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Handyman assigned a lawyer in Jane Bashara killing
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 07Handyman Joseph Gentz has dropped from sight since Grosse Pointe Park police released him Friday, but investigators are running down leads developed during his three days in custody when he said he killed marketing executive Jane Bashara. Gentz's relea... »
Attorney appointed for Joseph Gentz in Jane Bashara case
Detroit Free Press Local News
Feb 06Detroit defense attorney Susan Reed has been appointed to represent Joseph Gentz, who has told investigators he killed Jane Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park. Her husband, Bob Bashara, has been the only person labeled by police as a person of interest in h... »
Life for self-professed murder accomplice has been tough, friend says
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 05Joseph Gentz took the hard-luck road to Grosse Pointe Park. He shared the ZIP code of lakefront mansions, leafy streets and old money, but he got there scraping by, friends said, on odd jobs as a restaurant cook and a handyman, and on public assistance. »
What happened to Jane Bashara?
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 05Here is a time line of key events in the Jane Bashara murder, based on interviews with Bob Bashara and police. 7 a.m.: Jane Bashara leaves for work at Kema Services, an energy consulting firm in Detroit. 4:30 p.m.: Bob Bashara returns to family home on... »
Police: Man claims Bashara paid him to kill wife
Detnews.com Wayne County
Feb 01A St. Clair Shores man told police he was paid less than $2,000 to kill a Grosse Pointe Park marketing executive, a police source told The Detroit News. Joseph Gentz, 48, turned himself in to police early Tuesday and spent hours detailing how he strang... »
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Handyman assigned a lawyer in Jane Bashara killing
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 07Handyman Joseph Gentz has dropped from sight since Grosse Pointe Park police released him Friday, but investigators are running down leads developed during his three days in custody when he said he killed marketing executive Jane Bashara. Gentz's relea... »
Attorney appointed for Joseph Gentz in Jane Bashara case
Detroit Free Press Local News
Feb 06Detroit defense attorney Susan Reed has been appointed to represent Joseph Gentz, who has told investigators he killed Jane Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park. Her husband, Bob Bashara, has been the only person labeled by police as a person of interest in h... »
Life for self-professed murder accomplice has been tough, friend says
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 05Joseph Gentz took the hard-luck road to Grosse Pointe Park. He shared the ZIP code of lakefront mansions, leafy streets and old money, but he got there scraping by, friends said, on odd jobs as a restaurant cook and a handyman, and on public assistance. »
What happened to Jane Bashara?
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Feb 05Here is a time line of key events in the Jane Bashara murder, based on interviews with Bob Bashara and police. 7 a.m.: Jane Bashara leaves for work at Kema Services, an energy consulting firm in Detroit. 4:30 p.m.: Bob Bashara returns to family home on... »
Probe heats up in Jane Bashara slaying; possible accomplice in killing is questioned
Detroit Free Press Local News
Feb 01The investigation into the mysterious death of a Grosse Pointe Park woman intensified Tuesday as police interrogated a possible accomplice who said he was there when Jane Bashara was strangled in her home, a source familiar with the investigation told ... »