Body of missing GPP Woman found in Detroit

[Darkman]

MARCH 24, 2012 AT 1:00 AM

New twist in Bashara case
Police have more info on missing clothing; alibi proof missing

BY GEORGE HUNTER AND CHRISTINE FERRETTI THE DETROIT NEWS



Grosse Pointe Park— The mystery surrounding what happened to Jane Bashara's clothing after she was killed took a new twist Friday.

Michigan State Police officials said two weeks ago they hadn't received the garments the 56-year-old marketing executive wore when her strangled body was found Jan. 25 in the backseat of her sport-utility vehicle in a Detroit alley, although a Detroit Police spokeswoman insisted the clothing had been sent to the state laboratory.

On Friday, Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw said one part of the mystery had been cleared up: "We finally were able to determine that the clothing was with the Detroit Police Department, but they hadn't sent it to the lab yet," Shaw said.

However, Detroit Police Sgt. Eren Stephens said she's sticking with the statement she gave to The News on March 9: "There were items of clothing recovered from the body of Jane Bashara and sent to the MSP for testing."

Stephens said Friday. "At this time, we have no additional comment on this matter."

David Griem, attorney for the victim's husband Robert Bashara, who was named by Grosse Pointe Park Police Chief David Hiller as the only person of interest in the case, said investigators also failed to secure another key piece of evidence: Videotape which Griem claims would have supported his client's alibi that he was working at one of his rental properties when Jane Bashara was killed.

"The State Police crime lab never received [[Jane Bashara's) clothing," he said Friday, adding that police waited two months to retrieve surveillance video from cameras at buildings his client owns on Mack Avenue.

Griem said Bashara gave investigators his alibi a few days after the murder, and informed police that the buildings are equipped with two video cameras.

Griem said he assumed detectives had taken the video into custody, but he said two retired FBI agents hired by the family uncovered this week that the video was never released. The tapes have subsequently been recorded over, Griem said.

"None of the … agencies thought it was important to take into custody the videotape that could have cleared Robert Bashara," Griem said. Handyman Joe Gentz on Jan. 31 told Grosse Pointe Park police that Bashara had hired him to commit the murder...

--- more at the Source: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...text|FRONTPAGE

[Gannon]

Griem is bitching because someone ELSE didn't secure evidence which would exonerate his client?!

I'm betting it is more like Bashara faked the security films, by resetting the date and time on the security system, and they decided to ignore the blatantly obvious fraud?!

I don't think the buildings were ever sequestered by police tape for evidence...actually through all this time, I've never seen any police activity around or in the building which I pass nearly every day. Someone in Bashara's employ was rotating the 'tapes'...if even there ARE tapes. That is ancient technology. All the good sequential camera time-sampling devices use hard drives. Which are usually set to re-record automatically, and interrupted if any event occurs...when they can dump the whole scene into a disc burner for a handy portable permanent reference.


It still stinks, he's still guilty as hell. I hope the GPP police can get their excrement together and send him up the river for a spell...like a lifetime.


Sincerely,
John

[Darkman]

basically the same with earlier mentioned headline ... but "different pile"



Evidence collection the newest complication in Bashara murder case
Published: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:50 AM
By Ashley C. Woods

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/in...he_newest.html

[Darkman]

New Evidence Problems in Bashara Investigation?
Attorney says surveillance video is gone

Updated: Saturday, 24 Mar 2012, 11:20 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 24 Mar 2012, 11:20 PM EDT



GROSSE PT. PARK, Mich. [[WJBK) - More questions about the way evidence is being handled in the Jane Bashara murder investigation. Her attorney says surveillance video that could prove Bob Bashara was at his commercial property at the time of the murder was not taken as evidence quickly enough. Now, it's been erased.

Click on the video player to watch Ronnie Dahl's live report.

Jane Bashara was found strangled in her Mercedes back in January. One suspect is in custody. But, her husband, Bob, is still a person of interest in the case.

"We relied upon the police, shame on us," said Bashara's attorney David Greim. "It appears the videotapes were never taken into custody."

Source: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news...3F-20120324-rs

--- Text & Video ---