GUILTY NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, brutally murdered, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 #4 *Boswell appeal 2023*

[JerseyGirl]

Bayley Bischof 1011 NOW
@bayleybischof

I’m running the camera in the courtroom today so I won’t have as many updates for you, but I’ll try and post as much as possible. The first witness is Hunter Birdsall, manager at a hotel in Spencer, Iowa.

She says Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell stayed in her hotel Nov. 22-26 of 2017.

Aubrey Trail checked in under his name. Boswell’s name wasn’t on the hotel registration. She says he paid cash.

Her hotel doesn’t have surveillance video.

The next witness is Jennie Bloom. She works at a hotel in Ames, Iowa. She says she remembers checking in Bailey Boswell to her hotel. She says Boswell was with a man.

They checked in on November 26, with plans to check out on November 28. She says Boswell did the talking during check in, Trail stayed back.

She says it was a few days later that she went home after her shift and got on social media, there she saw a story about Sydney Loofe and clicked on the story. She saw Trail and Boswell’s mugshots and knew they were at her hotel so she called the tip line.

The defense has asked both hotel workers how old they think Trail and Boswell are, how much they thought the two weighed and what their vehicle information was.

They both said Trail appeared to be in his 40’s or 50’s and he was 6 foot tall, weighing up to 300 pounds. And guess Boswell was in her 20s, 5’ 7 or 8 and weighed 150 pounds.

 

[HuskerGal]

So the three girls' testimony has got to be coming up soon right?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Danielle Shenk NTV
@DaniShenkNTV

Now on the stand is FBI Special Agent Mike Maseth. He is discussing the Facebook videos posted by Trail and Boswell in late November. They can be seen in the videos saying they have no involvement with Loofe's disappearance.

"This isn't about me, this is about Sydney. I'm going to tell you what I told the Lincoln Police many times, said Boswell in one of the Facebook videos, "I just want the family to know I didn't have anything to do with this. Sydney is a sweet and amazing girl..."

In another video, Boswell addresses a previous video made by Trail saying she agrees with him and, while flaunting her tattoos, isn't trying to hide anything. This video was recovered from a cell phone and was never published publicly by Boswell.

Maseth was able to turn the Facebook video into an IP address then into a phone number through several investigative procedures.

Maseth and the FBI were able to track down Trail and Boswell to the Branson, Missouri area. He says he recognized a number for the Windmill Inn and contacted local law enforcement to see if the vehicle the two were driving was in the parking lot. It was.

This ultimately led to their arrest.

Now we have jumped to the Tinder accounts and conversations between Sydney Loofe and "Audrey Cain" or Bailey Boswell.

Maseth connected the recently discovered number for Bailey Boswell to the "Audrey Cain" Tinder account. Now confirming that they are the same person.

Evidence reveals the conversations the two were having on Tinder as they discuss hanging out for the first time. Loofe agreed to be picked up at her house in Lincoln for their date, then moved on to talking about cooking and work.

They continued their conversations on Tinder even after the date as both shared they were in a good mood and excited/ready for the next time they would hang out.

 

[Niner]

Thursday, October 1st:
*Trial continues (Day 5) (Day 7 on twitter) (@ 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) & recharged (8/19/19) 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 3) 3/3/20 thru 9/29/20 reference post #496 here:
Found Deceased - NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, brutally murdered, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 *Aubrey Trail GUILTY* #4
9/29/20 Day 4 of Trial (day 6 on twitter): State witnesses: Hunter Birdsall, general manager at Days Inn in Spencer, Iowa. Who recognized Aubrey Trail & Bailey Boswell as they were on the run. She saw on Facebook that they were people of interest in a missing person case & they stayed there Nov. 22-26, 2017. Jennie Bloom. Works at a hotel in Ames, Iowa where Trail & Boswell stayed Nov. 26-29, 2017. She said it was a few days later that she went home after her shift & got on social media, there she saw a story about Sydney Loofe & clicked on the story. She saw Trail & Boswell’s mugshots and knew they were at her hotel so she called the tip line. Jackie Haan with the FBI. She got involved in the case on Nov. 29 when they searched the hotel in Ames looking for Boswell & Trail. She was the photographer that day. FBI Special Agent Dana Kreeger. FBI Special Agent Scott Bakken. Special Agent Mike Maseth. The jury watched the video of Boswell & Trail that they posted to social media on Nov. 29th, that ultimately led police to their arrest in Branson. DA showed the jury Boswell & Sydney's Tinder conversation the day before their first date. LPD Investigator Bob Hurley. Hurley's experience & history which includes working with phone signals & data since cell phones first came around. Hurley told investigators to search the areas where it appeared the cell phones had slowed down, and a short time later is when they found the first of 14 body parts of Sydney Loofe, her arm. Lt. Cory Townsend with NSP. Lead the search area by foot in Clay County on Dec. 14, 2017. Trial continues to 10/1/20.
*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.

