thank you
good afternoon and welcome to True Crime Mysteries if you're new to the channel
hello and welcome and if you're returning welcome back today we're discussing some
Tinder date stories that took a murderous turn let's get into it
with over 75 million monthly active users Tinder has revolutionized how people meet
from anywhere in the world and as you're watching this millions of people are probably swiping left
and swiping right looking for their match made in heaven and although matches on Tinder have the
potential to blossom into something romantic some take a dark turn and end up tragically
number one Samantha Stewart when 27 year old Samantha Stewart didn't respond to her family's
calls and texts for days they knew something must have happened to her on the night of July 17 2018
her worried brother decided to go to her apartment in Queens New York to check on her brother made
a horrible Discovery to find her sister's naked body wrapped in a white sheet in her
bedroom floor her tongue was hanging out of her mouth and all of her teeth had been knocked out
Samantha was a registered nurse at a Long Island Hospital and a beloved role model to her brothers
and sisters her morning relatives described her as The Shining Star in the family when the police
arrived at the scene they found no signs of fourth century and they said that the nurse
suffered trauma to the neck and head the cause of death was later to be ruled manual strangulation
the prime suspect in the homicide was Samantha's date who was last seen on surveillance footage
leaving her house the night that she died a week after Samantha's death a fugitive task force
traced the suspect to a Los Angeles hotel Daniel Drayton the suspect a 31 year old man who was
originally from New Haven Connecticut according to police reports he had a lengthy criminal record
prior to Samantha's murder which included jail time for strangulation and harassment
Samantha had met Drayton after they matched on Tinder the pair went on a date on July 16 2018 and
later that night returned to Samantha's Apartments where Drayton beat and strangled her to death
he was seen by surveillance cameras getting into a white van that was later found abandoned at
JFK airport the next day he had stolen Samantha's credit card and used it to purchase a plane ticket
to California when law enforcement apprehended him in a North Hollywood Hotel room he was
holding another woman against her will and had sexually assaulted her he was taken into custody
by the LAPD and was charged with premeditated attempted murder forcible sexual assault and
false imprisonment by violence the New York Daily News interviewed Drayton while he was being held
in a Los Angeles jail he told them he suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar II disorder he
admitted that he remembered killing Samantha after a date he said that he liked her but the voices in
his head told him she had to die Drayton claimed that these voices use direct energy weapons on him
to control his mind making him unable to defy them investigators believed you've played in
the insanity card in order for his defense at one point they also thought he may have been a serial
killer using popular dating sites like Tinder to lure his victims because during his interrogation
Drayton admitted to killing six more women two in Connecticut and four in New York but as of
now investigators haven't been able to find any proof of these claims at the time of Samantha's
murder Drayton was free on a two thousand dollar bail while he was awaited trial for a case in the
Nassau County New York he had been charged with choking his former girlfriend Zendaya Barney
after she tried to end their relationship he had been released 12 days before he murdered Samantha
this was a story that gripped the headlines he was wanted for killing a queen's nurse and
when police found him Daniel Drayton was in a Los Angeles hotel room with a woman who had allegedly
been tied up and beaten Drayton says he may have killed a total of seven women including
women right here in our area police are still working to confirm that he killed three women in
the New York area but we do know that he is the main suspect in the killing of a queen's nurse
Samantha Stewart police say Drayton used Tinder to find and stalk that young nurse joining us
right now is Zenaya Barney and she met Drayton on Plenty of Fish and you guys dated last year
for several months about six months correct until your relationship came to a violent end talk to us
about what happened and when you guys met you thought this guy is your dream guy right yes
he didn't show no signs at all being aggressive possessive you know he didn't no rough Flags
nothing to no warning signs he appeared normal regular conversations he was able like you know
to show me like be emotional you know a very well stand up guy I didn't see it coming so
when did it go south it went South exactly when I decided to stop seeing him completely I drew
the line and was like listen like you can't keep popping up at my house you can't like he climbed
through my window at a point and then it was just like everything started getting a little scary
in that case the judge who released him didn't know that Drayton had a
criminal record in his home state of Connecticut dating to at least 2011.
