"A British woman has been found dead in the US after reportedly contacting a man in Florida to request a violent death. Sonia Exelby, 32, was reported missing by her loved ones in Portsmouth after she failed to board her return flight from Gainesville Regional Airport on 13 October. After UK police requested assistance through Interpol to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), an investigation was opened which led to the discovery of her body in Marion County on 17 October."
"Dwain Hall, 53, was arrested by investigators after he was linked to fraudulent transactions made on her credit cards and now faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, credit card fraud and unlawful use of a communication device. In posts on social media at the time of her disappearance, her boyfriend said that it was believed that Ms Exelby had arranged to meet someone, and had got into an extremely vulnerable situation."
Sonia Exelby, 32, from Portsmouth failed to board her return flight from Gainesville Regional Airport on 13 October and was reported missing by loved ones. UK police requested assistance through Interpol to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, prompting an investigation that located her body in Marion County on 17 October. Analysis of her remains confirmed her identity and gave her cause of death as stab wounds. Investigators arrested 53-year-old Dwain Hall after linking him to fraudulent transactions on her credit cards. Hall now faces charges including first-degree murder, kidnapping, credit card fraud and unlawful use of a communication device. Social media posts indicated she had arranged to meet someone after expressing suicidal thoughts.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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