Husband named a suspect in Grosse Pointe Park woman's death, takes polygraph test

Grosse Pointe Park— The husband of a Grosse Pointe Park marketing executive strangled earlier this week is a suspect in her death, police said Friday.

Bob Bashara, the husband of Jane Bashara, was interviewed by police while technicians with the Detroit Police Department's crime scene services unit searched the couple's home and removed at least two computer hard drives.

Grosse Pointe Park Police Chief David Hiller said Bashara also took a polygraph test, the results of which weren't available. He said Bashara voluntarily agreed to talk to police. He has retained an attorney.

One marked squad car and a van was parked in front of the Bashara's home on the 500 block of Middlesex as investigators walked through the home, shining flashlights and sifting through papers. The search was suspended around 9 p.m.

Shortly afterward, Bob Bashara, the husband of Jane Bashara, arrived home, but declined to talk to reporters.

Relatives of Jane Bashara were inside the Grosse Pointe Park public safety building Friday evening, but declined to talk to reporters.

Jane Bashara — who worked as a senior marketing manager at Kema Services, an energy consulting and testing and certification company — was last seen leaving a client meeting at DTE Energy's offices in downtown Detroit about 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Bashara said he had "no clue" as to what happened to his wife.

"I lost my girlfriend and my partner, and it's just absolutely unthinkable," said Bashara, speaking to WDIV-TV.

Police haven't yet determined where Bashara was killed.