Samantha's death was attributed to missing paperwork and a lapse in communication
Drayton was extradited from California to New York where he was reigned on several charges
the charges included murder in the second degree grand larceny in the fourth degree
petty larceny sexual misconduct identity theft unlawful possession of personal identification
and criminal possession of stolen property this time Drayton is currently being held without bail
and if convicted he will face 25 years in prison Queen's district attorney commented on the case
saying this was a brutal crime that makes every person using a dating app fearful the victim
was stooped into going out on a date with the defendant who played a charmer online but was in
fact an alleged sexual predator the defendant is accused of brutally beating and then killing this
innocent woman in her home after this heinous act of violence the defendant fled the state to escape
prosecution now back in our custody this defendant will be held to account for his alleged actions
the NYPD believes there may be other women out there that spoke to Drayton online or met up
with him they're asking anyone with information to call them Daniel Drayton at this time doesn't
have a court date set but let me know if you want further updates on court appearances Sydney luff
24 year old Cindy louf left work at our local Maynard store where she worked as a cashier for
a Tinder date with a woman named Audrey both women had hit it off and Sydney talked to her
friends about this new woman in her life whom she really wanted to get to know more
she'd also sent the picture of that girl to her best friend Brooklyn Crystal during their date
on that night Audrey picked up Sydney from her work then they spent the night driving around
while smoking weed then according to Audrey she dropped Sydney off at a friend's house
but the following morning Sydney didn't show up for work which was extremely unlike her she
also didn't respond to any texts sent to her by her mom and friends her last online activity was
a Snapchat photo caption ready for my date her mother Susie reported her daughter missing and
the next day the police paid a welfare check visit to Sydney's rental home but she was nowhere to be
found there was no evidence of any altercation and her car glasses and purse were left behind
also her beloved cat was left unfed something Sydney would never have forgotten to do meanwhile
the owner of a duplex complained of a bleach odor coming out of his basement rented by a
bizarre couple additionally he found it strange that the couple had an air conditioner going in
the cold month of November the couple was 55 year old Audrey Trail and 28 year old Bailey Boswell
they told the landlord that they were engaged and worked as antique dealers little did he know that
that was just the tip of the iceberg Trail and Boswell were involved and later convicted of
scamming a Kansas couple out of four hundred thousand dollars over some counterfeit coins
and they claimed to be leaders of a vampire sex cult according to women involved in the cult who
later came forward Audrey called himself Daddy and believed that he was a vampire that could fly
he told them that he had gained his powers through killing and torturing people and
if they wanted to possess special abilities like him they would also have to kill people
on the other hand Bailey considered herself a witch with healing powers most of the women they
met and recruited were through Tinder Bailey was always the ones that they would match with
every time she matched with the new candidate she would use a different name one of which was Audrey
once she met and connected with women she'd tell them about daddy Aubry and the Occult
Aubry also liked to call himself the master and considered himself a sugar daddy as he would
give the women in his group a weekly allowance of two thousand dollars to pay for all their needs
however he had rules those women had to call him daddy or master and Bailey was
either mommy or mistress they weren't allowed to be with any other man and
had to check in with him through text or call every three hours they had to ask permission
to do anything even if it was as simple as drinking water or using the bathroom
they also had to help the couple steal and sell antiques and partake in group sex if any of the
women broke any of the rules should we whipped or choked with a belt by Bailey aka the queen witch
one of the women later testified that trail and Boswell brought up killing and torturing people
often she said that she told her that they needed to kill to get powers she said Boswell
talked about cutting out people's eyelids and pouring acid on them Jessa said that trail once
showed her what he called Bailey's killing bag it contained a sauna suit hammer and a pair of pliers
investigators found a sauna suit in rural Clay County where Sydney luff's body was later found
after Sydney went missing Brooklyn McChrystal set out to find out what happened to her best friend
she made a Tinder profile similar to one that Sydney had and swiped left on one Tinder profile
after another until she finally stumbled upon Audrey's profile she swiped right and messaged
Audrey who responded by sending her phone number which Brooklyn immediately gave to law enforcement
on a call with the police the so-called Audrey told them she had dropped off Sydney at a friend's
