Here's a quick update about this case:
Investigators learned Loofe’s last night was spent on a date with Boswell, who she had met on Tinder. She wasn’t seen or heard from again. Her phone last pinging a cell phone tower in Wilber, where Trail and Boswell lived in a basement apartment.
Trail and Boswell were identified as persons of interest early on, though it took several days for police to track them down in a hotel room in Branson, Missouri. While the pair were on the run, they posted videos on Facebook claiming they had nothing to do with Loofe’s disappearance.
Boswell specifically said she met Loofe on Tinder and they went on two dates which consisted of driving around and smoking marijuana. She said she dropped Loofe at a friend’s house after their second date and never heard from her again.
“I just want the family to know I’m sorry but I didn’t have anything to do with this,” Boswell said in the video. “I hope Sydney is found really soon, she’s a sweet amazing girl.”
Loofe’s body was found three weeks after she was reported missing. It was cut into 14 pieces and put in plastic bags that were abandoned in a field in Clay County.
Trail went to trial for the murder in June of 2019. In his trial, witnesses and early statements made by Trail spoke of a “sex cult” ran by Trail and Boswell. He also talked about witch craft and said at one point he was a vampire who could fly.
At one point, Trail had a violent outburst in which he tried to harm himself. He yelled “Bailey is innocent, curse you all,” and sliced his throat three times with an apparent razor blade.
Trail recovered from his injuries, but didn’t return to the courtroom until he took the stand himself. This is when he claimed Loofe’s death was an accident. He said he and Loofe were engaged in a sexual act and he was chocking her with an extension cord.
“I don’t know if Sydney had a seizure or what but that’s when she stopped breathing,” Trail said in his testimony.
When asked why he didn’t call for help, Trail said he didn’t think anybody would believe him.
Trail was found guilty of killing Loofe after three hours of deliberation.
Sydney Loofe case: Bailey Boswell murder trial starts Wednesday in Lexington
Trail has yet to be sentenced and faces the death penalty.
Boswell trial to begin Wednesday; charged in 2017 death of Sydney Loofe
