Two witnesses, A.H. and A.G., give in depth, grisly details of time in Trail's group of "witches"
Two witnesses who were involved in Trail's cult took the stand Tuesday, giving in depth and harrowing details of their time with Trail and Bailey Boswell.
By News Channel Nebraska
WILBER - Testimony from a woman identified as "A.H." continued Tuesday at the court trial of Aubrey Trail.
A.H. claims to be a former member of Trail's cult - a group of 13 women that Trail described as "witches."
A court order handed down on May 21 asked that the media covering the trial "not record nor broadcast the testimony of A.H., A.G., and K.G., nor their likenesses, to preserve the privacy of these three witnesses. The Court finds a compelling state interest in avoiding possible harm to these witnesses. This does not restrict the media from otherwise reporting on their testimony."
The order did not explicitly ban publishing the names of these witnesses in print. Two newspapers, one in Lincoln and another in Omaha, published A.H.'s name on Monday.
News Channel Nebraska elected not to publish A.H.'s name.
On Tuesday morning, Saline County District Judge Vicky Johnson said it "wasn't her intention" to have that name published in print, and explicitly ordered all media to not publish the names of A.H., A.G., and K.B. for the remainder of the trial.
A.H., who testified both Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, has had a history of drug use, including marijuana, molly, mushrooms and acid.
She told the jury that she was not on drugs while testifying, but she mentioned a "lack of sleep."
"Why couldn't you sleep?" prosecutor Sandra Allen asked.
"Because my name is in the paper," A.H. replied.
That was toward the end of her testimony. Prior to that, she spent about an hour-and-a-half recounting many of the events she described Monday, and adding in more detail.
A.G. took the stand after A.H. around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
A.H. and A.G. both met Trail through Bailey Boswell on Tinder in the July 2017.
A.G. first met Boswell at an Olive Garden in Lincoln, where A.G. shared her financial goals, and Boswell said she knew how to "get money quicker."
Boswell then set up a breakfast meeting between Trail and A.G. not long after.
After a day or two of talking on Tinder, Boswell and A.H. exchanged phone numbers. The number Boswell gave A.H. was for a burner phone that belonged to Trail.
After a few days of talking, Boswell took A.H. to Wilber, where Trail lived with Boswell.
Boswell and A.H. smoked weed together in Wilber, while Trail showed A.H. naked photos of "his girls."
Trail started giving A.H. and A.G. a "weekly allowance." A.H. said she received $200, while A.G. said it was "a few hundred bucks."
Trail told these women that he could make their car payments, pay their rent, or pretty much buy them whatever they wanted.
Later that July, Trail paid for Boswell and A.H. to get their nails done and shop at Victoria's Secret.
He funded a similar shopping trip for Boswell and A.G. at the Gateway Mall in Lincoln around the same time.
"He wanted to see how we looked (in lingerie)," A.H. said.
After changing into the lingerie, A.H. said her and Boswell had sex, while Trail watched and touched both of them. A.G. said much the same.
Trail apparently had sex toys laid out on the bed for them to use.
A.H. and A.G. said Trail never penetrated them with his penis.
Trail later explained to A.H. and A.G. that all of the women in the cult "had a role to play" and "had a special power."
"I would be the 13th," A.H. said. "I was told I could leave, but not until I 'took my first soul.'"
There were other rules for A.H. and A.G.
They had to be naked when they entered Trail and Boswell's Wilber residence. A.H. said she wasn't allowed to speak with other men, and she had to ask for Aubrey's permission before doing anything, "even going to the bathroom, or getting a drink of water."
A.G., who ended up living in Trail and Boswell in Wilber for "several months," said she was also asked to do many household chores while there, like washing dishes.
A.H. said she would also have to check in with Aubrey every "three hours or so." The only time this didn't apply is when she was sleeping.
If the rules weren't followed, A.H. and A.G. said they would be punished. Punishments included "being whipped in the butt 3-4 times, or getting choked with a belt."
"He told me to be a better bitch," A.H. said.
A.G. said she became "uncomfortable" with Trail's "no clothes" rule, and after a couple weeks, Trail allowed her to keep her clothes on while in the Wilber apartment.
A.H. agreed to all of the terms, and continued seeing Trail and Boswell.
Eventually, A.H. and A.G. became involved in their "A and B Antiques" business. They both signed contracts to help Trail and Boswell sell antiques in a case at the Aardvark Antique Mall in Lincoln.
A.H. and A.G kept 100% of the profits they made from the antiques that were sold in their cases, and they both helped Trail tag and price antiques. They would also assist him in selling antiques on eBay.
"He would buy items for cheap, and then sell them for a lot more," A.G. said.
A.H. and A.G. were both ordered to steal antiques from various places to sell in cases at Aardvark.
A.G. said many of the more expensive antiques Trail had were stolen from various antique malls across several different states.
A.H. refused, and vacated her contract by Sept. 2017 - about six weeks after signing.
Trail told A.H. that once a month, his "witches" would go to a secluded area and "leave their bodies."
Because of this belief, A.H. said Trail made sure each of "his girls" had a "watcher" to accompany them when they were ready to leave their bodies.
"He told us that we would know what to do when the time came," A.H. explained. "He said it had something to do with the moon cycle."
Trail apparently told A.H. that once she left her body, she could do anything. "Even rob a bank," she said.
Trail also made A.H. believe that once she became a witch, she'd be able to fly.
"I had doubts, but I believed it," A.H. said. "He was just very convincing."
