LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. - Convicted murderer Bob Bashara has died.

Bashara was sentenced to life in prison in January 2015 after he was convicted of plotting to have his wife killed in 2012.


The Livingston County Medical Examiners Office confirms that they have received the body of Robert Bashara from the Woodland Center Correctional Facility in Whitmore Lake in Livingston County.

Timeline: Jane Bashara murder case

Officials confirmed that Bashara died Monday at the Woodland Center Correctional Facility. There has been no confirmation on how he died or if he was sick.

Bashara was 62 years old when he was pronounced dead.

Jane Bashara's sister, Julie Rowe, released the following statement:

 I am disappointed he only spent 8 years in prison. That is just not long enough for all that he ruined. 


Jane Bashara killed by handyman

Jane Bashara was found dead Jan. 25, 2012 in the back of her SUV in an alley in Detroit. It was just miles from the couple's home in Grosse Pointe Park. An autopsy revealed she had been strangled.

Joe Gentz, who worked as Bob Bashara's handyman, admitted he strangled Jane in the couple's Grosse Pointe Park garage. Her body was discovered in her Mercedes-Benz in a Detroit alley.

Authorities said her husband arranged to have her killed by Gentz so he could pursue his BDSM lifestyle as  Master Bob  with a mistress and other women.

Handyman finally testifies in 2016

Gentz pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2012 and said Bob Bashara coerced him into committing the crime. But as Bashara's trial was set to begin in October, Gentz said he wouldn't testify. It would be another four years until he finally laid out the case against Bob Bashara in April 2016.

Gentz took the stand after advisement that he could face further charges by testifying. That was after he made a shocking claim that Bob Bashara had nothing to do with the murder of his wife. He also said police coached him on what to say in court.

Gentz's plea deal could have been ta

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