Testimony resumes in Loofe murder trial | Trail not in court
The trial continued (today) with witness testimony from investigators and a hotel clerk from Ames, Iowa, who reported a tip to authorities about Trail staying at the hotel.
The clerk, Jenny Bloom, worked at the Grandstay Hotel and Suites, and said Trail and his co-defendant, Bailey Boswell, stayed there for three nights.
She said the duo paid in cash, and took a photocopy of the $100 bill they used to pay, which stood out to her as odd.
She said she was on social media a few days after they checked in and saw a link her friend posted to a news story that named Trail and Boswell as persons of interest in the case of Sydney Loofe, who had been reported missing.
Trail and Boswell didn’t return to the hotel, but the tip led to a search of the room.
FBI Agent Jackie Hann, who assisted in the search of the room, was called to the stand next.
She said a duffel bag and a reusable grocery bag were left behind, and inside the duffel bag was a ball cap and at least four sex toys.
She added the television was left on in the room, and multiple maps were found in the Walmart bag.
Another FBI Special Agent, Mike Maseth, was called next, and discussed videos posted to Facebook by Trail and Boswell while authorities were searching for them.
After the second of two videos was posted to the social media site, the FBI was able to obtain a IP address, which connected them to a burner phone. The phone pinged in Branson, Missouri, and showed the phone had called the Windmill Inn in Branson.
Tommy Rezac @Tommy_NCN
