Thursday, Sept. 20th:
*Status & Motions Hearing (@ 1pm CT) –NE – Sydney Loofe (24) (Nov. 15, 2017; found Dec. 4 & 6, 2017) – only for *Aubrey C. Trail (51) charged & indicted (6/11/18) with 1st degree murder & improper disposal of human remains. Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP.
2/2/18: AT says "accidentally suffocated Sydney”.
6/19/18: Waives right to prelim hearings & wanted to proceed Pro-Se, Judge appoints ‘stand-by’ attorneys & agrees to have lawyers; case is bound over to the District court.
Next Status hearing on 8/20.
8/20/18 Update: Defense attorney, Joseph Murray, filed three motions at Monday's hearing. The first asked the court to allow the defendant to take witness depositions to include as evidence in the case. Those witnesses will be interviewed on Sept. 19 and 20. Motion to hire a private investigator at a maximum cost of $10,000, and asked that the court release documents regarding the investigation and information gathered from the search warrant. No further court dates given.
8/21/18 Update: Next Status hearing on 9/20.
9/20/18 Update: Motion hearing also Trail requests TV or radio since in solitary confinement. Judge will take up today, 9/20.
4/3/18: Aubrey Trail agrees to plead guilty to one of the 14 counts Federal fraud case ($400K gold scam), each of which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison or a $250,000 fine; sentencing date is August 3rd.
7/3/18 Update: Trail tries to withdraw his guilty plea in fraud case, cites state of mind, coercion. U.S. District Judge John Gerrard will consider Trail's request at sentencing in August. At his sentencing, Trail would face up to 10 years in federal prison, $250,000 in fines and hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution. 8/3/18 Update: Sentenced to 10 years in prison for gold scam.
*Bailey M. Boswell (23) charged & indicted (6/11/18) with 1st degree murder & improper disposal of human remains. No bond. DA will seek DP.
6/18/18 Update: Asked for continuance on 6/19 prelim hearing, which was set for 7/24.
7/24/18 Update: Waives right to prelim hearing, next arraignment hearing is August 6 to enter her plea; DA has not decided whether to seek DP against her yet.
8/1/18 Update: DA files motion to seek DP against Boswell.
8/6/18 Update: Defense attorney files motion arguing against the death penalty, Judge postpones arguments to motion to be heard on 9/17.
9/17/18 Update: The court heard arguments on Monday in the case of Boswell to declare Nebraska's death penalty statutes unconstitutional in the murder of Lincoln store clerk Sydney Loofe. State prosecutors said they plan to seek the death penalty for Boswell on Aug. 1, citing the slaying's "exceptional depravity". The state will have until Oct. 1 to file a written response to the motion, and Boswell's defense will have one week after that to respond.
5/4/18: Boswell pleads guilty in Federal fraud case ($400K gold scam); in exchange for her plea Judge will dismiss the remaining 13 counts. Boswell faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250K fine at her sentencing on Aug. 3rd. 8/3/18 Update: Sentenced to 5 years in prison for gold scam.