BRANSON MO NEWS:
The couple considered persons of interest in the disappearance of Sydney Loofe face a raft of new charges.However, none of those new charges appear to have anything to do with the disappearance or death of the 24-year-old Lincoln woman.Instead, the charges against Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell are related to their past as traveling antique dealers. They now face a total of 14 counts alleging that they defrauded two people of more than $400,000 in money and property.
The charges expand on an existing federal case already against them. A previous charge of taking stolen currency across state lines remains in place and is among the 14 counts.The indictment centers on the proposed purchase and sale of a gold coin for profit.According to the indictment:Trail represented himself as “Alan Russell” and approached a person identified as “M.E.” in November 2015, proposing a joint purchase of a gold coin. “Russell” said they would share in the profits of its subsequent sale.The indictment says he falsely represented the value of the coin’s cost and asked for a money order to facilitate the coin’s sale.Trail’s partner, Boswell, contacted “M.E.” and another person, falsely representing herself as a broker for the sale.The indictment lists 13 different times that Trail, or Trail and Boswell together, persuaded the two victims to travel together from Hiawatha, Kansas, to Nebraska to bring currency for the scheme. One trip involved $5,000. In another instance, they brought gold bars.
Sidney Loofe became entangled with Boswell in November via a dating site. Loofe was reported missing on Nov. 16, shortly after going on a date with Boswell. Her body was found Dec. 4 in rural Clay County.Trail, 51, and Boswell, 23, were named “persons of interest” by the FBI two weeks after Loofe disappeared. Authorities arrested Trail …
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