On April 23rd, 1996, a divorced mother traveled from her apartment in Virginia to her ex-husband’s home in Maryland, planning to pick up their child for a custody exchange. Doris Fay Lentz was never seen alive again.

Listen Here! April 23, 1996 – The Murder of Doris Fay Lentz

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT. Lentz V. United States. 7 Mar. 2020. Case Mine, https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5eba50b4894ef25c90856ce8. Accessed 14 Apr. 2022.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Jay E. Lentz, Defendant-Appellee. 14 Sept. 2004. Find Law, https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1235805.html#footnote_4. Accessed 12 Apr. 2022.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jay E. Lentz, Defendant-Appellee. 12 May. 2008. Find Law, https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1204354.html. Accessed 12 Apr. 2022.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. JAY E. LENTZ, Petitioner, v. ERIC WILLIAMS, Respondent. 21 Apr. 2021. Cases.justia.com, https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilsdce/3:2020cv00204/84004/26/0.pdf. Accessed 14 Apr. 2022.

Smith, Leef. “Retrial Has A Dramatic Conclusion Guilty Verdict Leads To Lentz Outburst.” The Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2006, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/03/31/retrial-has-a-dramatic-conclusion-span-classbankheadguilty-verdict-leads-to-lentz-outburst-span/230b9e88-d2fa-4f8c-a386-6f8cef47eb06/. Accessed 13 Apr. 2022.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. “Domestic Violence.” National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2020, https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2497/domestic_violence-2020080709350855.pdf?1596828650457. Accessed 14 Apr. 2022.