An Iowa man who had been dating 31-year-old Barbara Lenz when she vanished nearly 37 years ago has been found guilty of her murder, authorities announced.
Robert Davis’ conviction comes about a year after he was arrested in Lenz’s cold case killing, according to the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. Lenz’s body has never been located.
Davis, 62, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a first-degree murder charge on March 10, 2025, in connection with Lenz’s death, the attorney general’s office’s Cold Case Unit announced in a news release last year…