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(Sirens wailing)

Sydney: Tinder, I met her on tinder.

I told you about those sites, aren't you scared?

Narrator: Sydney loofe, 24,

a cashier at menards home improvement store

in north Lincoln, Nebraska.

Sydney swiped right and matched with a woman named Audrey.

For the next three days,

Sydney texted 140 messages in her tinder app with Audrey

in anticipation of a possible hook-up.

Sydney's recent romantic reports posted online

reflected her loneliness and longing for love.

As a 24-year-old looking for love online,

Sydney was doing what her generation does to meet people,

this way of meeting is a standard in today's dating scene.

There is nothing weird about it.

People are an open book online.

They chat with strangers.

They chat with strangers.

But from a public safety perspective

this can be a very daunting and challenging task.

People, in general, have no idea how far their reach is online.

The amount of people who have exposure to their lives,

locations and places of work.

It's important to know

that once you agree to the terms and conditions,

it's up to you the user to discern what is safe or a risk.

And in this case, Sydney loofe agreed.

So, she was all-in on going out with a complete stranger.

The attraction between Sydney and Audrey was strong,

including a mutual love for smoking marijuana and sex.

Sydney suffered from bouts of depression.

So, naturally, the exchange with Audrey

could have been a real boost for her self-confidence.

Sydney's family was very concerned about her chronic marijuana use,

and missing days at work.

She had family and friends who did love her,

but she needed a lot of external validation,

or she knew who she was

and that she had self-worth.

Sydney and Audrey spoke via tinder messaging.

Audrey pressed Sydney for a date.

Audrey pressed Sydney for a date.

Sydney was reluctant to give up her address

and then she asked a very important question.

♪ I'm a bad girl I'm a bad girl... ♪

They drove through Lincoln, Nebraska for hours,

getting high and getting to know each other.

♪ I'm a bad girl I'm a bad girl

♪ I'm a bad girl... ♪

Cell phone data indicates

that Sydney and Audrey spent several hours together

at various locations.

Audrey: What's this?

My tattoo.

"Everything will be wonderful someday, it will be."

Yeah.

Do you want to take a photo? No, no, I don't.

Don't do it.

Why not? I just don't like photos.

Ok.

Just, I just want to have a moment with you.

Ok, sorry. Audrey: It's ok.

Yeah.

Is that ok?

The date by all accounts seemed to genuinely go well.

Sydney sends her friend Brooklyn mccrystal a screenshot

of Audrey's tinder profile,

and details of their great date.

Sydney protected herself

by letting her friend know what she was doing,

and who she was with.

She had a lot of messages and phone records,

it all seemed very legitimate with Audrey.

Sydney gets a text message at 12:53pm from Audrey the next day

during her break at lunch.

During her break at lunch.

Audrey wants to hook up again.

Phone records indicate

that the text message for the second date

came from the parking lot at menards home improvement.

Audrey finished texting Sydney

and got into a car with an unidentified, much-older man.

The last message between Sydney and Audrey was here,

Audrey texted Sydney outside of her apartment at 6:54pm.

This was the last transmission from Sydney's cellphone.

Sydney loofe went on a date with a stranger

and never made it to work the next morning.

She was reported missing on 16 November 2017.

The Lincoln police department reacted fast to gather information.

Sydney went missing on the evening of 16 November.

On 17 November,

Sydney's mother contacted the Lincoln police department,

and then shortly after that,

it was determined that she was missing.

It was determined that she was missing.

Sydney informs several people that she was going on a date,

as well as posting about it on Snapchat.

In looking at Sydney's lonely online life,

she posted often about being attracted to women,

needing support, and being lonely.

It was all out there

for people to see and take advantage of.

Sydney was a hopeless romantic,

one look at her public Twitter profile

portrayed Sydney as lonely.

She texts me and told me about the date she had been on,

the night before with this girl.

The most troubling fact

was that Sydney's phone was no longer transmitting a signal,

and there was zero communication from Sydney since her date.

