Tinder killer convicted of murdering Nebraska store clerk

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 18:45 · Archive

Aubrey Trail was convicted of murdering Sydney Loofe, a 24-year-old Nebraska store clerk he met with on Tinder.

Aubrey Trail, then 52, was convicted of strangling Sydney Loofe, a 24-year-old Nebraska store clerk, with an electrical cord in 2017. Loofe believed she was going on a second date with a woman she had met on Tinder when she vanished. Trail and his girlfriend Bailey Boswell, then 25, cut her body into 14 pieces, placed the remains in garbage bags and dumped them in roadside ditches.

At trial, witnesses testified that Trail and Boswell had solicited them for group sex and discussed the occult and gaining 'powers' through killing. Trail described himself as a 'powerful warlock' and claimed to lead a sex cult.

According to filmmaker Christopher St. John, Trail later told him: 'I don't regret killing Sydney. I don't regret killing somebody, but I regret killing … I picked the wrong person.' St. John interpreted this as Trail wishing he had chosen a victim with fewer close connections, since Loofe's family and friends pursued his capture. The case is featured in the new Hulu true crime series 'Swipe Right on the Devil', which includes interviews with Loofe's loved ones and investigators, as well as recordings of Trail from death row.

How it is being reported

• Tinder killer who believed he was a warlock said he ‘picked the wrong person’ after murdering womanAubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell were convicted of strangling and dismembering Nebraska store clerk Sydney LoofeNew York Post · 31 Oct, 18:32
• Tinder killer who believed he was a warlock said he 'picked the wrong person' after murdering womanSydney Loofe's friend catfished her killer's girlfriend on Tinder, providing the first major break in the Nebraska murder investigation.Fox News · 31 Oct, 12:00

In this story: Sydney Loofe · Aubrey Trail · Bailey Boswell · Christopher St. John · Nebraska

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