AUBREY TRAIL MURDER TRIAL: Trail’s Fate Lies With the Jury

The jury for the Sydney Loofe murder trial started discussing Aubrey Trail’s fate just before 4 p.m. Wednesday.

KFOR News media partner 10/11 Now reports jurors heard a plea Wednesday from the prosecution to find Trail guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit a murder.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is clearly not some sexual fantasy gone wrong,” Prosecutor Mike Guinan said. “This was pre-meditated murder gone right. This was a conspiracy to commit murder executed to a tee and we ask that you return verdicts of guilty on both counts.”

Guinan went through the list of women Trail and Boswell had recruited to their group, maintaining it was a clear pattern. Boswell would meet the women on Tinder, and start telling them what they wanted to hear. For A.H., it was a sugar daddy, for A.G., it was for finances and business, for K.B., it was for a relationship with Boswell, the same for Loofe, Guinan said. He said Trail, Boswell and the women they recruited would constantly talk about torture and killing. He said that Trail and Boswell recruited Loofe just to kill her.

“Sydney Loofe fought that night,” Guinan said. “This was a two person job and Sydney Loofe fought. There’s evidence of restraint. She arched her back, she had bruises on her spine, on top of her head. She died on that living room floor as she fought to get away.” Guinan said he believed one person held Loofe’s hands while the other crushed her throat. He said he didn’t know who did what.

The defense started their closing argument after the court took a lunch break. Once that’s complete, the prosecution will have one last chance to plead their case.

The jury could find Trail guilty or innocent on first degree murder charges, as well as a charge of conspiracy to commit murder.

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