Clearly, finding out who her date was,

was key to finding Sydney.

We are still seeking any and all information from anybody

regarding the knowledge of where Sydney could be,

and ask for their assistance.

Sydney loofe was a missing person.

The Lincoln police department needed to get data from social media

or her cell phone provider.

The first 48 hours are absolutely critical.

The first 48 hours are absolutely critical.

The Lincoln police department acted quickly.

According to Sydney's phone,

the last ping to a cell tower was at 8:31pm on 15 November 2017,

in wilber, Nebraska.

Searches engage and saline counties

turned up no new evidence,

but authorities continued to insist

that there was hope in finding Sydney loofe.

The loofe family, who are very private

and really do not speak with the media,

stepped forward to alert the public that Sydney was in fact missing.

In my opinion, someone knows something.

Please, please do the right thing.

The loofe family issued a poster

displaying Sydney's distinctive tattoos.

Including a tattoo that read:

Or Sydney's family very desperate to find her.

Woman: They've been doing what they can,

but they're asking for your help.

Sydney's tinder date was a mystery,

and the local community was tense.

I heard from her family,

our whole community is really,

our whole community is really,

they've come together so well through all of this.

Brittney: Sydney is a beautiful young responsible girl,

and she has a lot of family that loves and cares about her

and we just need her home because we miss her.

Rumours began to spread about persons of interest.

A woman, possibly Sydney's tinder date

and a mystery man.

Where was Sydney loofe?

The investigation team suspected Sydney's female tinder date

and a male accomplice,

but they were running into dead ends trying to find them.

Sydney's friends, brittney and Brooklyn, wanted to help.

The girls set up a phoney tinder profile,

as they knew Audrey's profile from Sydney texting it to brittney.

Brooklyn matched with Audrey and asked for her phone number.

And Audrey actually gave Brooklyn her number.

Brooklyn gave Audrey's phone number to the Lincoln police department.

Investigators now had their lead suspect's phone number,

investigators now had their lead suspect's phone number,

which meant they could now track their location.

We believe that Aubrey trail and Bailey boswell

were two of the last people to have known to been with Sydney

prior to her disappearance.

The investigation's lead suspect Aubrey trail and Bailey boswell

were tracked down to a motel not far from Lincoln.

But investigators arrived too late

and the suspects had already fled the hotel.

The FBI just missed them at a local hotel

were they left behind four sex toys

and maps of Iowa and the texas/mexico border area.

Giving them possible places their suspects might be heading.

As the mystery, unravelled surveillance footage from the motel

revealed a third female suspect.

Law enforcement was on the trail of two women and one man

who may know the whereabouts of Sydney loofe.

Law enforcement prepared to release the surveillance footage

to the public.

When suddenly the persons of interest beat them to it.

When suddenly the persons of interest beat them to it.

Man: Good morning Lincoln and Omaha and probably several other places.

This is Aubrey trail and this is Bailey boswell,

I guess you also know her as Audrey.

The video was uploaded to the loofe family Facebook page

called finding Sydney loofe.

This is 'Batman villain' level stuff,

normal people don't proclaim innocence on social media,

they turn themselves in.

I'm Bailey, Audrey on tinder and a few other names

because I have warrants,

but this really isn't about me,

this is about Sydney.

I met her on a Tuesday, we drove around Lincoln,

smoked weed,

I went to take her home

and she asked me to drop her off at a friend's house,

so, I have not heard from her since.

I just,

I guess I just want the family to know that I'm truly sorry

and I didn't have anything to do with this.

And I didn't have anything to do with this.

And I hope that Sydney is found very soon,

she is a sweet amazing girl,

I don't know,

babe, do you have anything else to say?

But as far as I'm concerned

what they chasing us around like dogs.

I wish the family the best.

I wish Sydney the best.

But as far as the police department, (bleep) You.

Reporter: Now two weeks since the 24-year-old's disappearance,

Lincoln's police chief saying

there's absolutely still hope that Sydney is alive.

