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Nebraska's 11 death row inmates
Carey Dean Moore
* Carey Dean Moore, June 20, 1980, Douglas County. Moore killed two Omaha cab drivers five days apart, Reuel Van Ness Jr. and Maynard Helgeland. Van Ness was shot during a robbery, with Moore’s younger brother along, and Helgeland was shot three times, Moore has said, just to prove he could take a man's life all by himself.
Patrick Schroeder
* Patrick Schroeder, Aug. 31, 2006, Johnson County. Schroeder was convicted of strangling his cellmate, Terry Berry, at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in April 2017. At the time, Schroeder was serving a life sentence for beating Pawnee City farmer Kenny Albers to death and dumping his body in a well in 2006.
Aubrey Trail
Aubrey Trail (left) was sentenced to death June 9, 2021, for killing Sydney Loofe and dismembering her body.
Photos: Aubrey Trail in court
Aubrey Trail plea hearing
Aubrey Trail appears in Saline County District Court for a plea hearing on Monday.
Aubrey Trail plea hearing
Aubrey Trail (center) is wheeled into Saline County District Court in Wilber for a plea hearing Monday.
Aubrey Trail plea hearing
Defense attorney Joe Murray listens during a plea hearing for Aubrey Trail in Saline County District Court on Monday.
Aubrey Trail plea hearing
Defense attorney Joe Murray speaks to the judge as client Aubrey Trail (left) listens during a plea hearing in Saline County District Court on Monday.
Aubrey Trail plea hearing
Aubrey Trail appears in Saline County District Court for a plea hearing on Monday.
Aubrey Trail plea hearing
Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson guides Aubrey Trail through a plea hearing Monday.
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Aubrey Trail appears in Saline County District Court for a plea hearing on Monday.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.18
Aubrey Trail (left) and defense attorney Ben Murray listen as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers her opening statement to the jury on Tuesday.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.18
Aubrey Trail (left) listens and defense attorney Ben Murray takes notes as Nebraska Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers her opening statement to the jury Tuesday in Trail's murder trial in Wilber.
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Aubrey Trail sits to the left of attorneys for the defense and prosecution during opening statements in his murder trial in Saline County District Court on Tuesday.
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Defense attorney Joe Murray delivers his opening statement to the jury as Aubrey Trail's murder trial begins Tuesday in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.18
Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson instructs the jury on Tuesday.
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Nebraska Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen talks to the jury during her opening statement Tuesday in Aubrey Trail's murder trial in Saline County District Court.
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Aubrey Trail listens as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers her opening statement to the jury last week in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.18
Defense attorney Joe Murray delivers his opening statement to the jury as the Aubrey Trail trial begins Tuesday in Saline County District Court.
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Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers her opening statement to the jury as Aubrey Trail's trial begins Tuesday in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.18
Defense attorney Joe Murray (left) sits behind the prosecution's table to watch and listen as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers her opening statement to the jury in Aubrey Trail's trial in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.18
Aubrey Trail enters the courtroom on Tuesday, the first day of his trial in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail trial, 7.9.19
FBI Agent Mike Maseth testifies about letters from Aubrey Trail during his trial in Saline County District Court on Tuesday.
Aubrey Trail trial, 7.9.19
Prosecutors showed jurors a letter from Aubrey Trail, written in code, in his murder trial in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail trial, 7.9.19
Prosecutors shared a letter written by Aubrey Trail during his murder trial in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail trial, 7.9.19
Prosecutors showed jurors a letter from Aubrey Trail, written in code, in his murder trial in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail trial, 7.9.19
Deputies keep an eye on Aubrey Trail, who returned to court for the first time on Tuesday following an apparent suicide attempt in the courtroom last month.
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Aubrey Trail testifies in his murder trial in Saline County District Court on July 9
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Aubrey Trail points to photos his attorney Joe Murray is holding while testifying in his murder trial in Saline County District Court on Tuesday.
Aubrey Trail trial, 7.9.19
Aubrey Trail stretches during his trial at the Saline County Courthouse on Tuesday.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.28
Assistant Nebraska Attorney General Mike Guinan (right) hands material written by Aubrey Trail to FBI special agent Michael Maseth on Friday during Trail's trial in Saline County District Court.
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Defense attorney Joe Murray objects to FBI special agent Michael Maseth being asked "whose handwriting is this" on Friday during Aubrey Trail's trial.
