Trials & Sentencings set to begin in SEPTEMBER, 2020

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Thursday, Sept. 24th:
*Trial continues with Jury Selection (Day 2) (@ 9am CT) - NE - Sydney Loofe (24) (Nov. 15, 2017, Lincoln; found Dec. 4 & 5, 2017) – *Bailey M. Boswell (23/now 25) charged & indicted (6/11/18) & arraigned (8/6/18) with 1st degree murder & improper disposal of human remains & charged (3/1/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP.
*Charged (8/9/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty.
Trial began with jury selection on 9/23/20 (thru 10/16/20). Saline County to Lexington, Dawson County for trial.
3/3/20 Update: Trial had been set to begin on March 16 in Lexington, but Saline County District Judge Vicky Johnson issued an order Tuesday (3/3/20) postponing the trial until further notice because of a serious medical emergency in her family. 3/13/20 Update: Next trial date has been set for 9/23/20 to select jury.
9/23/20 Day 1 of Jury Selection: No cameras for video or photos are allowed during the jury selection process in order to maintain jurors identities. The court brought in 90 potential jurors, with others they could call in if needed. Over the next two or three days the lawyers will get to ask them questions to determine their ability to serve on the jury. After lunch about 15-20 jurors have been dismissed due to personal/employment obligations. Jury selection continues on 9/24/20.
*Aubrey C. Trail (51/now 53) – Found guilty of all charges 7/8/19. A 3-judge panel will hear penalty phase. 11/15/19: Judge denies Trail’s death penalty challenge. Judge denies motion for new trial. Aggravation & Mitigation hearings on 12/15 thru 12/18/20.

 

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Friday, Sept. 25th:
*Trial begins (Day 1) (@ 9am CT) - NE - Sydney Loofe (24) (Nov. 15, 2017, Lincoln; found Dec. 4 & 5, 2017) – for *Bailey M. Boswell (23/now 25) charged & indicted (6/11/18) & arraigned (8/6/18) with 1st degree murder & improper disposal of human remains & charged (3/1/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP.
*Charged (8/9/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty.
Trial began with jury selection on 9/23/20 & trial began on 9/25/20. (thru 10/16/20). Saline County to Lexington, Dawson County for trial. Juror: 8 men & 7 women.
Court info & Jury Selection Day 1 3/3/20 thru 9/23/20 reference post #456 here:
Found Deceased - NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 *Aubrey Trail GUILTY* #4
9/24/20 Day 2 of Jury Selection: Day 2 of jury selection is underway. About half (45) of the potential jurors from yesterday remain. And the court brought in 50 more potential jurors this morning & went thru the process of finding out if any of them have medical or financial reason they can't serve. They have been asking the potential jurors questions about their knowledge of the case, their opinions about issues like the death penalty & ultimately whether or not they’d be able to serve on the jury fairly. Jury selection is expected to last through Thursday. By this afternoon, 15 jurors will be locked in as opening statements are slated to begin tomorrow morning. The 15 jurors will most likely be chosen from the 45 people from yesterday, but new prospective jurors are brought in should any of the original group not be able to serve. The trial is scheduled to last 4 weeks. The jury has been selected: eight men & seven women for the jury. Opening statements start on Friday, 9/25/20.
*Aubrey C. Trail (51/now 53) – Found guilty of all charges 7/8/19. A 3-judge panel will hear penalty phase. 11/15/19: Judge denies Trail’s death penalty challenge. Judge denies motion for new trial. Aggravation & Mitigation hearings on 12/15 thru 12/18/20.

 

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For the week of Monday, Sept. 28th thru Friday, Oct. 2nd:

Monday, Sept. 28th:
*Trial set to begin for all (Sanders case) (@ 1pm CT) - IN (under Javon Blackwell) – *Maurtreyviaum “Troy” Sanders (19) (Nov. 6, 2018, Marion) – *Lemere Joseph Jones (29/now 30) charged (1/29/19) with murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery & armed robbery in connection with a death. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial set to begin on 9/28/20-Sanders
*Demetrius Jemere Jackson (25/now 26) charged (1/29/19) with murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery & armed robbery in connection with a death. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial set to begin on 9/28/20-Sanders
*Brittany Diann Drake (29/now 30) arrested & charged (1/28/19) with conspiracy to commit armed robbery in connection with the 1 death. Plead not guilty. $30K Surety bond. Out on bond (1/28/19).
Trial set to begin on 9/28/20-Sanders

*Trial continues (Day 2) (@ 9am CT) - NE - Sydney Loofe (24) (Nov. 15, 2017, Lincoln; found Dec. 4 & 5, 2017) – *Bailey M. Boswell (23/now 25) charged & indicted (6/11/18) & arraigned (8/6/18) with 1st degree murder & improper disposal of human remains & charged (3/1/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP.
*Charged (8/9/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty.
Trial began with jury selection on 9/23/20 & trial began on 9/25/20. (thru 10/16/20). Saline County to Lexington, Dawson County for trial. Juror: 8 men & 7 women.
Court info & Jury Selection thru Day 2 3/3/20 thru 9/24/20 reference post #466 here:
Found Deceased - NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 *Aubrey Trail GUILTY* #4
9/25/20 Day 1 of Trial: Opening statements by Assistant AG Sandra Allen & defense attorney Todd Lancaster. Following opening statements, Judge Vicky Johnson has sent jurors home for the day. Testimony is set to begin 9/28/20 Monday morning.
*Aubrey C. Trail (51/now 53) – Found guilty of all charges 7/8/19. A 3-judge panel will hear penalty phase. 11/15/19: Judge denies Trail’s death penalty challenge. Judge denies motion for new trial. Aggravation & Mitigation hearings on 12/15 thru 12/18/20.

