Suicidal U.K. Woman Travels to Florida for Her Own Torture and Murder

WasabiSaint · #1 ● 11-23-2025, 04:06 PM

Authorities in Florida have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a British woman who allegedly traveled to America to be sexually assaulted and possibly murdered.

Investigators received a report on Oct. 13 regarding the woman after she missed a flight back to the U.K., the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said in a statement.

She was not named in the statement, but an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE identifies her as Sonia Exelby from Portsmouth, England.

Within days, Exelby's remains were found in Marion Oaks, Fla., per FDLE's statement. She died from an apparent homicide, investigators claim.

Dwain Hall, 53, was arrested on Monday, Nov. 17, by officials from FDLE and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

In writings allegedly left on her computer, Exelby indicated she was "suicidal and traveling to the United States to be sexually abused, tortured, and possibly murdered," per the arrest affidavit. She allegedly connected with various people in the U.S. in furtherance of her apparent mission.

British investigators also found evidence of a suicidal letter she wrote where she anticipated being "mutilated and disabled for the rest of my life" in the event that she "manage to get to him," the affidavit states.

Authorities identified Hall as a suspect after tracing him to an account that allegedly attempted to transfer money from Exelby's bank account several times since Oct. 11.

During a voluntary interview with police on Oct. 17, Hall allegedly gave several inconsistent accounts about his interaction with Exelby, initially claiming he did not know her before eventually admitting that he had sex with her several times and discussed her "bondage, suicide, and her desire to have someone kill her," per the affidavit.

Hall also allegedly said if he had to help her, he would bring Exelby to Alligator Alley where the wildlife "would have taken care of her." He declined to answer when asked if he killed Exelby, but said "she's happy now because she got what she wanted."

He was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card and unlawful use of a two way communication device.

At the time of his arrest this week, Hall was behind bars on those charges, FDLE said in their statement.

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