(KFOR NEWS  January 21, 2020)  (AP)  A June hearing has been scheduled for a 3-judge panel to consider whether Aubrey trail’s crime qualifies for the death penalty or whether he should be sentenced to life in a Nebraska prison.

Trail and his girlfriend, Bailey Boswell, were both charged in the 2017 slaying of 24 year old, Sydney Loofe of Lincoln.  Boswell also is charged with 1st-degree murder and is awaiting trial in March.  It’s been moved to Lexington.

The 3-judge panel will consider evidence to decide whether prosecutors can prove an aggravating factor necessary for capital punishment.

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