Wednesday, Sept. 30th:
*Trial set to begin-CONTINUED! (@ 8:30am PT) - WA – Estela Torres Rodriguez (54) (last seen Mar. 28, 2019, reported missing Mar. 29, 2019, Pasco; not found) –*Clemente Rodriguez Torres (34) son arrested (9/19/19 & waived his extradition to the Tri-Cities) crossing Mexico-US Border. Charged (10/2/19) & arraigned (10/8/19) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. $1M bond.
Trial was set to begin on 9/30/20 continued to 10/28/20.
Court info from 10/2/19 thru 5/19/20 reference post #56 here:
Still Missing - WA - Estela Torres Rodriguez, 54, Pasco, 28 March 2019 *son Arrested, husband on the run*
6/17/20 Update: Hearing was held & defense & DA asked for continuance-granted. Pretrial management hearing rescheduled on 9/15/20 & trial is set to begin on 9/30/20. 9/15/20 Update: Hearing was held. Trial begins on 9/30/20.
9/30/20 Update: Trial continuance-granted. Next pretrial management hearing on 10/13 & trial to begin on 10/28/20.
*Carlos Torres Rodriguez (31) son – All charges dismissed (6/4/19). Prosecutors say that they can refile charges if and when they deem it appropriate. After a meeting recently with detectives, the Prosecutors office believes that there could be additional information that could be necessary before proceeding to trial.
*Tiburcio Larios Rodriguez (63) estranged husband. Murder warrants issued (4/1/18) & charged with 1st degree murder. $1M bond. Believed to have fled to Mexico.

Sometime in October:
*Trial set to begin (@ ET) – LA – Levi Cole Ellerbe (6 mos.) (July 17, 2018, Natchitoches; died July 18, 2018; kidnapped & burned to death) – for *Hanna Nicole Barker (22/now 24) “mom” arrested (7/25/18), charged (7/28/18) & indicted (8/9/18) with principle to first-degree murder, meaning “actual perpetrator of the crime” & 1 count of criminal conspiracy. Indicted (11/8/18) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP.
Trial was set to begin on 1/13/20-continued to October 2020. No date set yet. Jury will be picked from St. Landry Parish, but will be tried in Natchitoches Parish.
*Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith – Trial set to begin in Jan. 19, 2021.

 

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Monday, Sept. 28th:
*Trial was set to begin (Sanders case) (@ 1pm CT) - IN (under Javon Blackwell) – *Maurtreyviaum “Troy” Sanders (19) (Nov. 6, 2018, Marion) – for *Lemere Joseph Jones (29/now 30) charged (1/29/19) with murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery & armed robbery in connection with a death. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 9/28/20 continued to 3/8/21
for *Demetrius Jemere Jackson (25/now 26) charged (1/29/19) with murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery & armed robbery in connection with a death. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 9/28/20 continued to 3/8/21
9/28/20 Update: Jury Trial originally scheduled on 9/28/20 was rescheduled to 03/8/2021 at 1:00pm. Reason: Court's Own Motion. Pretrial Conference scheduled for 2/4/21 at 8:30am.
*Brittany Diann Drake (29/now 30) – Pretrial conference hearing on 1/7/21 & trial begins on 2/28/21-Sanders.

 

