have been following that Jodi arias case here at web sleuth.. and I hope that you can see what is going on there and help us to do the same with this case!

The Arias ..Alexander case has one very very very wonderful person who is pushing it through and put in the news and sharing it with us .. like you have done for ever since the beginning of this case.

I hope that you will become a Katie koollady of this case like she was with Jodie arias case with Travis Alexander death.

thank you so very very very much for keeping this case alive.

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[Bravo]

No surprise to those of us who have followed this from the beginning. My heart goes out to Jane's family. Especially the Children. I'm sure those tentacles Kim Worthy speaks to will be just devastating facts to learn about their Father. Bob had quite a gig going it seems. I cant even imagine what we don't know. This will be a tough road for Jane's Family. Prayer's for them in the long road to Trial and it's conclusion.

 

[Bravo]

Many many thanks Darkman00 for all the updates from beginning to present and I'm sure the days to come. Your awesome :seeya:

 

[ScubaTwinn]

Many many thanks Darkman00 for all the updates from beginning to present and I'm sure the days to come. Your awesome :seeya:

Double Ditto!

 

[Darkman00]

Wayne County Prosecutor charges Bob Bashara with First Degree Murder in wife's death

Posted: 04/16/2013
Last Updated: 12 hours and 19 minutes ago

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DETROIT (WXYZ) - Former Grosse Pointe businessman and Rotary Club president Bob Bashara is now facing murder charges in the death of his wife Jane.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, flanked by other law enforcement officials, made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday.

Bashara was charged with first degree murder, conspiracy to commit first degree murder, solicitation to commit murder, suborning of perjury during a capital trial, witness intimidation and Obstruction of justice.

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Worthy says it’s a complicated case that stretched across several states and included three hundred witnesses and five thousand documents.

"We are living in a TV kind of era when you thing everything is wrapped up in 44 minutes. And that's just not the way it happens," Worthy said.

The prosecutor also revealed that Bashara himself delayed their investigation and that resulted in some of the charges.

"We are alleging that he encouraged witnesses to call in false tips. We are alleging that he tried to get a witness or witnesses to leave the state so they could not be talked to. And we are alleging that he was, again, encouraging witnesses to lie to us during the pendency of this investigation," Worthy told reporters.

A source close to the case tells the 7 Action News Investigators Bashara's former mistress, Rachael Gillett was the witness he allegedly pressured to move out of state and the witness intimidation charge involves her and handyman Joe Gentz.

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Worthy says she doesn't consider Gentz a star witness.

"He's a strong witness for us. He's a credible witness we think for us but certainly all of the witnesses in the case make up the case together," said Worthy.

Worthy refuses to talk about any details of their case and the court file has been sealed making it off limits to reporters.

Bashara is expected to be brought to Detroit next week for arraignment. Bob Bashara is currently serving a prison sentence for trying to hire a hit man to kill Gentz.

Read more: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region...ouncement-in-bashara-murder-case-on-wednesday​

 

[Darkman00]

During the presser Kym Worthy mistakenly called Joe Gentz "the shooter".

... which, of course, is not such a big deal anyhow ...

 

[Darkman00]

Bob Bashara Charged With Murder In Detroit Strangling Death Of Wife, Jane Bashara

By ED WHITE 04/17/13 09:13 PM ET EDT

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DETROIT -- A man accused of forcing a handyman to strangle his wife was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday, 15 months after the discovery of her body in a Detroit alley stirred fear that she was a victim of a random abduction from a comfortable suburb.

The charges against Robert Bashara were not unexpected. Nonetheless, it was another extraordinary turn in the death of Jane Bashara, a 56-year-old marketing executive from Grosse Pointe Park.

"I don't know if I'd use the word strange," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said when asked to sum up the investigation. "I would use the word different, and certainly a case that has a lot of tentacles."

Worthy declined to discuss a motive or many other details but said Gentz would be a "strong and credible witness."

"He's not the only witness. We have many, many others. I would never call one person a star witness. I never do that," she said.

More at the Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/bob-bashara-charged-murder-detroit_n_3105331.html

 

[MissJ]

Its about doggone time.

 

[Darkman00]

Bob Bashara charged with first-degree murder in Jane Bashara's slaying

9:04 PM, April 17, 2013

By Gina Damron and Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press Staff Writers

A new chapter has opened in a murder mystery that has captivated metro Detroit for more than a year with scandalous tales of mistresses, hit men and, now, allegations of witness tampering.

Grosse Pointe Park businessman Bob Bashara has long been identified as a person of interest in his wife’s slaying and was charged Wednesday in her death. He also is accused of intimidating witnesses, encouraging witnesses to lie under oath, encouraging people to call in fake tips and trying to have one witness leave the state, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said.

Prosecutors expect to give a date for Bashara’s arraignment in 36th District Court in Detroit next week on several charges, including first-degree murder, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Few details about the case were released Wednesday, including whether there was DNA evidence or what the motive may have been. Court documents have been sealed, a court official said.

But throughout the investigation, details have emerged.

After his wife’s death, Bashara’s personal life — which purportedly included a mistress and a sex dungeon in the basement of a commercial property — came to light.

At a September hearing over Bashara’s bond, a prosecutor said Bashara had, at one point, sent someone to threaten one of his tenants if the tenant talked to police about him. Bashara is also accused of sending an unidentified woman to contact his former mistress, who filed a personal protection order against him. The unidentified woman, a prosecutor said during the September hearing, was from out of state and knew Bashara from a bondage and sadomasochism website.