We believe Aubrey trail and Bailey boswell

were two of the last people to have known to been with Sydney

prior to her disappearance.

With the help of Sydney's family

and tips from the local community...

Recent information that we have received from the public

has really helped our investigation tremendously.

At 6am on 30 November 2017.

Aubrey trail and Bailey boswell aka Audrey,

were arrested in Branson, Missouri.

Were arrested in Branson, Missouri.

Aubrey trail and Bailey boswell were arrested

for outstanding warrants for fraud and scams,

that conned people of more than $400,000 of antiques and coins.

The pair are now in police custody,

reportedly being held on a federal person of interest warrant,

in the disappearance of Sydney.

Bailey's cellphone data was turned over

to Lincoln police detector, Robert Hurley.

Hurley, a former police accident reconstructionist

who would attempt reconstruct where the pair had driven to,

to ultimately find, Sydney's whereabouts.

Sydney's phone number was pinged to the wilber apartment location

on 15 November 2017, at 8:31pm.

So, basically a cell phone tower can locate cell phone data

and by doing what is called a ping

you can locate the last time that cell phone data was last accessed,

and now that the Lincoln police department

had Audrey's phone number,

they could get cell phone tower info.

Capture the information from the cell towers

capture the information from the cell towers

and use it to triangulate and locate the last position.

The last ping that accord.

A search warrant was issued

for the wilber apartment of Aubrey trail and Bailey boswell.

Upon arriving at the wilber apartment to collect evidence,

the landlord, Alan koll and his family

reveal unusual activity

on the night of the Sydney's disappearance.

So, yeah, here's where I was,

sitting here on my bed, texting my friend.

Dayton koll, Alan's son,

who lived in the apartment next door

described the sudden and overwhelming smell of bleach

on the night of the 15th.

There was suddenly this terrible smell.

It was like bleach.

Definite bleach smell?

Dayton: It was, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Jennifer koll, Dayton's mother, had allergies

and the smell of bleach was so bad that she texted her husband Alan.

I told him.

Alan koll then said something that got the attention of the detective.

This air conditioning unit,

they ran it for three days at 60 degrees,

they ran it for three days at 60 degrees,

it was totally frozen over.

Koll said that he had to enter the trail-boswell apartment,

to fix the air-conditioner.

The coils were totally frozen,

I have no idea why, why did they do that?

Three whole days? Yeah.

Detectives were quickly putting the pieces together,

to find the whereabouts of Sydney loofe.

Thank you for all of your prayers.

Reporter: Those prayers and support have come in a huge outpouring,

from prayer vigils help for Sydney,

in her hometown, of neligh,

to wilber, her last known location.

Investigators found phone data

from Bailey boswell's cell

and three women believed to know the couple were contacted

directly by the Lincoln pd.

The women all told the same story to FBI special agents,

that they met Bailey Audrey boswell on tinder in the summer of 2017.

They mostly had sex with Audrey, aka, Bailey boswell,

sometimes with trail or both trail and boswell.

The women were terrified of trail.

Trail wanted to be called daddy

and he would give the women $200 a week allowances

to join their coven of witches.

In exchange for the money,

the women also helped set up scams and steal antiques.

Trail and boswell conned a coin-collecting couple

in hiawatha, Iowa, for $400,000.

Using the $400,000 stolen from the coin collector,

trail and boswell lured women online with the money

to create their coven of thieves and witches.

There were allegedly 13 witches in the coven,

there were allegedly 13 witches in the coven,

although only four have been identified,

and Bailey Audrey boswell was the queen witch above all.

The women believed Aubrey trail was a vampire

that could read minds and fly.

They were required to kill someone

and take their last breath to take their soul.

No, no!

A fascination Aubrey trail seemed to have

from a Stephen King novel, 'doctor sleep',

taking someone's dying breath

is referred to as taking the steam, or breathing in the steam.

All three women say they left the coven

two months before Sydney loofe disappeared.

And then, a bombshell hit on 4 December 2017.

Based on cell phone tower data sourced by detective Robert Hurley,

investigators searched an area of interest

90 miles southwest of Lincoln in Clay county.

