. >> standing in his front yard, this man broke down talking to us about the murder of jane bashara.> sorry. but i want justice served. >> he said his friend, joseph, came to him after jane bashara was found strangled to death. >> i sat and cried with him. sometimes the situation can get out of -- you have to make the right choice. >> he said the choice was to tell police what he said happened, that he killed her in her garage, that her husband, bob bashara, convinced him to do it. >> he was manipulated. >> he said he went with him to turn himself in on february 3rd, but after he told his story, police let him go. he was eventually arrested more than a months after he said he initially confessed. bob bashara remains free and maintains his innocence. >> we have cooperated with law enforcement agencies and will continue to do so. >> news that bob bashara had a girlfriend and also owned an s & m dudgeon below this shop, the ritzy community of gross point park. >> they said bashara's private life has clouded the investigation. >> it would appear that things such as that, things that aren

they arrested the handyman who worked for jane and bob bashara. joe gentz claims the husband was to blame for jane's death. gentz is the one sitting in a jail cell this morning. joe gentz walked into court for a custody hearing for his daughter friday. he walked out under arrest for murder. >> you're under arrest for the murder of jane bashara. >> reporter: gentz is the former handyman of bob and jane bashara, a marketing executive found strangled in her suv. just days after she was killed, gentz admitted he was the one who strangled her. but gentz claimed bob bashara offered him money for the crime, then held a gun to his head forcing him to do it. something bashara vigorously denies. >> i don't own a firearm. i have nothing to do with this. that is a sick assessment on his part. it shows how deranged he is. >> reporter: sources tell abc news gentz has the iq of a third grader. friday, he remained guarded shortly before his arrest. do you have any words for us? >> no. >> reporter: okay. >> no words. >> reporter: a friend who drove gentz to court s

reportedly confessed to the crime, telling police conflicting and confusing stories about jane's husband job bashara whom he used to do odd jobs, offered him money and then forced him at gun point to kill jane in the garage of their upscale home in grosse pointe, michigan. one of the richest towns in america. >> did you kill jane bashara. >> just panicking. >> reporter: according to a friend, he's trying to do the right thing. >> he wants justice done for both families. >> reporter: but there are so many questions, why did police wait more than a month after the original confession to make the arrest? and what does it now mean for bob bashara. in an interview with andrea canning bashara denied it outright. >> i don't own a firearm. i don't have anything to do with this. this is a sick assessment on his part. it shows how deranged he is. >> reporter: but there is a cloud hanging over bob bashara whshed those tears. in those early days, so much spilled out about him, that he was a person of interest, reportedly failed a polygraph, had a mistress. in an abc news interview, his daughters stood by him. >

he's the former handyman of bob and jane bashara, a marketed executive found straggled in her suv. just days after she was killed, gentz admitted he was the one who strangled her. he claimed bob bashara offered him money for the crime and held a gun to his head forcing him to do it. something bashara denied. >> i don't own a firearm. i have nothing to do with this. that is a sick assessment on his part. it shows how deranged he is. >> reporter: source say gentz has the iq of a third grader. friday, he remained guarded shortly before his arrest. do you have any words to us? >> no, no words. >> reporter: a friend who drove him to court said this. >> he's scared. scared. panicking. >> why? >> because he doesn't know what is going to happen. >> reporter: but bob bashara himself remains under scrutiny with allegations he was involved in a secret, s & m sex room next to bar he owns. his daughter, jessica, stood by her father. >> i know how my mom felt about him. there was never any -- even hint towards violence. >> reporter: with gentz now under arrest in connection with murder, police c

the clothes that jane bashara was wearing when she was found appear to be missing.oit police department, they sent the clothes to the state crime lab. according to the state crime lab, they never received them. ted rowlands, cnn, grosse pointe, michigan. >>> it's one of the largest technology festivals in the world. coming up, we head to texas for a south by southwest for a little couch surfing. >>> but first -- we've all seen the destruction left by last week's rash of deadly tornadoes, but amid the devastation, a cnn hero is hard at work, offering free recovery assistance to strangers in need. cnn's rob marciano caught up with 2008 hero tad agolia in the hills of kentucky. >> take it away from us, lord. take it, lord. >> reporter: as the fierce storms tore through the midwest and south last weekend, taking 40 lives, emergency recovery teams scrambled to respond to devastated communities across ten states. >> keep pushing it forward. >> reporter: among the relief workers headed into the destruction zone was cnn hero tad agolia and his team. >> let's get this debris

the clothes that jane bashara was wearing when she was found appear to be missing.ent, they sent the clothes to the state crime lab. according to the state crime lab, they never received them. ted rowlands, cnn, grosse pointe, michigan. >>> it's one of the largest technology festivals in the world. coming up, we head to texas for a south by southwest for a little couch surfing. >>> but first -- we've all seen the destruction left by last week's rash of deadly tornadoes, but amid the devastation, a cnn hero is hard at work, offering free recovery assistance to strangers in need. cnn's rob marciano caught up with 2008 hero tad agolia in the hills of kentucky. >> take it away from us, lord. take it, lord. >> reporter: as the fierce storms tore through the midwest and south last weekend, taking 40 lives, emergency recovery teams scrambled to respond to devastated communities across ten states. >> keep pushing it forward. >> reporter: among the relief workers headed into the destruction zone was cnn hero tad agolia and his team. >> let's get this debris cleared enough to

. >> reporter: police found jane bashara's body in a detroit alley on january 25th. the marketing executive and mother of two had been severely beaten and strangled. two days later police named bob bashara her husband of 27 years a person of interest. he has denied any involvement in her death. >> about a year ago we did go to a marriage counselor, sort through some things. and we -- we -- we love each other. >> reporter: one week after jane's death this man, joe gentd who worked as a handyman confessed to the murder. police say the 48-year-old who prosecutors have labeled mentally disabled claimed bashara hired him to kill his wife in exchange for $2,000 and his old cadillac. he was let go but arrested a month later. but the search for a killer has shed light on what some call bob bashara's double life. he denied multiple accounts that he had a mistress. and a woman who asked nbc to conceal her identity told our detroit affiliate said bashara invited her to a secret dungeon filled with s&m props. >> there was equipment like saint andrew's cross, a post, a big web. >

bashara's handyman. he confessed to killing jane bash bashara, he was charged with murder and conspiracy, but not with whom. the 48-year-old handyman reportedly has an iq of a third grader. claims the husband promised him a couple of hundred thousands dollars in cash. bashara denies that claim. ted rollins is in gross point with a long time friend of the handyman. so ted, this is the friend who convinc convinced gentz to go to the police. >> he is a religious guy and says he wished he could have done more, but said absolutely sh he does not regret convincing his friend to turn himself in. >> i think if i would have had more information maybe, things would have changed. >> reporter: standing in his front yard, he broke down talking about the murder. >> sorry. but i want justice served. >> reporter: he says his friend, joseph gentz, came to him after jane was found strangled to death. >> i seen him crying about it. sometimes, a situation just can't get out of. got to make the right choice. >> reporter: he says the choice was to tell police what gentz happened, that gentz killed jane in her garage and that he