 

[JerseyGirl]

In a follow-up to the remainder of yesterday's trial:

Bailey Boswell trial day 6: Witnesses explain how technology helped crack the case

At this point, investigators had Boswell and Trail in custody, but they still didn’t know where Loofe had gone.

This is where Lincoln Police Investigator Bob Hurley’s work comes in.

Hurley was given four phone numbers when he started working the case.

One for Trail, one for Loofe and two for Boswell.

Hurley was able to request information on the phones and using a tracking method with RTT data, discovered the phones belonging to Boswell and Trail traveled west of Wilber on November 16.

“I thought maybe they traveled west to dump a body,” Hurley said. “I knew if someone was going to do that they wouldn’t speed, so they wouldn’t get noticed. They’d also have to leave the roadway at some point to take a gravel road to a secluded area.”

With those assumptions in mind, Hurley used a never-been-used-before technique that mapped the exact movements of Boswell’s cell phones.

He discovered there was unusual activity in Clay County and sent a team of investigators to check it out.

“In 10-15 minutes they called and said they found something,” Hurley said.

Nebraska State Patrol Lieutenant Cory Townsend was one of the officers who conducted that search in Clay County.

He said with the information Hurley provided, they were able to go to a specific intersection and start walking.

Townsend said the terrain was very flat so they stopped walking when they got to the first place that a body could be hidden.

It was after a little while of searching in that first area that Townsend was alerted that a bloody tarp and a yellow stained sheet had been found.

Just after that, he got another call that a black bag was in a ditch.

“I could see a black plastic trash bag partially torn open and from my experience, I knew what I could see and I think there was one portion outside the bag, it was human remains,” Townsend said.

Loofe’s arms were in that bag, her tattoos proving to investigators that it was her.

The jury was shown a photo of that bag, Loofe’s arm was visible.

While that photo was on the screen, Boswell looked down.

On December 5, a more expansive search was conducted and 13 pieces of Loofe’s body were found.

The prosecution is expected to go into more detail about the discovery of Loofe’s body on Thursday. The court has requested the media not publish photos of the remains.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Danielle Shenk NTV
@DaniShenkNTV

Day 7 of the #baileyboswelltrial is about to begin as we left off with the arrest of Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell and the discovery of Sydney Loofe's remains. Boswell faces three charges related to the murder of Loofe back in November of 2017.

“We knew were going to be looking for additional evidence and body parts, but just didn’t know where,” said McBride. The team formed a grid search formation in an effort to find the other missing body parts on December 5th.

The locations of some of the trash bags had appeared to be moved as they arrived on the scene December 5th. McBride says predator activity looked to be the blame.

While showing evidence of the severed body parts, Bailey Boswell appears to be upset as she lowers her head and refuses to look at the remains being shown.

Tears are being shed by Boswell as she wipes away her tears with a tissue. McBride continues testifying about the sections of Loofe's body that have been discovered and where they were severed.

A copy of a Google map is being shown with markers of the approximate spots the remains and other bits of evidence, like the bed sheet and blood stained tarp, were located.

Following the map, Townsend describes a few more details about each area and what they found.

McBride says they bounced around the area and didn't find each piece of evidence "in order" according to the line of evidence spots that are seen on the map.

In photos of scene 7, several items of clothing were found. On a pair of pants with stars, McBride notes the thread color was a dark blue but the rest was an orange color, possibly due to heavy amounts of bleach.

McBride and the prosecution are continuing to walk through photo evidence from the different scenes. Anything from trash bags with parts of Loofe's remains to a case of a machete. The machete was not located.

