Hearing postponed for handyman charged in Jane Bashara killing

DETROIT (AP) -- A key hearing has been postponed for a handyman who's charged with strangling a Grosse Pointe Park woman whose husband also has been questioned in her death. A preliminary examination was scheduled Monday for Joseph Gentz in Detroit's 36th District Court. But it was adjourned at the request of defense lawyer Susan Reed. A new date for the hearing isn't yet known. Gentz is charged with murder and conspiracy in the slaying of Jane Bashara whose body was found in her Mercedes-Benz in Detroit in January. He performed odd jobs for Bashara's husband, Bob. Bob Bashara hasn't been charged in his wife's killing but is charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill Gentz in jail. Published: Wed, Aug 15, 2012