An Iowa man, Robert Davis, has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Barbara Lenz, who disappeared nearly 37 years ago. The conviction brings closure to a case that had gone cold, and it is a testament to the tireless efforts of law enforcement and the attorney general\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Barbara Lenz was 31 years old when she vanished on May 6, 1989. At the time, she was planning to visit her ex-boyfriend in Omaha, Nebraska, with whom she shared a 3-year-old daughter. However, she never made it to the meeting. Davis, who was Lenz\u2019s boyfriend at the time, told law enforcement that he had dropped her off at her home in Woodbine. But when Lenz failed to appear, her family and friends began to worry, and about 10 days later, she was reported missing.<\/p>\n
Investigations at Lenz\u2019s home suggested that she had been taken against her will, and authorities launched a search for her. Despite their efforts, Lenz\u2019s body was never found, and the case went cold.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to March 10, 2025, when Davis was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Lenz\u2019s death. The arrest was the result of a thorough investigation by the Iowa Attorney General\u2019s Office Cold Case Unit. The unit had been reviewing the case and gathering new evidence, which ultimately led to Davis\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
Davis\u2019s conviction is a significant milestone in the case, and it brings a sense of justice to Lenz\u2019s family and loved ones. As Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Iowa man, Robert Davis, has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Barbara Lenz, who disappeared nearly 37 years ago. The conviction brings closure to a case that had gone cold, and it is a testament to the tireless efforts of law enforcement and the attorney general’s office. Background…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}