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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Gentz Trial Set for January 7

Joe Gentz, accused of conspiracy and the murder of Jane Bashara, pleaded not guilty in Wayne County Third Circuit Court on Tuesday

The trial of Joe Gentz, the handyman charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the strangulation death of Grosse Pointe Park resident Jane Bashara, is set for January 7, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.  The trial is scheduled nearly a year after Jane Bashara was found strangled in her SUV in Detroit last January. Gentz was arraigned on the charges of murder and conspiracy in Wayne County Third Circuit Court on Tuesday morning.  According to an article in the Detroit Free Press, Gentz entered a not guilty plea.  If convicted, Gentz is facing up to life in prison on both of the charges. Gentz has reportedly told investigators that he was paid to kill Jane Bashara by her husband Bob Bashara.   Last…

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Joe Gentz Arrested in Bashara Homicide, Jane Bashara's Death Ruled a Homicide (in Grosse Pointe Patch), $15M Cash-Only Bond Set for Bob Bashara, and 2 more ›

Todd

4:06 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

This whole thing is so weird.   more ›

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Grosse Pointers React to Bashara's Guilty Plea

Local residents show no surprise at Bob Bashara's guilty plea and hope case is handled with care.

All is quiet Thursday afternoon in front of Bob Bashara's house in Grosse Pointe Park just hours after he pleaded guilty to attempting to hire a hitman to kill Joe Gentz, the man accused of killing Bashara's wife Jane earlier this year. Purple bows tied around trees in front of the tidy brick home are likely in memorial of Jane Bashara, who was found strangled in her SUV in January. Thursday, two media outlets park on the street near the home and when neighbors see the return of cameras and microphones, they turn around and close their doors. They've surely tired of the media circus that has disrupted their quiet street in the secluded Windmill Pointe area. On the street in the Village, passersby in Caribou Coffee and Trader Joe's are more…

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City of Grosse Pointe Park (in Grosse Pointe Patch), Gentz Arraigned in Bashara Homicide, Caribou Coffee Company (in Grosse Pointe Patch), and 1 more ›

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