Name: Doris Fay Lentz
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: April 23, 1996
Location Last Seen: Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
Date of Birth: Circa 1965
Age: 31 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 155 lbs.
Hair Color: Dark blonde
Eye Color: Green
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Lentz was last seen in Arlington, Virginia around 19:00, after telling a friend that she was going to Fort Washington, Maryland to pick up her daughter on April 23, 1996.
A week later, police in Southeast Washington D.C. found her blood-spattered Toyota. The door was unlocked and her purse was in full view.
Her ex-husband was arrested in connection with Doris' disappearance in May 2001 in Indiana. In August 2001, He was charged with her kidnapping and causing her death. He maintains his innocence in the case. He was convicted of the charge in June 2003 and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
The trial judge took the unusual step of throwing out the jury's verdict; he acquitted the ex-husband in July 2003. However, in September 2004, a court of appeals ordered a new trial for the ex-husband, saying that the trial judge was wrong to overturn the verdict. He was convicted again of the same charges in March 2006.
Agency Name: Arlington County Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Homicide/Robbery Unit - Detective John Coale
Agency Phone Number: 703-228-4183; 703-558-2222
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Arlington County Police Department
The Washington Post - Lentz Archives
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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