McBride describes at one of the scenes, several items were located including a black trash bag, another tarp, a pink animal leash, cut up pieces of clothing, and a box for sauna suits.

Sauna suits, yellow latex gloves, torn boxes for latex gloves, and duct tape were also found in the pile of items at scene 15, according to McBride.

A white Columbia fleece jacket was found at scene 16. Sydney Loofe is shown wearing the same jacket in her snapchat photo saying, "Ready for my date."

McBride says Loofe's body was cut into 14 pieces but only 13 were recovered. The team was never able to find other part of her upper arm.

McBride says an autopsy was completed on Loofe's body December 7th.

An additional search of the Wilber apartment was done on December 19th in an effort to find any evidence of Loofe, according to McBride.

He says they spent about nine and a half hours at the Trail and Boswell residence. A book titled "the human body atlas" was found on the couch of the apartment.

"Heavy duty" zip ties, hair dye, and a note with a name and address for an alias that Boswell used were also collected. Photo evidence then revealed pictures of the ceiling and insulation removed.

McBride says they found a tin box containing life insurance documents for Trail amongst a few other papers.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Update from this morning:

The seventh day of the trial started Thursday morning with FBI Special Agent Eli McBride on the witness stand.

McBride testified that he was part of the team that went to Clay County on December 4, about three weeks after Loofe went missing.

McBride said he arrived in Clay County on the afternoon of the 4th and was alerted almost immediately that they had found human remains in a trash bag in a ditch.

“Three to five feet down from the road there was a plastic trash bag and it was apparent there was a body part in that bag,” McBride said.

They found part of an arm and a foot near that bag. They knew the arm belonged to Loofe because you could read her tattoo “everything will be wonderful someday,” still on her forearm.

McBride said it was too cold, dark, and windy to continue their search on December 4, so they secured the perimeter and started coming up with a plan to do a larger search the next day.

“From looking at the bag the day before I knew there were only certain body parts in it,” McBride said. “I knew it could not have contained the rest of Ms. Loofe. I knew we were going to be looking for additional evidence, additional body parts, we just didn’t know where.”

50 law enforcement officers were involved in the search from several different agencies.

McBride said they broke into teams of three and started doing a grid search in the area LPD Investigator Bob Hurley directed them to use cell phone RTT data.

When the teams found something, they would call McBride and he and some other team members would respond to process the evidence.

In the courtroom, McBride walked through more than a dozen different scenes where evidence was found.

Photos of each scene were shown, many of the photos were of Loofe’s body in plastic bags.

Boswell started crying in the courtroom when they started showing these photos.

Here defense attorney, Todd Lancaster, objected to every gruesome photo. All objections were overruled.

McBride walked the jury through the different body parts that were found. Loofe’s legs were found in one scene, her feet in another, her head in another.

There were 14 different pieces. McBride said they only found 13.

Investigators also found a bleach stained sheet, a t-shirt, and a pair of star patterned pajama pants. They found discarded yellow gloves, an empty box for trash bags, a sauna suit, a pink animal leash, cut up women’s underwear, and duct tape.

McBride said the search in Clay County lasted nearly twelve hours.


Bailey Boswell trial: FBI investigator details finding Sydney Loofe’s body

 

[scoodyboo]

Poor Sydney. I'm so outraged by this.

 

[JenniD]

Sometimes I just sit back and think “ how can anyone be this evil”?

 

[Niner]

