3-judge panel’s decision on Trail’s fate to come in June

3-judge panel’s decision on Trail’s fate to come in June
Courtesy/Aubrey Trail –KNEB.
April 16th, 2021 | Associated Press

WILBER, Neb. (AP) – The decision of a three-judge panel on whether a man will get the death penalty or life in prison for the 2017 killing and dismembering of a Nebraska woman is set to be announced later this spring. The Omaha World-Herald reports that a Saline County District judge has set the sentencing date for 54-year-old Aubrey Trail for June 9. Prosecutors argued that Trail showed “exceptional depravity” in the death of 24-year-old Lincoln store clerk Sydney Loofe, who disappeared after arranging a Tinder date with Trail. Weeks after her disappearance, Loofe’s body parts were found in 14 pieces in ditches along a state highway. A defense attorney for Trail countered her killing was not planned and painted Trial as having endured abuse as a child.

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