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Investigators search Rachel Gillett's Grosse Pointe home

Sources say woman may have had affair with Jane Bashara's husband

GROSSE POINTE, Mich. – Investigators executed a search warrant Tuesday at the Grosse Pointe home of a woman who has been linked to Bob Bashara.

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Law enforcement sources say Rachel Gillett has been questioned by investigators about the extent of her relationship with Bob Bashara.

Sources also said the search was to unearth any evidence about a romantic or sexual relationship between the two.

In a previous interview with Local 4 Defender Marc Santia, Bob Bashara denied any extramarital actions.

Marc Santia: Were you having anaffair?

Bob Bashara: No. I was not. I loved my wife. I loved my children and I would do nothing to hurt them. She meant everything tome.

Marc Santia: So, the reports andthe other woman by the name of Rachel, you would characterize that as?

Bob Bashara: She was a good friend, that's it.

Investigators removed several bags of evidence from the home.

IMAGES: Police search the home of Rachel Gillett

Jane Bashara, 56, was found dead Jan. 25 in her SUV that was parked in a Detroit alley. She had been strangled.

Police have named Bob Bashara a person of interest in his wife's murder, but he has not been charged.

A family handyman, Joe Gentz, was charged Monday with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Sources say he has told police he killed Jane Bashara but under the order of another person who had hired him to do it.


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