Bashara, whose family members could not be reached for comment, was notified Wednesday of the charges against him, his attorney, Mark Kriger, said.

“It’s been my practice, and it continues to be my practice, not to comment on pending cases,” Kriger said, “but Bob Bashara has steadfastly maintained, and continues to maintain, he had nothing to do with the death of his wife.”

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20130417/NEWS/304170108/Kym-Worthy-Bob-Bashara-Jane-Bashara-charges

 

[Darkman00]

Grosse Pointe Park's Bob Bashara Charged with first-degree murder in killing of Grosse Pointe Park wife

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charges Bob Bashara

By Gus Burns | [email protected] | on April 17, 2013 at 11:18 AM, updated April 17, 2013 at 2:53 PM

The charge carries a mandatory life sentence in Michigan.

“We do not operate by the media worthiness of a case,” said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, explaining why it took a year and three months for 55-year-old Bob Bashara to be charged.

Worthy said everything will come out in the preliminary examination and wouldn’t discuss whether there is DNA evidence or how Jane Bashara’s family responded to the news.

She would not discuss motive and called it a “different” case based on the size and scope of the investigation.

“I’m going to keep my opinions about him to myself,” said Worthy when asked about her interpretation of Bashara’s character. “He was always a person of interest.”

Read more: http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/04/breaking_bob_bashara_charged_w.html

View the Slideshow from the presser: http://photos.mlive.com/5628/galler...tor_kym_worthy_charges_bob_bashara/index.html​

 

[Darkman00]

Grosse Pointe Businessman Bob Bashara Charged in Murder Of Wife Jane

Allan Lengel | [email protected] | April 17th, 2013, 7:47 AM

The big question is: What took so long?

Read at the Source: http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/arti...tion_big_bob_bashara_charged_in_wife_s_murder

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Michigan man charged with first-degree murder for 'forcing a handyman to strangle and kill his wife'

By Associated Press Reporter

PUBLISHED: 04:10 GMT, 18 April 2013 | UPDATED: 04:10 GMT, 18 April 2013

Charged: Robert Bashara (left) has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Jane Bashara (right)

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, surrounded by prosecutors and law enforcement officers, announces the charges against Bashara

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rder-forcing-handyman-strangle-kill-wife.html
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[laniefi]

So very pleased to hear this news. From the sister of Jane's statement yesterday it sounds as if the Jane's children have come to see the light regarding their father.

God Bless them all.

Justice is coming for Jane!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

As a local (north-suburban Detroit), I am pleased to see trials moving forward and/or justice rendered in several cases. D'Andre Lane was sentenced to LWOP in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Bianca. Sandra Layne was found guilty of second-degree murder for killing her grandson, Jonathan Hoffman and will be sentenced today. Patrick Mikes, Jr.'s trial for the murder of his father, Patrick Mikes, Sr. starts in early June. And, finally, Bob Bashara has been charged along with hit man, Joe Gentz, in the murder of his wife, Jane.

I'm still waiting and hoping that an arrest will be made in the murder of Eastern Michigan University student, Julia Niswender, and I also hope that someone will eventually be brought to justice in the hit-and-run death of Sandra Loepp.

My thoughts and prayers are with Jane Bashara's family as they come to terms with the reality that her husband has been implicated in this despicable crime. Justice for Jane :scale:

 

[laniefi]

P.S. - I LOVE your work Kym!

You got De'Andre, now get Big Bob!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Darkman00]

Prosecutor charges Bashara with first-degree murder

By Jameson Cook
[email protected]; @jamesoncook

Posted: Wednesday, 04/17/13 11:59 am
Updated: Wednesday, 04/17/13 01:15 pm

Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy has charged Bob Bashara, of Grosse Pointe Park in connection with the homicide of his wife Jane Bashara . The Macomb Daily / David Dalton​

More than 14 months after his wife, Jane, was killed, Robert “Bob” Bashara was charged Wednesday with first-degree, premeditated murder for her death.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, surrounded by law enforcement officials and a media throng, announced the long-awaited charges in a press conference in her offices on the 12th floor of the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit.

Bashara, 55, who is in prison for trying to have a key witness in the case killed, is expected to be formally arraigned next week in 36th District Court in Detroit.

In addition to first-degree murder, punishable by life in prison without parole, he is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, solicitation to commit murder, subverting of perjury during a capital trial, witness intimidation and obstruction of justice.

Read more: http://www.macombdaily.com/article/...-bashara-with-first-degree-murder-#full_story

 

[Darkman00]

Bashara Charged with First Degree Murder

By Kurt Deffenbaugh

April 17, 2013 | Updated Apr 17, 2013 at 10:34 PM EDT

Read at the Source: http://www.tv20detroit.com/news/Bashara-Charged-with-First-Degree-Murder-203444741.html

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Worthy throws the book at Bashara for wife's murder

April 17, 2013 | By: Robert Brignall

Read at the Source: http://www.examiner.com/article/worthy-throws-the-book-at-bashara-for-wife-s-murder

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Worthy Announces Murder Charge for Bob Bashara

By Sara Eaton Martin, the author, April 17, 2013

The charges include:

• first degree murder
• conspiracy to commit first degree murder
• solicitation to commit murder
• suborning of perjury during a capital trial
• witness intimidation
• obstruction of justice

Read at the Source: http://grossepointe.patch.com/articles/worthy-announces-murder-charge-on-bashara