house and she hadn't heard from her ever since she refused to come to the precinct for questioning
Days Later investigators were able to pin down the Wilbur duplex as the last place where Sydney's
phone had pinged the pungent smell of bleach immediately caught their attention when they
searched the basement where Trail and Boswell lived on November 28th Boswell and Trail were
considered Persons of Interest they responded to the Declaration by making a Facebook live
stream in which they maintain their innocence by saying that they had nothing to do with Sydney's
disappearance don't even know what else to say often seeing all this stuff on the news presses
and the magazines and the news and I just I guess I just want the family to know that I'm
truly sorry and I didn't have anything to do with this and I hope that Sydney is found very
soon she is a sweet amazing girl um I don't know better do you have anything else to say
I hope also that Sydney found soon we wish to family the best we're sorry you're going
through this and as far as all this stuff that the police department is putting in the papers putting
on the news what they're feeding to the media what they want the media to know um there's nothing I
can do about that there's nothing she can do about that because the police department is going to do
what suits them best yeah I know that's coming from a criminal so you know you'll believe
what you will as far as the police department is concerned but as far as I'm concerned what they're
chasing us around like dogs I wish the family the best I mean no disrespect to anyone I wish Sydney
the best on November 30th they were arrested in a Missouri motel and brought back to Nebraska on
a fraud indictment items found in the motel room revealed that they were planning to flee to Mexico
on December 5th search teams led by the FBI finally found Sydney's remains her body was
dismembered and cut into 14 pieces some of which were never found the remains were wrapped in trash
bags and Scattered among multiple ditches down two different roads in Clay County approximately
an hour west of Wilbur even before running the DNA analysis investigators were confident The Remains
belonged to Sydney based on a tattoo on one of her arms saying everything will be wonderful someday
this detail is especially heart-wrenching because Sydney had been suffering from severe depression
for many years she'd only started feeling better and getting her life back on track when her life
was cut short by two deranged people after the arrest Trail confessed that he solely killed
Sydney and claimed that Bailey was innocent in his confession he revealed that they killed
Sydney because she had rejected their lifestyle and was a threat to their group because she had
said she was going to expose them Balian Trail exchanged several ciphered letters during their
incarceration before the trial the detectives deciphered the codes showing Trail taking full
responsibility for the crime and telling bayley to say that she was a forced participant despite
that being untrue the letters later played a significant role in condemning Bailey
on June 11 2018 Boswell and Trail were charged with murder in the first degree and
improper disposal of human remains the prosecutor expressed their plans to seek capital punishment
at one of the Court appearances Trail lashed out saying Bailey is innocent I curse you all then he
slashed his throat with a sharp object he missed a significant part of the trial but made a full
recovery and attended sentencing the prosecution presented evidence against Boswell and trial
on November 15th surveillance cameras showed the couple shopping at Aardvark antique mall
where they bought a folding saw a weeder and food Grinders shortly after cell tower data for both
suspect's phones showed that they were waiting near Sydney's residence before her departure to
work and they appeared to have followed her to Maynards while Sydney was at work Home
Depot surveillance tapes showed the duo buying a footlong hacksaw drop cloth and sharp utility
knives with backup blades other surveillance recordings displayed Boswell and Trail purchasing
a tree saw 30 gallon trash bags and a couple of gallons of Clorox bleach before and after
the murder with all the evidence against them it took the jury only hours to reach a guilty verdict
Trail spoke at a sentencing hearing where he was ultimately sentenced to death by lethal injection
Boswell was sentenced to life in prison as it was deemed by a panel of Judges
that Boswell's crimes didn't meet the judicial threshold for capital punishment in the state
well that is it for this video as always thank you so much for watching if you like
this content and what I do over here don't forget to subscribe and hit the
little bell icon so you don't miss my next upload and as always if you
give this video a like if you enjoyed the content that would be much appreciated so
as it is the easiest way to help the channel grow we also have Channel membership as well as patreon
if you want to get more behind the content or just to support the channel in the description box you
will also find links to all my socials to connect with me as well as other goodies but that is it
for me thank you so much for being here I will see you all in the next one bye for now foreign