WILBER - It's unclear exactly when Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell were taken to the Saline County Law Enforcement Center, but they spent a number of months there together in 2018.

During that time, Saline County corrections officers intercepted several letters Trail wrote to Boswell.

One was found in the jails' library on Mar. 16, another in the recreation room on July 23.

Two letters were also found inside Boswell's cell on July 23 hidden in a book.

The letter found in the library had the phrase "I freaking love you" written on the front, along with the phrase "cut up and bag up the drugs," according to corrections officer Lindsay Schurman, who found the letter.

All of the letters found had writing on the front and back.

The one found in the recreation room was recovered early in the morning on July 23 around 7:45. It was stuck underneath the door. Trail had apparently used toothpaste to try and make it stick.

"They'll try using anything they can get their hands on to hide letters or make them stick somewhere," corrections supervisor Christina Stahl said.

The letters found in the recreation room and in Boswell's cell were written in code.

Prosecution offered to publish these letters as evidence to the jury, but defense attorney Joe Murray objected on the basis of foundation, questioning the authenticity and relevance of the letters.

Council deliberated with District Judge Vicky Johnson behind closed doors on separate, five-minute occasions, and Johnson sustained Murray's objection.

The full content of these letters remains unclear, but prosecutor Sandra Allen said during opening statements on June 18 that Trail allegedly wrote, "here is your story,” that they planned to make a lot of money by offering “killing, torture and sex” fantasies with a group of young women they traveled with.

Trail allegedly wrote that the plan was to have no one get hurt, but “now you know it was all lies and that I planned to kill someone all along.”

Prosecution is trying to prove that Sydney Loofe's death was a premeditated homicide, and not the result of a sexual fantasy gone wrong, as Trail has previously stated.

Evidence presented Thursday showed video surveillance of Trail and Boswell purchasing items like a hacksaw, food grinder, saw blades, drop cloths, trash bags and bleach during the day of Nov. 15, 2017 - hours before Boswell picked up Loofe for a date in Lincoln.

Receipts from the Home Depot., Dollar General and the Aardvark Antique Mall further prove these purchases.

Boswell and Loofe traveled to Wilber on the evening of the 15th, and no one heard from Loofe again once she arrived there.

Trail and Boswell are both accused of first degree murder in the death and dismemberment of Loofe.

Loofe’s remains were discovered in rural Clay County on Dec. 4, 2017. 
 

Trail faces the death penalty if convicted. Boswell is set to stand trial in October.

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