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The defense and prosecution, including Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan (center right), are shown June 28 at their respective tables during Aubrey Trail's trial at the Saline County District Court in Wilber.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.28
Assistant Nebraska Attorney General Mike Guinan (left) questions FBI special agent Michael Maseth on Friday during Aubrey Trail's trial in Saline County District Court in Wilber.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.28
Wilber, NEB. - 6/28/2019 - Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson addresses the attorneys after defense attorney Joe Murray makes an objection on Friday, June 28, 2019, during the Aubrey Trail Trial at Saline County District Court. EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
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A four-hour police interview with Aubrey Trail is played on Friday in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.28
Prosecutors showed a four-hour police interview with Aubrey Trail during his trial on Friday in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.28
Prosecutors showed a four-hour police interview with Aubrey Trail during his trial on Friday in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 6.28
Prosecutor Mike Guinan holds Aubrey Trail's writing samples on Friday during the trial in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail trial, 6.24.2019
Defense attorney Joe Murray listens to instructions from Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson regarding an outburst from defendant Aubrey Trail on Monday.
Aubrey Trail trial, 6.24.2019
Saline County District Judge Vicky Johnson addresses the jury regarding an outburst from defendant Aubrey Trail earlier on Monday.
Aubrey Trail
Aubrey Trail is taken from the Saline County courthouse after he shouted and appeared to cut his neck with an object during testimony on Monday in his murder trial.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 7.10
Deputies stand near Aubrey Trail on Wednesday in Saline County District Court.
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Aubrey Trail (left) looks in the direction of the jury during judge's instructions on July 10 in Saline County District Court.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 7.10
Defense attorney Joe Murray (right) looks toward the jury as Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson delivers instructions on July 10.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 7.10
Defendant Aubrey Trail listens as Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson finishes her instructions to the jury on Wednesday.
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Saline County District Court Judge Vicky Johnson reads her instructions to the jury before their deliberations on Wednesday.
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Defendant Aubrey Trail looks in the direction of the jury during the judge's instructions to the jury on Wednesday in Saline County District Court.
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Sydney Loofe's mother, Susie Loofe, sits between her daughter, MacKenzie Loofe, and Loofe's father, George, as the clerk of the court reads the guilty verdict against Aubrey Trail in Saline County District Court last year. The jury of six men and six women deliberated for less than three hours before returning the verdict on a first-degree murder charge.
Aubrey Trail Trial, 7.10
WILBER, NEB. - 07/10/2019 - The clerk of the court (right) reads the verdict on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, during the Aubrey Trail murder trial at Saline County District Court. The jury of six men and six women deliberated for less than three hours before returning the verdict on a first-degree murder charge on Wednesday evening. Trail, who showed no emotion as the verdicts were read, was also found guilty of a second count of criminal conspiracy to commit murder. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Aubrey Trail Trial, 7.10
Aubrey Trail is wheeled out of court after being found guilty of first-degree murder on July 10. Trail, who showed no emotion as the verdicts were read, was also found guilty of a second count of criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
Aubrey Trail, 6.9
Aubrey Trail is wheeled out of a Saline County courtroom on Wednesday after being sentenced to death in the killing of Sydney Loofe.
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Aubrey Trail is wheeled out of the Saline County Courthouse courtroom where he was sentenced to death on June 9 in the murder of Sydney Loofe .
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The family of Sydney Loofe, (from left) brother Levi, sister MacKenzie, mother Susie, and father George, watches the sentencing of Aubrey Trail on Wednesday, at the Saline County Courthouse.
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Aubrey Trail is wheeled out of the Saline County courtroom on Wednesday after being sentenced to death in the murder of Sydney Loofe.
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Judge Vicky Johnson speaks at the sentencing of Aubrey Trail on June 9 at the Saline County Courthouse. Trail was sentenced to death.
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Judges Susan Strong and Michael Smith, who served with Judge Vicky Johnson on a three-judge panel that determined the penalty for Aubrey Trail, listen during the hearing where he learned his fate on June 9 at the Saline County Courthouse.
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Judge Vicky Johnson speaks at the sentencing of Aubrey Trail on Wednesday at the Saline County Courthouse.
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Susie Loofe, mother of Sydney Loofe, listens during the sentencing of Aubrey Trail on Wednesday at the Saline County Courthouse.
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Aubrey Trail is wheeled into the the courtroom on Wednesday at the Saline County Courthouse.
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Aubrey Trail (from left) and his defense attorneys Joe Murray and Ben Murray listen during the sentencing hearing on June 9 at the Saline County Courthouse.
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Aubrey Trail (left) is wheeled into the the courtroom in front of the family members of Sydney Loofe on Wednesday at the Saline County Courthouse.