Friday, October 2nd:
*Trial continues (Day 6) (Day 8 on 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) & recharged (8/9/19) with 2 counts of 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 4) 3/3/20 thru 9/30/20 reference post #502 here:
Found Deceased - NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, brutally murdered, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 *Aubrey Trail GUILTY* #4
10/1/20 Day 5 of Trial (day 7 on twitter): State witnesses: FBI Special Agent Eli McBride. McBride was on the team that initially went out to search Clay County for Sydney's body on the night of Dec. 4, 2017. The prosecution is trying to introduce photos of Loofe's remains, the defense has objected because they are gruesome photos. Objection overruled. Photos of the remains of Sydney are shown to the jury. The search for Sydney's body in Clay County involved more than 50 law enforcement officers. There were agents with the FBI, investigators with LPD & NSP & local law enforcement officers. Loofe's body was cut into 14 pieces. They only found 13. Her upper left arm was never found despite numerous searches after the original discover on Dec. 4 & 5. These searches lasted 12 hours. Agent McBride discussed an additional search they did of Trail & Boswell's Wilber apartment on Dec. 19, 2017. He said they were looking for any evidence that would show when & how Sydney was killed. They spent about nine & a half hours at the residence. Boswell started crying in the courtroom when they started showing these photos. Here defense attorney, Todd Lancaster, objected to every gruesome photo. All objections were overruled. Saline County Sgt. Richard Zimmerman testified about a search of ditches in Saline County. He says over Dec. 5-8 deputies raked ditches looking for Sydney's phone case & iphone. Saline County Sheriff's Captain Russell Kalkwarf testified about the discovery of the bra & shirt. He said he was driving his truck through the ditch along Highway 15 on March 22, 2018 when he found it. Trial continues to 10/2/20.
*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.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Danielle Shenk NTV @DaniShenkNTV

Coming back from lunch, McBride continues testifying about the search done on the Wilber residence.

Looking at photos of the apartment, the prosecution is focusing on the plumbing where foil roasters pans were beneath the pipes to catch excess liquids.

Now, we are moving on to another search done of the residence/property done in February 2018. McBride revealed they were looking for candle sticks and fire place decor after intel from Boswell's jail conversations.

Sections of the Trail/Boswell vehicle: floor mats, feet liners, the back seat, and the car jack glowed from the luminol tests done which indicated blood.

McBride finishes his time on the stand with discussion about the evidence collecting methods they conducted. Now the defense is performing cross examination, starting from the "beginning" of his testimony this morning.

The defense is recalling some of the items of evidence that were found, including the foil pans that were underneath the sink and bathroom. McBride testifies that his team put them there. He says he is not 100% sure that they are the same pans found in the kitchen.

The pans had been moved by the search team in an effort to catch any liquid as pipes were being removed. The defense finished their cross ex. with questions about the locations of certain items and if they could have been moved during the numerous searches of the home.

It's been a long day for McBride as he finally gets off the stand after more than 5 hours of testimony. Returning to the stand is Sgt. Rich Zimmerman.

Zimmerman says in early December, himself and a smaller group, worked to try and locate Loofe's phone outside of Wilber. "On the 5th we were specifically looking for an iPhone with a grey case," says Zimmerman.

He says on the days they were searching for her phone, they would start a little before noon and continue until it was too dark to see.

Photo evidence from the searches revealed parts of Loofe's iPhone case that were found outside of Wilber. Numerous sections of the device were collected as the phone and case were broken/smashed.

Cut up portions of a driver's license were also found. The letters OOFE can be seen on the license along with a partial address and zip code for Lincoln, NE.

Enough fragments of Loofe's license were pieced together to know that it is hers. Her picture, a few identifiers, and the Lincoln address were found.

Parts of Scheels credit card were also located, a portion of it having the name Sydney.

Later they finally located Loofe's smashed cell phone. Sticker's from Scooter's Coffee were on the back.

Keys belonging to a Dodge vehicle were located during the search. They are believed to match the type of vehicle Loofe drove.

Zimmerman says they used what he calls the "Hurley method" to locate the items. They followed the map Hurley created of Trail and Boswell's cell phone data to find areas they may have stopped or slow down to throw items out.

The defense questioned Zimmerman about the strength it would take to lift a body before his time ended on the stand.

Now taking over the witness seat is Saline County Sheriff's Office Captain Russell Kalkwarf. He was also a part of the search for Loofe's remains/items.

Bailey Boswell weeps as FBI agent describes the discovery of Sydney Loofe's remains

On Thursday, Saline County Sheriff’s Capt. Russ Kalkwarf testified that he found a shirt and a bra during a March 2018 search along Nebraska Highway 15 that was linked to Loofe. The bra, he said, had a v-shaped cut in one of the cups, which might suggest some kind of torture.

Boswell’s lead defense attorney, Todd Lancaster, pressed Kalkwarf about the cut. “You don’t know when that cut was made, you don’t know how it was made,” the defense attorney asked. Kalkwarf agreed.

