Crime & Safety
Computers Seized as Evidence in Bashara Case Will be Returned
Bob Bashara of Grosse Pointe is charged in the 2012 murder of his wife, Jane.
Three computers, seized by authorities during the Jane Bashara murder investigation, will be returned to suspect Bob Bashara's female acquaintance who owns them, a Wayne County judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge Timothy Kenny granted the motion to return of property to the woman by 4 p.m. July 12, according to Maria Miller, spokeswoman for the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
“Those computers were the subject of an investigative subpoena by prosecutors who decided to do a forensic analysis,” Kenny told reporters after the brief hearing, according to The Detroit News.
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The computers belong to Therese Giffin, who is described as Bob Bashara’s friend, and may contain emails of interest, the newspaper reports.
Bashara, who appeared via video from Oaks Correctional Facility in Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, has been arraigned on murder and five other charges related to death of his wife. The charges were brought about 15 months after her body was found in the backseat of her SUV in Detroit.He is currently serving a prison sentence in a related case involving his former handyman, Joe Gentz, whom he tried to have killed while in jail to prevent him from testifying.
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