Nebraska woman, 26, found guilty of murdering and dismembering her Tinder date, 24 - and she may become the first woman in the state to be sent to death row
A jury found a woman guilty Wednesday of the killing of another woman who disappeared after a Tinder date and whose dismembered remains were later found in trash bags along rural Nebraska roads.
Jurors took less than four hours to find Bailey Boswell, 26, guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and improper disposal of human remains in the 2017 killing of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe of Lincoln, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
Boswell's defense had argued she was forced by her boyfriend to go along with the killing and dismemberment, but state prosecutors said Boswell acted in tandem with Aubrey Trail, 54, to meet and kill Loofe.
Jurors took less than four hours to find Bailey Boswell, 26, guilty in connection to the 2017 killing of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe
Boswell could become the first woman sent to death row in Nebraska when she's sentenced at a later date. Trail was found guilty last year and also faces a possible death penalty.
Investigators say Boswell arranged a date with Loofe, a Lincoln store clerk, through the dating app Tinder for Nov. 15, 2017 - the same day officials say Loofe was killed.
Investigators say Boswell arranged a date with Loofe , a Lincoln store clerk, through the dating app Tinder for Nov. 15, 2017 - the same day officials say Loofe was killed
The last time anyone heard from Loofe was on November 15 when she posted a picture of herself to Snapchat, captioning the image: 'Ready for my date'.
Loofe was reported missing by her family on the following day, and a massive search was launched. Her remains weren't found until Dec. 4, when her dismembered body was found stuffed into garbage bags that had been dumped in a field near Edgar, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Lincoln.
Trail, an ex-convict who specialized in fraud and deception, went on social media shortly after Loofe was reported missing to proclaim in a video that he and Boswell had nothing to do with her disappearance.
He testified that he accidentally choked Loofe to death during a sex party that involved Boswell.
During Boswell's trial, Ashley Hills - who was 20 when she met the pair in 2017 - testified that Trail told her he was a vampire with 12 witches.
Boswell's defense had argued she was forced by her boyfriend to go along with the killing and dismemberment, but state prosecutors said Boswell acted in tandem with Aubrey Trail, 54, to meet and kill Loofe
Loofe remains weren't found until Dec. 4, when her dismembered body was found stuffed into garbage bags that had been dumped in a field near Edgar
During Boswell's trial, Ashley Hills - who was 20 when she met the pair in 2017 - testified that Trail told her he was a vampire with 12 witches. Boswell is said to have been the queen of the coven
Boswell is alleged to have been the 'queen' of the coven, The Journal Star reports.
She would solicit young women through social media sites and she and her boyfriend together picked out a victim, the jury in Trail's trial heard.
Trail is said to have told Hills she could also become a witch if she killed someone. Hills added: 'To get your power, you would have to breathe in someone's last breath.'
Hills, who said Trail asked her to call him 'daddy' and gave her $200 in a weekly allowance, added: 'I liked the idea of being taken care of.'
She said she now thinks 'he's a psychopath', adding: 'I think he's a con artist.
Boswell could become the first woman sent to death row in Nebraska when she's sentenced at a later date
She said there were rules about being naked in the house, which the couple did not make her follow. But Hills did tell the jury Trail would whip her and choke her.
Hills also described Boswell being 'joyful' when describing torturing someone, adding: 'She would giggle, and her eyes would light up almost.'
The witness also described going to a Walmart with Trail and Boswell to grocery shop where they met with a woman she was supposed to kill but Hills told the jury she did not go through with the murder.
Hills said she left the group before Loofe was killed.
During his trial, Trail slashed his own neck in front of jurors, but survived. Prosecutors have called Trail a conman.