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Tuesday, Sept. 29th:
*Trial continues (Day 3/Day 5 per twitter) (@ 9am CT) - NE - Sydney Loofe (24) (Nov. 15, 2017, Lincoln; found Dec. 4 & 5, 2017) – *Bailey M. Boswell (23/now 25) charged & indicted (6/11/18) & arraigned (8/6/18) with 1st degree murder & improper disposal of human remains & charged (3/1/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP.
*Charged (8/9/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty.
Trial began with jury selection on 9/23/20 & trial began on 9/25/20. (thru 10/16/20). Saline County to Lexington, Dawson County for trial. Jurors: 8 men & 7 women.
Court info & Jury Selection (thru Day 2) & Trial (Day 1) 3/3/20 thru 9/25/20 reference post #474 here:
Found Deceased - NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 *Aubrey Trail GUILTY* #4
9/28/20 Day 2 of Trial: State witnesses: Susan Loofe (mother of Sydney). Sydney's boss at Menards (no name given). Lincoln Police Sergeant Tyler Cooper. He was the supervisor during the original welfare check at Sydney's home the night of the 16th when she was reported missing. Lincoln Police Captain Jake Dilsaver. He was working third shift the night Sydney was reported missing. He said he assigned an officer to continue searching for Sydney near her home, and also requested a "ping" on her cellphone. It had been inactive for about 24 hours. The last known location being in Wilbur, Nebraska. Brittany Flinn (Sydney's childhood friend & one time roommate). Exchanged texts with Sydney on the 14th about the date she went on with "Audrey Cain" or Bailey Boswell. Sydney sent Brittney a picture of Boswell. Brooklyn McCrystal. Met Sydney while they both worked at Menards & helped the police track down Bailey Boswell as a person of interest in the case & created a Tinder account to "match up" with Boswell. Lincoln Police Department Officer Joseph Yandrick, who became involved in the missing person&'s case for Sydney. Lincoln Police Investigator Cameron Cleland (contacted "Audrey" on 11/16 & 11/17/17). Saline County Sheriff’s Deputy Dillon Semrad, who had experience with tracking phone numbers, starting looking into who was behind the number. Trial continues to 9/29/20.
*Aubrey C. Trail (51/now 53) – Found guilty of all charges 7/8/19. A 3-judge panel will hear penalty phase. 11/15/19: Judge denies Trail’s death penalty challenge. Judge denies motion for new trial. Aggravation & Mitigation hearings on 12/15 thru 12/18/20.

 

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Wednesday, Sept. 30th:
*Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 9am CT) - NE - Sydney Loofe (24) (Nov. 15, 2017, Lincoln; found Dec. 4 & 5, 2017) – *Bailey M. Boswell (23/now 25) charged & indicted (6/11/18) & arraigned (8/6/18) with 1st degree murder & improper disposal of human remains & charged (3/1/19) & recharged (8/9/19) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP.
Trial began with jury selection on 9/23/20 & trial began on 9/25/20. (thru 10/16/20). Saline County to Lexington, Dawson County for trial. Jurors: 8 men & 7 women.
Court info & Jury Selection (thru Day 2) & Trial (thru Day 2) 3/3/20 thru 9/28/20 reference post #490 here:
Found Deceased - NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 *Aubrey Trail GUILTY* #4
9/28/20 Day 3 of Trial: State witnesses: Saline County Sheriff's Deputy Tom Hudiburgh who was a part of the K9 unit for the team that searched for Sydney's body. Alan Koll (Trail & Boswell's landlord in Wilber). Jennifer Koll (Alan's wife). Dayton Koll (Koll's son). Nebraska State Patrol Investigator Pedro Nabegh. He was part of the first search warrant serve at Boswell & Trail's apartment in Wilber. LPD Investigator Cynthia Koening-Warnke who was a part of the search of the Trail/Boswell residence. FBI Special Agent Eli McBride. After contact with the Lincoln Police Dept, the FBI became involved in the case a little after Thanksgiving in 2017. Saline County Sergeant Richard Zimmerman He was a part of the search to find Sydney around the Wilber area. Lincoln Police Department Officer Matt Franken. Trial continues to 9/30/20.
*Aubrey C. Trail (51/now 53) – Found guilty of all charges 7/8/19. A 3-judge panel will hear penalty phase. 11/15/19: Judge denies Trail’s death penalty challenge. Judge denies motion for new trial. Aggravation & Mitigation hearings on 12/15 thru 12/18/20.

 

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Wednesday, Sept. 30th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 8:30am PT) - CA - Ramon Angel Reyes-Chavez (2) (April 26, 2018, Bakersfield) - *Kaleb Jordan Kessinger (20/now 22) BF arrested (4/27/18), arraigned (4/30/18) & charged (5/11/18) with 1st degree murder, felony child abuse, reckless evading & resisting LE, grand theft, possession of firearm, mfg. & sale of firearms, injury to elder adult & receiving stolen goods. Plead not guilty. $1,055,000 bond.
Trial began on 8/12/20 with Jury selection which went from 8/12/20 to 8/14. Trial started on 8/18/20. Court dark on Fridays. Jury came back on 9/1/20 with a guilty verdict.
Court info from 6/17/18 thru 8/11/20 & Jury selection from 8/12 to 8/14/20 & trial 8/18/20-9/1/20 (Day 1-8) reference post #126 here:
CA - Ramon Reyes-Chavez, 2, murdered, mom and bf arrested, Bakersfield, 26 April 2018 *Mom Guilty*
9/1/20 Day 8 of Trial: Jury came back with a Guilty verdict. Sentencing on 9/30/20.
9/30/20 Update: Kern County Superior Court Judge sentenced Kessinger to 25 years to life in prison Tuesday for the 2018 murder of 2-year-old Ramon Chavez. Kessinger will serve concurrent sentences in state prison for the felony convictions of first-degree murder, assault of a child under 8 years old resulting in death & reckless evading of a peace officer. He will also serve a concurrent misdemeanor sentence after being convicted of obstructing/resisting an officer.
*Ayled Chavez (19) "mom" – plead NOLO to willful child cruelty. Sentenced to 2 years. Time served 257 days, good behavior 256 days. Released in April, 2019.