Testimony in Boswell’s trial is expected to continue until at least Oct. 13.

 

[JerseyGirl]

We have a new tweeter today:

https://twitter.com/ntv_alex Alex Whitney @ntv_alex

We are about to start day 8 of the trial of Bailey Boswell, who is accused of murdering Sydney Loofe in 2017.

We are starting testimony today with Lonnie Connely, a NSP Sgt. who was a part of searches conducted on Dec 8th along highway 41 and 15 that recovered men’s underwear, a green shirt with bleach like stains, heavy duty dish washing gloves, and mail socks.
Correction it was a pair of Males* socks, not mail socks. Its been a long week

An interesting detail to note, almost all of these pieces of evidence recovered from ditches near Wilber were found in ditches on the north side of the road.This indicates the passenger was throwing the items out,Trail has testified that he drove the vehicle that night.

It was a quick bit of testimony from Connely, after only around 10 minutes of questioning and cross exam and he is finished. Up next is Melissa Helligso, a forensic analyst with UNMC.

Helligso is beginning her testimony by walking the jury through the forensic analysis process, much of it focusing on the record keeping around these reports.

The jury is about to be shown a PowerPoint by Helligso on how they conduct DNA analysis, this is just for informational purposes it is not being submitted as evidence.

Helligso was questioned about how she confirms her results of DNA analysis. Her work is reviewed by a third party agency, and Helligso testified throughout her career has never had her findings rejected.

This PowerPoint is to establish what DNA and why its important for analysis. Might seem like a no brainer to you and me, but the prosecution has to make sure the jury is aware of all the terminology involved.

Helligso is breaking down what can possibly contain DNA. To summarize, if you are touching almost anything there is a potential to leave DNA evidence behind.

Helligso is also speaking about the chain of custody surrounding DNA evidence, and how it is closely tracked and monitored throughout the analysis process

Blue Star and Luminol are also being discussed. These chemicals cause a reaction with human bodily fluids making them easier to identify, Blue Star was used extensively in the Loofe investigation.

Helligso is now speaking about the different conclusions you can come to when analyzing DNA. Exclusion, individual is not a contributor. Not excluded, individual is not ruled out but also not confirmed. This is the same as included for some labs...
There is also non uninterpretable. Helligso says the biggest strength of DNA analysis is its ability to exclude potential contributors.

Depending on the number of Alleles present in the DNA sample Helligso can determine if DNA came from a single person or multiple people.

She said there are limitationsto DNA testing, which mostly come from equipment available and quality of samples. She says she often will recieve samples with incomplete DNA information and that UNMC’s equipment can only analyze 4 separate DNA signatures per sample.

Now Helligso is now speaking to her labs efforts to avoid contamination and how they keep samples secure.

Now Helligso is speaking about the evidence pertaining to the case. Specifically analysis of a pair of Aubrey Trail’s boots.

These boots were recovered from Aubrey Trail upon his arrest in Branson. Authorities were concerned about potential blood spots on the right boot.

Blood was found on these boots, and Helligso says they determined the blood was from a single male individual excluding Sydney. But at the time of the test authorities only had Sydney’s DNA to reference.

A reference sample for Trail was provided at a later date and compared to the blood spots on the boot, Trail was not excluded during analysis. The probability of an unrelated individual being the blood would be one in one octillion. Or 1 with 27 zeros..

After analysis of the Ford 500 DNA evidence excluded Sydney from DNA samples found throughout the car. However, some hairs found in the trunk did not contain enough DNA to analyze.

Now Helligso is discussing the green shirt found with likely bleach stains and her analysis of it.

Analysis was done to determine who wore the shirt by analyzing DNA swabbed from the neckline and armpits. It produced a mixture of DNA, and Aubrey Trail was not excluded. The DNA profile was 35,000 times more likely to be Trail than another individual.

According to Helligso, Boswell was also compared to DNA samples coming from the Ford 500 and the green shirt. Boswell was excluded from the evidence but found she could not be excluded from the green shirt. DNA showed she was twice as likely to be the DNA rather than an unknown.

However when referencing samples from Trail AND Boswell the pair were 326,000 times more likely to be the DNA sample rather than an unknown individual.

