Bob Bashara, the Grosse Pointe Park man accused of arranging his wife’s 2012 murder, died Aug. 17, 2020 while in prison.

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. Timeline: Jane Bashara murder caseOfficials confirmed that Bashara died Monday at the Woodland Center Correctional Facility. It would be another four years until he finally laid out the case against Bob Bashara in April 2016. He admitted to breaking Jane Bashara's neck and said Bob Bashara was present during the murder.

DETROIT – A power outage in downtown Detroit has interrupted the trial against Bob Bashara. Closing arguments are scheduled for next week in the Bashara trial. Bob Bashara is charged with arranging his wife's murder in 2012. The former Rotary Club president is accused of getting a handyman to kill his wife, Jane Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park. They say Bob Bashara wanted to clear the way for relationships with other women.

DETROIT – Bob Bashara's trial on charges he arranged to have his wife killed was halted Wednesday morning when he became ill. The Grosse Pointe Park man's attorneys told the court he was complaining of pain and had "doubled over." Special Section: Jane Bashara murder investigationJane Bashara was found strangled on Jan. 25, 2012 inside her SUV that was parked in a Detroit alley, a few miles from the family's Grosse Pointe Park home. Joe Gentz, who worked as a handyman for Bob Bashara, has pleaded guilty to killing her, but saying he did so at her husband's behest. Bob Bashara is already in prison after being convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill Gentz.

DETROIT – A Detroit-area man who authorities say tried to hire a hit man to kill someone charged with his wife's murder has been denied his lesser bond request. Last week Bob Bashara asked Wayne County Circuit Judge Bruce Morrow to lower his $15 million cash bond. READ: Bob Bashara denied lesser bondLawyer Mark Kriger argued Bashara is strapped financial and is not a flight risk. "A $15 million bond, your honor, is no different than a $200 million bond or a $1 billion bond. Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Lisa Lindsey said Bashara needs to stay jailed base on jailhouse conversations he's been having.

DETROIT – Bob Bashara has been bound over to stand trial on a solicitation of murder charge. Bob Bashara accused of wanting jailhouse hitBashara is accused of trying to have Gentz, who faces murder charges in Bashara's wife's death, killed while behind bars. Police say an undercover officer posed a hit man as Bashara told him what he wanted done to Gentz. He says he told Bashara is was against his religion to wear a wire. Sources say Gentz has told police he was forced to kill the Grosse Pointe Park mother under the order of her husband, Bob Bashara.