Detective Cory townsend was sent to the area to investigate.

Townsend made a grizzly discovery.

Body parts in black plastic trash bags

and the distinctive tattoo belonging to Sydney loofe that reads,

"everything will be wonderful someday."

Officer: Yesterday afternoon,

a body was discovered in rural Clay county.

At this time we believe it to be the body of Sydney loofe.

Sydney was dismembered

and placed in 17 trash bags

across a rural area in Clay county, Nebraska.

Woman: There are so many questions, so many unanswered questions,

that that's what makes this harder, I think,

'cause that we just don't know.

Court clerk: The court is taking up the case

as the state of Nebraska versus Aubrey trail.

This is case cr18 232.

Bailey would be tried separately

and Aubrey's trial would happen first.

And Aubrey's trial would happen first.

Opening statements begin in the trial against Aubrey's trail.

He is accused of murdering Sydney loofe in November 2017

trail claimed it was an accident.

However, surveillance footage from home depot showed

that trail and boswell bought the kill bag contents

including saws, and cutters,

the morning of the second tinder date

on 15 November 2017.

The picture of Sydney's last night became clearer.

Bailey picks up Sydney from her house.

She calls you and tells you that she is on her way.

This is true. Back to wilber.

This is true.

And Sydney never leaves your place. This is true.

Except in six garbage bags? This is true.

Dumped in the trash? This is true.

Sydney put up a tremendous fight.

I killed her. I mean, I didn't mean to.

But I did.

Trail admitted that the end was sloppy and poorly planned.

Claiming he wasn't a killer, just a con-man

and that the electrical cord was part of the sex play.

The last thing Sydney loofe ever said to me

was, "do you promise I will be ok?"

It's the last thing she ever said to me.

Bailey is innocent, and I curse you all.

There was pandemonium in the saline county courtroom

on day six of the trial

where the accused killer Aubrey trail cut his own throat.

The trial for Aubrey trail was an absolute circus.

Today, testimony resumes in Nebraska, murder trial,

today, testimony resumes in Nebraska, murder trial,

after a bizarre series of events in the courtroom.

Judge Vicky Johnson has instructed jurors

to disregard yesterday's outburst,

and not consider it as evidence.

The trial included groundbreaking technology

as Robert Hurley tracked the phone of Bailey boswell

via cell phone towers and call activity.

Investigators could accurately monitor

the speed that boswell's phone was travelling at

and where the phone stopped.

Each stop directly corresponded with a drop-off point

of Sydney's remains.

The duo left a digital trail

where all signs lead to them being Sydney loofe's killers.

The information from horizon that was received

was that the phone had been inactive for about 24 hours.

But had last pinged in wilber, Nebraska.

Chilling testimony from the three women

who joined the trail/boswell coven

included that the couple wanted to kill another woman

on 22 November 2017,

one week after Sydney's murder.

Aubrey had a real talent for collecting people

Aubrey had a real talent for collecting people

to be part of his covenant.

Basically to be his cult followers that were generally disenfranchised.

He was able to control them

and get them to do really grotesque things

with just the smallest amount of money.

They heard all of this stuff, about the witchcraft,

they heard all of this stuff

about us plotting to kill and torture people.

I'm gonna share something that I've never shared with anyone,

and I sure as hell didn't admit it to the FBI,

my goal was all six of these women,

was to have them kill one person,

that way, I would have filmed it,

I wanted to hide the video somewhere,

and then I own these girls,

because I would have them on tape murdering someone.

On 10 July 2019,

Aubrey trial was found guilty for the murder of Sydney loofe.

The state of Nebraska

and Aubrey trail the defendant

guilty of murder in the first degree.

Guilty of murder in the first degree.

Trail was given the death penalty for the murder of Sydney loofe.

Boswell found guilty of the murder of Sydney

faces sentencing on 8 November 2021.

A three-judge panel will rule if the death penalty is warranted.

Sydney loofe met her murderer online.

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