The prosecution has wrapped questions for Helligso, now time for cross examination.

Questions for Helligso have finished. The prosecution has wrapped for the day looking like a quick Friday today.

 

[Niner]

Monday, October 5th:
*Trial continues (Day 7) (Day 9 on 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) & recharged (8/9/19) with 2 counts of 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 5) 3/3/20 thru 10/1/20 reference post #508 here:
Found Deceased - NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, brutally murdered, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 *Aubrey Trail GUILTY* #4
10/2/20 Day 6 of Trial (Day 8 on twitter): State witnesses: Nebraska State Patrol Lieutenant Lonnie Connelly to talk about his involvement in searching ditches for Sydney's body. Melissa Helligso, a forensic DNA analyst from UNMC testified. She walked the jury through a PowerPoint presentation on what DNA is. Judge dismissed the jurors early today for their weekend. Trial continues to 10/5/20.
*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.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Boswell jury hears about search that turned up Trail's shirt, seemingly tossed from passenger window

On Friday during Boswell's murder trial, Nebraska State Patrol Lt. Lonnie Connelly said he and a sergeant followed Nebraska 41 to Nebraska 15, then south to Nebraska 74 and west to County Road S near Edgar, where the remains had been recovered over two days.

In this search, they collected six pieces of evidence: a pair of men's underwear and a green, 4XL tall shirt with white-splotched stains on it along Nebraska 41; a size-7 left Bearpaw boot on Nebraska 15, a green dishwashing glove and two men's socks.

All seemingly tossed from the passenger's window of a vehicle, he said.

Boswell's attorney, Todd Lancaster, objected when Connelly tried to describe the spots on the shirt as bleach stains, since it was just an assumption on his part and no chemical testing had been done.

Mellissa Helligso, a forensic DNA analyst at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, testified later how she had done testing on a blood stain on the toe of Trail's boots the day he was arrested.

It wasn't Loofe's blood. It was Trail's, she said.

Helligso said Loofe was excluded, too, as the source of hairs found in the Ford 500 owned by Trail.

But there was strong support that it was Trail's DNA on the green shirt Connelly found in the ditch.

The trial is set to continue Monday morning.

 

[JerseyGirl]

I didn’t get a chance to follow tweets today, update provided here:

Boswell Murder Trial Continues Monday Discussing Cell Phone Data Used, DNA Testing on Evidence

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, October 6th:
*Trial continues (Day 8) (Day 10 on 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) & recharged (8/9/10) with 2 counts of 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 6) 3/3/20 thru 10/2/20 reference post #511 here:
Found Deceased - NE - Sydney Loofe, 24, brutally murdered, Lincoln, 15 Nov 2017 *Aubrey Trail GUILTY* #4
10/5/20 Day 7 of Trial (Day 9 on twitter): State witnesses: DNA analyst from FBI lab in Quantico, Marcy Plaza. Plaza's lab received 155 pieces of evidence from this case to test, and they were sent to different divisions of the lab such as a finger print lab and serology lab. She went thru the evidence that had Sydney's DNA on them. Saline County Deputy Sheriff Matt Bauman. Was tasked with obtaining video from Wilber-Clatonia high school, which is located directly across the street from where Boswell & Trail lived. LPD Investigator Bob Hurley, who did additional mapping showing Trail & Boswell's activities the days before Loofe went missing. Hotel manager George Sherry at the Best Western Inn, where Boswell & Trail stayed the 14th. The jury was shown video of Boswell & Trail check in & out of the best western on Nov. 14 & 15. Matt Workman, who is in charge of security & safety for the Home Depot all over the state. He provided a receipt to law enforcement showing the items that Boswell & Trail purchased on Nov 15. They bought a hacksaw & blades, plastic drop cloths, snips, a drywall blade & a box cutting knife. The jury was shown the video footage of the couple in the store making the purchase. Lorrie Orman, the manager of the Aardvark Antique Mall. Orman says Boswell & Trail were dealers at the mall & began renting space there in June 2017. A receipt from the mall shows why they bought: two meat grinders, a hand weed cutter, a Gerber folding saw, a hand drill and a few other items. Sandy Anno, the district manager for Dollar General stores in SE Nebraska, including the store in Wilber. A receipt from Nov. 15, 2017 shows what was purchased by Boswell that day: trash bags, Clorox bleach, and Gain laundry scent. The number on the box of trash bags matches the number on a torn up trash bag box that was found where Loofe’s body was disposed of. The next morning, a purchase of two bottles of Drano was made by Boswell. A video was shown to the jurors at the Dollar General store on the 15th. John Kortee, owner of the Food Mesto grocery store in Wilber. Jurors shown a receipt & surveillance video that shows Boswell purchasing trash bags, Clorox bleach, & a trash can on Nov 16, 2017. Trial continues to 10/6/20.
*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.

