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Sydney Loofe's mother and friends testify about their growing worry after Tinder date

Lori Pilger | Lincoln Journal Star
Jun 20, 2019
Jun 20, 2019 Updated Sep 28, 2020
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Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.18

Aubrey Trail (left) and defense attorney Ben Murray listen as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers her opening statement to the jury on Tuesday.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

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Lori Pilger | Lincoln Journal Star

WILBER — Susie Loofe didn’t think much of it when she didn’t hear back from her daughter, Sydney, right away.

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Photos: Aubrey Trail in court

Aubrey Trail is wheeled out of a Saline County courtroom on Wednesday after being sentenced to death in the killing of Sydney Loofe.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Aubrey Trail is wheeled out of the Saline County Courthouse courtroom where he was sentenced to death on June 9 in the murder of Sydney Loofe .

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

The family of Sydney Loofe, (from left) brother Levi, sister MacKenzie, mother Susie, and father George, watches the sentencing of Aubrey Trail on Wednesday, at the Saline County Courthouse.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Aubrey Trail is wheeled out of the Saline County courtroom on Wednesday after being sentenced to death in the murder of Sydney Loofe.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Judge Vicky Johnson speaks at the sentencing of Aubrey Trail on June 9 at the Saline County Courthouse. Trail was sentenced to death.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Judges Susan Strong and Michael Smith, who served with Judge Vicky Johnson on a three-judge panel that determined the penalty for Aubrey Trail, listen during the hearing where he learned his fate on June 9 at the Saline County Courthouse.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Judge Vicky Johnson speaks at the sentencing of Aubrey Trail on Wednesday at the Saline County Courthouse.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Susie Loofe, mother of Sydney Loofe, listens during the sentencing of Aubrey Trail on Wednesday at the Saline County Courthouse.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Aubrey Trail is wheeled into the the courtroom on Wednesday at the Saline County Courthouse.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Aubrey Trail (from left) and his defense attorneys Joe Murray and Ben Murray listen during the sentencing hearing on June 9 at the Saline County Courthouse.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Aubrey Trail (left) is wheeled into the the courtroom in front of the family members of Sydney Loofe on Wednesday at the Saline County Courthouse.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Aubrey Trail is wheeled out of court after being found guilty of first-degree murder on July 10. Trail, who showed no emotion as the verdicts were read, was also found guilty of a second count of criminal conspiracy to commit murder.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR file photo

Sydney Loofe's mother, Susie Loofe, sits between her daughter, MacKenzie Loofe, and Loofe's father, George, as the clerk of the court reads the guilty verdict against Aubrey Trail in Saline County District Court last year. The jury of six men and six women deliberated for less than three hours before returning the verdict on a first-degree murder charge.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

Deputies stand near Aubrey Trail on Wednesday in Saline County District Court.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

Aubrey Trail (left) looks in the direction of the jury during judge's instructions on July 10 in Saline County District Court.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR file photo

Defense attorney Joe Murray (right) looks toward the jury as Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson delivers instructions on July 10.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR file photo

Defendant Aubrey Trail listens as Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson finishes her instructions to the jury on Wednesday.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson reads her instructions to the jury before their deliberations on Wednesday.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

Defendant Aubrey Trail looks in the direction of the jury during the judge's instructions to the jury on Wednesday in Saline County District Court.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

AUBREY TRAIL

Crime: He killed and dismembermed Sydney Loofe, a Lincoln store clerk who disappeared the night of Nov. 15, 2017.

CHRIS MACHIAN, Omaha World-Herald file photo

FBI Agent Mike Maseth testifies about letters from Aubrey Trail during his trial in Saline County District Court on Tuesday.