The Murder of Jane Bashara

In January of 2012, Grosse Pointe Park resident Jane Bashara was found dead in her Mercedes SUV, the vehicle abandoned in a Detroit alley miles from her home.

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Bob Bashara is housed at the Ryan Correctional Facility in Detroit Michigan.

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Sources used in this episode –

Sources:

  1. https://www.scribd.com/document/359523555/Bashara-Appeals-Court-Opinion
  2. https://www.scribd.com/document/254013151/Wayne-County-Prosecutor-News-Updates-November-9-December-31-2014
  3. Page 1 of Joseph’s affidavit https://www.scribd.com/doc/308226024/Joe-Gentz-affidavit-1-in-Bashara-case
  4. Page 2 of Joseph’s affidavit https://www.scribd.com/doc/308226026/Joe-Gentz-Affidavit-1-in-Bashara-case
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120129115154/http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/police-investigating-apparent-murder-of-grosse-pointe-woman-found-in-back-seat-of-her-mercedes-benz
  6. https://abcnews.go.com/US/grosse-pointe-murder-bob-bashara-denies-involvement-wifes/story?id=15517366
  7. https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/01/31/hundreds-say-goodbye-to-jane-bashara/
  8. https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/01/31/police-grosse-pointe-womans-murderer-may-have-had-accomplice/
  9. http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/bashara-s-reputed-mistress-was-fired-after-walking-off-job/article_ef1cc4fa-f1ad-58c9-988d-10c9faf9eae7.html
  10. https://abcnews.go.com/US/grosse-pointe-murder-mistresss-house-searched/story?id=15859455#.T4TxOqs7U1I
  11. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/03/08/Police-had-dismissed-murder-confession/28271331228783/?spt=hs&or=tn&ur3=1
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  34. https://www.macombdaily.com/news/gentz-pleads-guilty-to-nd-degree-murder-in-jane-bashara/article_ddaf6ea2-806f-5208-9949-54a6479e773b.html
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Research provided by Haley Gray

Missing in Georgia – aida Calfee

The first week of October, 1981, Aida Marie Calfee was traveling with her boyfriend and coworker, James Pruitt. Pruitt would tell authorities that they argued and she left his car, announcing she would “hitch a ride” back to her home.

Calfee would never be seen again. Oddly enough, her disappearance happened days before she was set to testify against Pruitt for a July 12, 1981 assault against her.

If you have information on her case, please contact The Lumpkin County Sheriff.
Phone: 706-864-0414

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Have you seen Aida Marie Calfee? Missing since October, 1981

Sources:

http://charleyproject.org/case/aida-ruth-calfee

https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/court-of-appeals/1982/64904.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62274423/aida-ruth-calfee


Also the Atlanta Journal Constitution from 1981 and 1982.

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