![]() ![]() It was reported that Gentz had turned himself in on Janubut that police had dismissed the confession made by Gentz, who had an IQ of 67, a score considered to be on the low end of scale by most intelligence tests. On March 3, 2012, Joe Gentz was arrested in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Bashara's attorney told the press that the Basharas had an " open marriage." Police stated that Gillett was not a person of interest but left her home carrying seven cardboard boxes and an evidence bag. Police raided Gillett's home in early March 2012. Gillett was fired after leaving the office on the day Jane Bashara's body was discovered. In February 2012, multiple news media sources also reported on Bob Bashara's relationship with an alleged mistress, Rachel Rene Gillett, who had been employed in the office of alumni affairs at Wayne State University. ![]() On February 4, 2012, Bob Bashara commented that, "I did not kill my wife. On February 2, 2012, several publications reported that Bob Bashara "allegedly led a double life centering on the underground world of sadomasochism and sexual deviancy with women other than his wife." It was also reported that he maintained a " sex dungeon" in the basement of the Hard Luck Lounge, located in a building owned by Bob Bashara on Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe Park. Gentz reportedly told police that Bob Bashara had paid him $2,000 and an old Cadillac to murder his wife. On February 1, 2012, it was reported that Joe Gentz, a developmentally-disabled handyman who rented a property from Bob Bashara, had confessed to police that he helped dispose of Jane Bashara's body after being murdered in her garage. īy January 31, 2012, investigators revealed that they believed Jane Bashara had been murdered in her home and then placed in her SUV. Sources also reported at that time that Bob Bashara had taken and failed a lie detector test about his involvement in his wife's death. He said there were no other persons of interest at that time. On January 27, 2012, Grosse Pointe Park Police Chief David Hiller announced that Bob Bashara was "a person of interest" in the investigation. The Michigan State Police also participated in the investigation. The investigation of Bashara's death was conducted jointly by the Grosse Pointe Park police and the Detroit Police Department. Her funeral was held at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church and attracted hundreds of community members, including U.S. Bashara's husband attended the vigil but did not speak to the gathering. Bashara's minister led the gathering in prayer. On the evening of January 25, 2012, a candlelight vigil was held on the lawn at Grosse Pointe South High School, where Bashara had served as president of the Mother's Club. In light of the relative affluence, upscale reputation and overall lack of crime in the Grosse Pointe communities, local media coverage was intense and updates were published as front page headlines. Police reported that Bashara had died from strangulation and that she had bruises and broken finger nails indicating she had "fought for her life." Public reaction A tow truck driver discovered the body at 7:00 a.m. On January 25, 2012, Bashara's body was discovered in the backseat of her Mercedes SUV, which was parked in an alley on the east side of Detroit. Her husband filed a missing person report with the Grosse Pointe Park Police Department at about 11:30 p.m. ![]() Jane Bashara was last seen by co-workers on the afternoon of January 24, 2012, after a meeting in downtown Detroit. The Basharas had been married for 26 years at the time of Jane Bashara's death. Bob Bashara is the son of George Bashara, a state appellate court judge and member of the Board of Governors at Wayne State University. He was known as a philanthropist in Grosse Pointe and served for a time as the president of the Grosse Pointe Rotary Club. īashara's husband, Bob Bashara, was a businessman who, at the time of the incident, owned and managed multiple rental properties. She had two children and had served as a past president of the Grosse Pointe South High School Mother's Club. Clemens, Michigan, and held bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from Central Michigan University and the University of Detroit Mercy. Bashara was a 56-year-old senior marketing manager for KEMA Services, an energy consulting and testing company in Detroit. ![]()
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