A.G. on the other hand "didn't buy" anything Trail said when it came to witchcraft.
"I didn't respond," she said. "I just listened and played along."
A.H. and A.G. talked about a trip they took with Trail and Boswell to Branson, Missouri in Aug. 2017.
Trail and the women performed sex acts on each other while staying at the Windmill Inn and Suites - the same place Trail and Boswell were arrested on Nov. 30, 2017.
While in Branson, A.H. said that Trail claimed Miranda, his ex-wife, was "inside him."
One night, Trail was injured after a sex toy got inserted into his rectum. Both Boswell and A.H. were penetrating him with it.
After he got hurt, A.H. said Trail pretended that "Miranda was inside him" and would start talking in a "high pitch voice."
"He said I was lucky that Miranda could heal him," A.H. said. "Then, he would hit me in the head multiple times. He hit me at least 10 times. I saw stars. Everything was just kind of blurry."
Trail described both Miranda and Boswell as "healers." That was their "special power." He also described Boswell as the "queen witch," and instructed A.H. to call him "Daddy."
Trail told A.H. that she would know her special power after she took a life.
Trail described himself as a vampire, claiming he had the ability to "fly and read minds."
Later in Aug. 2017, Trail, Boswell and A.H. went to Wal-Mart in Beatrice. A.H. thought it was for groceries, but she saw Trail talking to a blonde woman in the produce section.
"She was a short blonde girl with glasses," A.H. recalls. "He then asked me if I'd like that girl to be my first kill."
A.H. initially agreed, but Trail did not allow her to go through with it.
According to A.H., killing was "regular conversation" for Trail.
"He talked about it once or twice a week," she said.
Trail would encourage "his girls" to torture before killing, telling them "torture makes them more powerful."
Boswell also talked extensively about torture, according to A.H. Boswell would talk about torture methods that excited her, like "cutting people's eyelids out" so they'd have watch the torture.
Boswell also spoke of "pulling fingernails off, and wanting to cut a hole in someone's stomach, and then f***ing them vaginally to watch (a strap-on) come through the hole."
A.H. said Boswell also spoke of "pouring acid on someone and lighting them on fire."
A.H. also spoke about Boswell having her own "killing bag" that contained a hammer, pliers and a sauna suit.
Trail said the suit was there "so we don't get blood on ourselves," according to A.H.
A sauna suit was discovered near Sydney Loofe's remains in rural Clay County in Dec. 2017.
Further, A.H. said Trail wanted to kill A.G. - the young woman that accompanied them to Branson.
"Because she was too nice," A.H. said. "(Trail) said she didn't have any evil in her."
Around the same time, Trail told A.H. that if she ever told anyone about the activity of this cult, he would "kill her and her family."
A.H. said she never saw, or even heard of Loofe, during her entire time with Trail and Boswell.
"(Trail) said he had killed multiple people," A.H. said. "He said it wasn't his turn anymore, and he got nothing from it. Other then, it turned him on."
Not long after hearing this, A.H. was in a dressing room at TJ Maxx when she suddenly looked in the mirror and "didn't recognize the person I saw anymore."
A.H. informed Boswell that she wanted out of the cult, and moved to the panhandle in early Sept. 2017.
The day before leaving, A.H. said Boswell instructed her to download the TextNow app, and join a group conversation about killing Trail.
Trail apparently ordered A.H. to start taking her orders from Boswell, and be "a good little bitch."
"I realized that group chat was just a test of my loyalty to Bailey," A.H. said.
Before A.H. left, she agreed to trade vehicles with Trail. He wanted her vehicle, because "it was bigger and he could haul more antiques."
Trail gave A.H. between $300-$600 for the trade, and the two maintained contact. She asked Trail for money about five times. He sent about $50-$100 every time she asked.
"I was scared," A.H. admitted. "He told me that when I leave (his cult), that my memory would be erased, or I'd be killed. I was afraid they'd kill me."
A.H. continued to ask for money, hoping she'd "stay on his good side."
While A.G. didn't believe what Trail said about "witches," she did believe him whenever he talked about killing.
"He talked about slow, painful killings," A.G. recalled. "They also said I'd be paid $1 million if I killed someone, and they comments about how it'd be easy to dispose of a body.
"I believed that they'd do something like that."
A.G. also feared that Trail and Boswell could lay hands on someone "outside their circle." She also feared that they'd harm her family.
Before leaving the cult, Trail asked A.G. to introduce him to her mother. A.G. introduced them, and after, Trail asked A.G.'s mother to help him sell antiques online.
"I cut that off right away," A.G. stated. "I didn't want (Trail and Boswell) talking to my family."
The talk of killing made A.G. uncomfortable, and she opted out of the cult in Oct. 2017.
The last physical contact A.G. had with Trail or Boswell was that same month. Just before Halloween, A.G. baked an apple cake and dropped it off in Wilber.
"I was told (Trail) had depression," A.G. said. "I guess I just felt bad."
Like A.H., A.G. maintained contact with Trail and Boswell over the phone.
In an interview with police on Nov. 21, 2017, A.G. said she maintained phone contact with Trail and Boswell up until Nov. 16 - the first day Loofe was reported missing.
A.G. said Trail talked to her about some kind of "cocaine run," and Trail had planned on having her put several bags of cocaine "in her bottom."
Trail also promised her $15,000 if she participated. That run never happened.
Trail has already pleaded guilty to improper disposal of human remains. He's also charged with conspiracy to commit a felony, and first degree murder.
Trail faces the death penalty if convicted on the murder charge.
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