Facing a Dec. 19 deadline to file a post-conviction challenge to his death-row sentence for the killing and dismemberment of Sydney Loofe, Aubrey Trail's new attorney asked a judge Thursday for permission to hire a mitigation expert to help her flesh out potential claims.
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The inmates on Nebraska’s death row and their crimes
Jorge Galindo
JORGE GALINDO
Victim:
Lola Elwood, 43, of Norfolk, assistant branch manager at U.S. Bank for 14 years. Elwood was shot and killed by Galindo during the botched robbery on Sept. 26, 2002. She was married and the mother of two children. She was said to have loved crafts, sewing, music and taking care of her family.
Erick F. Vela
ERICK F. VELA
Crime: 2002 Norfolk bank robbery; he shot and killed Lisa Bryant, a bank employee.
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Jeffrey Hessler
JEFFREY HESSLER
VICTIM: Heather Guerrero, 15, of Gering. Heather was a newspaper carrier who was kidnapped, raped and shot in the head by Hessler in February 2003. Her body was found in an abandoned farmhouse.
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John L. Lotter
JOHN L. LOTTER
Victims:
Brandon Teena, 21, of Lincoln. The transgender man was killed in 1993 near Humboldt by Lotter and Marvin Nissen. They killed Teena to silence him after he told police the two men had raped him. He was shot twice in the head and stabbed.
Philip Devine, 22, of Fairfield, Iowa, died in 1993. John Lotter was convicted of shooting Devine twice in the head because he witnessed the killing of Teena.
Lisa Lambert, 24, of rural Humboldt, a nurse's aide. She died in 1993. Lotter was convicted of killing Lambert, a single mother of a 9-month-old boy, because she witnessed the murder of Teena, who was staying in the one-story farmhouse Lambert rented.
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Roy L. Ellis
ROY L. ELLIS
Crime: the 2005 abduction and bludgeoning death of 12-year-old Amber Harris of Omaha.
Marco E. Torres Jr.
MARCO E. TORRES JR.
Crime: the 2007 execution-style shooting deaths of two Grand Island men, Timothy Donohue and Edward Hall.
Anthony Garcia
ANTHONY GARCIA
Crime: 2008 murders of 11-year-old Thomas Hunter and 57-year-old Shirlee Sherman, and 2013 murders of 65-year-old Dr. Roger Brumback and 65-year-old Mary Brumback.
Nikko Jenkins
NIKKO JENKINS
Crime: four murders during a 2013 killing spree in Omaha.
Patrick Schroeder
Patrick Schroeder
Crime: the 2017 strangling death of his cellmate, Terry Berry, a 22-year-old inmate who was about to be released from the Tecumseh State Prison.
Aubrey Trail
Aubrey Trail
Crime: the 2017 abduction and slaying of Lincoln store clerk Sydney Loofe.
