bob bashara had been bob bashara for years. do you understand me? this was nothing new.hout killing you. narrator: the final pillar of bashara's defense was a tried and true strategy. discredit the investigation. diallo argued that grosse pointe park police were overwhelmed by this case and made a series of blunders. she called detective mike narduzzi to the stand and pointed out this was his first homicide investigation. lillian dialo: this was huge, big news out of grosse pointe park, the homicide of one of its residents, correct? yes, ma'am. lillian dialo: nothing like this of this magnitude has ever happened under your watch. correct? correct. narrator: the defense zeroed in on what it said were some key early mistakes made by the grosse pointe park police. they noted officers didn't collect some of the victim's clothing for fiber evidence. they didn't pull the security camera footage outside the hard luck lounge to see if bashara was indeed there the night of the murder. and some of their early witness interviews were conducted improperly. does that lead you down th

jane bashara is missing. dennis murphy (voiceover): that same morning, tow truck operators in the east end of detroit were making their early rounds. marc santia: they would look for stolen cars or abandoned cars, hustle and make some extra money before starting their shift. dennis murphy (voiceover): marc santia at the time was a top investigative reporter on the police beat for nbc's detroit affiliate wdiv. marc santia: a tow truck driver spots a black mercedes suv in an alley. and that black suv stood out. why is it in an alley? it's kind of a desolate area. so could be stolen, could be abandoned. dennis murphy (voiceover): a shiny vehicle that wouldn't turn a head in grosse pointe was like a flashing neon sign saying something's wrong here in detroit's gritty east end. just abandoned in this grungy alley. no sounds from within. detective narduzzi's phone started ringing. mike narduzzi: i get a phone call. are we looking for a jane bashara? because we just found a mercedes benz registered to her. and the w