Aubrey Trail enters not guilty pleas for all charges

Posted By: Bayley Bischof Channel 8 Eyewitness News 

"There is no one that wants a trial more than Aubrey Trail," said Joe Murray, Aubrey Trail’s attorney after a hearing Friday morning. 

Trail, accused of murdering Sydney Loofe, was arraigned on two charges in the Saline County District Court. 

He’s pleaded not guilty to both the charge of first degree murder and improper disposal of human skeletal remains. 

This hearing came just a day after the Attorney General’s Office announced they will seek the death penalty in this case.

Trail’s attorneys said this is exactly what they expected.

"We haven’t seen the evidence yet but they’ll have to prove it, and Trail wants a trial," Benjamin Murray, Trail’s attorney said, 

The judge said this means the Attorney General’s Office will have to prove two things: that Trail has a history of serious assaultive or terrorizing criminal activity, and that this case, his alleged murder of Sydney Loofe, showed exceptional depravity.

When asked why seek the death penalty, Corey O’Brien with the Attorney General’s Office said the law required it. O’Brien  made no further comments, telling the media it would be "inappropriate" to do so at this time,

Trail’s attorneys say this case, which is unlike any other they’ve worked on, is only getting started. They said a trial is more than six months away.

Trail will be back in court on August 20 for a status hearing.

Unlike Trail, Bailey Boswell, who is facing the same charges, hasn’t been arraigned in the district court. 

She will be back in the Saline County Court on July 24.

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Aubrey Trail, who is facing first degree murder charges in the death of Sydney Loofe appeared in the Saline County District Court Friday. 

Trail was re-arraigned for this charge, and a charge for improper disposal of human skeletal remains. 

The attorney general’s office said they will seek the death penalty in this case, stating in court documents that his actions showed "exceptional depravity" and Trail has a "substantial prior history of serious assaultive or terrorizing criminal activity."

Trail, along with Bailey Boswell, are accused of strangling 24-year-old Loofe with an extension cord, dismembering her body and leaving her remains in plastic bags in Clay County.