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Please subscribe to keep reading. You can cancel at any time.Already a subscriber?or .Loading&amp;hellp;Thanks for reading! Log in to continue.Enjoy more articles by logging in or creating a free account. No credit card required.You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2020 Lee EnterprisesJury finds Boswell guilty of murder in killing of Sydney LoofeShare thisBailey Boswell (left) and Jeff Pickens, the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, react after the jury found Boswell guilty in the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln on Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington.Bailey Boswell reacts after the jury found her guilty of the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln on Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse.District Judge Vicky Johnson looks over the jury's verdict before giving it to Amber Mulberry (not shown), the Saline County District Court Clerk, on Wednesday, at the Dawson County Courthouse. Bailey Boswell was found guilty on all three charges she faced in the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln.Todd Lancaster (standing) makes a motion to allow the defendant Bailey Boswell (second from left) to stay at the jail in Lexington until sentencing after she was found guilty of murder in the death of Sydney Loofe on Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse. District Judge Vicky Johnson (right) overruled the motion.LEXINGTON — After making it through a second trial, hearing the terrible details about their daughter's killing and dismemberment nearly three years ago, Sydney Loofe's parents sat surrounded by family in a courtroom annex watching video of the verdict as it was read in a courtroom a block away Wednesday.Bailey Boswell was guilty of first-degree murder.Guilty of improper disposal of human skeletal remains.And guilty of conspiracy to commit murder.On the video feed, Boswell kept her eyes down, as she had when the state showed graphic images of Loofe's dismembered remains to the jury.Loofe's mom, Susie, and her sister, MacKenzie,&nbsp;wiped away tears.After deliberating for just more than three hours, the jury of eight men and four women returned the verdict at 12:45 p.m., finding Boswell, 26, guilty.Boswell's attorney, Todd Lancaster, declined to comment on the verdict, saying it would be inappropriate at this time, given that it's a death penalty case and Boswell will face an aggravation and mitigation trial later before a three-judge panel.&nbsp;The hearing, where Boswell will learn if she will get life in prison or death for the crimes, wasn't immediately set.A hearing for her co-defendant, Aubrey Trail, is set to start Dec. 15, following a Saline County jury last year finding him guilty of the murder and conspiracy charges. Trail pleaded guilty to unlawful disposal of human remains prior to trial.He maintained then that he killed Loofe accidentally while choking her during sex, then got rid of the body because he didn't think police would believe him. He has denied Boswell had anything to do with it.Prosecutors say Trail and Boswell worked lockstep to recruit young women in a conspiracy to kill and ultimately chose Loofe as their victim. And that Boswell lured her to their Wilber apartment the night of Nov. 15, 2017, under the guise of a date after matching on the dating app Tinder.Within 24 minutes of getting there, Boswell and Trail attacked and killed her, Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan said in closing arguments Tuesday.&nbsp;Your membership makes our reporting possible.Lancaster contended that Boswell was another of Trail's victims and that, like other women who testified about the pair's talk of witchcraft, torture and killing, he had indoctrinated her to where she feared the punishment he would dole out if she didn't obey.&nbsp;The jury rejected the idea, taking just slightly longer than it took Trail's jury to find him guilty last year.Walking out after the verdict, juror Ed Scheuffele of Overton told the Omaha World-Herald: “As you went along, the evidence just added up, more and more and more.”Logan Lashman of Gothenburg, the jury foreman, said that each of the jurors had their own opinions, "but they agreed on the facts."They were unanimous on the first vote on each count, he said.“It wasn’t close for me,” fellow juror Jerry Fales of Cozad said.In a news release, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson said he was pleased with Wednesday's decision."We once again offer our sympathy to the Loofe family with our hope the justice system provides some measure of condolement to them for the loss of their daughter Sydney," he said.The Loofe and Boswell families, both watching from the annex, left without comment.&nbsp;Susie Loofe reported her daughter missing Nov. 16, 2017, after she learned that Sydney&nbsp; didn't show up for work. Her disappearance sparked a massive search for her, then a manhunt for Boswell and Trail and ultimately to the discovery of Loofe's remains in plastic bags scattered along gravel roads in central Nebraska’s Clay County.Boswell could become the first woman sentenced to death in the state.Reach the writer at 402-473-7237 or .On Twitter @LJSpilgerGet the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email.Bailey Boswell (left) and Jeff Pickens, the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, react after the jury found Boswell guilty in the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln on Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington.Bailey Boswell reacts after the jury found her guilty of the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln on Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse.District Judge Vicky Johnson looks over the jury's verdict before giving it to Amber Mulberry (not shown), the Saline County District Court Clerk, on Wednesday, at the Dawson County Courthouse. Bailey Boswell was found guilty on all three charges she faced in the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln.Todd Lancaster (standing) makes a motion to allow the defendant Bailey Boswell (second from left) to stay at the jail in Lexington until sentencing after she was found guilty of murder in the death of Sydney Loofe on Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse. District Judge Vicky Johnson (right) overruled the motion.Sydney Loofe© Copyright 2020 , 926 P Street Lincoln, NE&nbsp;| &nbsp;|Powered by from .{{title}}{{summary}}You don't have any notifications.Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.Topics

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