 

[HuskerGal]

Here's something new that I don't think was brought up at AT's trial:

https://twitter.com/PaulHammelOWH/status/1313485117986418691

This is new --
@Lincoln_Police
investigator says he was given a post from Aubrey Trail's
@Facebook
page that showed a picture of a cornfield that could hold 'other bodies.' But police were unable to identify the location of the photo -- taken in 2014, three years prior to ...

9:23 AM · Oct 6, 2020·Twitter Web App

death of Sydney Loofe -- and no other bodies were ever found, despite investigation of several missing persons cases. Defense attorney raised the issue of the Facebook page photo.

9:23 AM · Oct 6, 2020·Twitter Web App

 

[JerseyGirl]

Alex Whitney
We are 10 days into the trial of Bailey Boswell and we still have plenty of witness testimony to go.

It was a day of witness testimony focused on DNA analysis and shopping trips in Day 9 of Boswell’s trial. Tuesday we begin with Rebecca Villalobos, an assistant manager at Lincoln’s Home Depot. This store is where Boswell and Trail purchased a hacksaw allegedly used on Sydney.

The Home Depot that Villalobos manages is right next to the Menards that Sydney Loofe worked at in 2017.

Receipts from the pair’s shopping trip on Nov 15th (day of Sydney’s disappearance) shows them purchasing sodas, a hacksaw, replacement blades and a pair of tin snips.

Also purchased during that Home Depot trip was a package of drop cloths, or large pieces of plastic or cloth that are put down to prevent a mess when painting.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Alex Whitney

It was a quick 10 minutes or so of testimony from Villalobas. Now on the stand is Investigator Chris Milisits, a police investigator from the city of Lincoln.

After seeing footage of Trail and Boswell shopping at Home Depot Milisits collected their receipts and did some shopping of his own to try and re-create the pair’s shopping trip.

We are now being shown the hacksaw that Milisits purchased on his trip. This is an identical hacksaw to the one allegedly used to dismember Sydney.

Milisits also investigated their trip to a Menards where Sydney worked near the Home Depot. He says he did not physically go to this location, but surveillance was provided by the store.

Milisits is now testifying to a Facebook picture that Aubrey Trail provided of a corn field to investigators claiming there might be “other bodies” to look for. Trail throughout the investigation would come up with new claims regarding previous crimes or associates.
However investigators have found little to no evidence that Trail was involved in other murders. During Trail’s trial letters from Trail to Boswell sent while both were in jail referenced “snuff videos” but no evidence of these videos has been found.

Milisits has finished his testimony.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Alex Whitney

Now on the stand is Chris Hamblim, the director of security for Ameristar Casino in Council Bluffs. Trail and Boswell fled to the casino shortly after returning to Wilber on November 17th.

Hamblin says Ameristar has an exceptionally robust security system, including over 1000 security cameras. As security director he does not even have access to these cameras because his access to other parts of the casino could constitute a conflict of interest.

So while Hamblin has access to view security footage he cannot control the cameras. These cameras captured numerous images of Boswell, Trail, and a third individual I will refer to as KB as they fled from authorities.
KB was one of the three women who had a relationship with Trail and Boswell during Sydney’s disappearance. KB would eventually trade vehicles with Trail and Boswell as they were fleeing authorities and was later detained in Trail’s vehicle.

Hamblin is now going through his security teams ID validation procedure. He is also confirming that his system recorder Boswell’s ID as entering the casino on November 17th

Hamblin has finished, but our next witness has not yet arrived so we are in a short break currently.