{"id":55227,"date":"2025-11-21T07:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/55227\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:30:07","slug":"uk-woman-sonia-exelby-chilling-details-before-florida-man-dwain-hall-allegedly-sexually-abused-and-murdered-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/55227\/","title":{"rendered":"UK woman Sonia Exelby chilling details before Florida man Dwain Hall allegedly sexually abused and murdered her"},"content":{"rendered":"

The suicidal UK woman who flew to Florida to be \u201csexually abused and possibly murdered\u201d <\/a>by a man she met on a fetish website recorded a video with her alleged killer days earlier, describing how she wanted to die.<\/p>\n

Sonia Exelby\u2019s haunting interaction with accused murderer Dwain Hall was captured on a cellphone recording inside an Airbnb in Reddick on Oct. 11.<\/p>\n

A disheveled Exelby, 32, appeared on camera with multiple bruises and abrasions to her face, neck and breasts, according to an arrest affidavit viewed by The Post.<\/p>\n

Sonia Exelby was found buried in a shallow grave in the Florida woods on Oct. 17, 2025. Facebook\/Sonia Exelby<\/p>\n

The video, obtained by police from Hall\u2019s phone, was recorded two days before Exelby was reported missing after not arriving for her scheduled flight home to England on Oct. 13.<\/p>\n

Hall allegedly revealed to police that Exelby was supposed to bring $4,000 with her, to help him pay back the IRS.<\/p>\n

He was only able to get $1,200 out of Exelby until her card was declined during the transaction process.<\/p>\n

Exelby, looking subdued and rarely looking up, sat on furniture inside the Airbnb she rented, telling Hall why she wanted to be killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I\u2019m an awful person,\u201d she told the 53-year-old behind the camera. \u201cI\u2019ve crushed everyone who ever loved me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dwain Hall was charged with the kidnapping and murder of Exelby on Nov. 17, 2025. Marion County Sheriff<\/p>\n

Exelby became visibly emotional in the video before she is asked how she would want to die.<\/p>\n

The frazzled woman hesitated before saying she wanted to be stabbed, police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is how you wanted to die, right? You wanted to be beaten and made to suffer because you\u2019re such a piece of s\u2013t,\u201d Hall said, according to the document.<\/p>\n

Throughout the 4-minute and 16-second video, Hall continuously asks if \u201cthis\u201d was what she consented to, and Exelby agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI needed to be beaten and suffer cause I\u2019m such a piece of s\u2013t,\u201d Exelby said to Hall\u2019s agreement. \u201cGood, good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Police described the woman as subdued, hesitant, never looking up towards the camera and Hall while visibly emotional with tears in her eyes. <\/p>\n

On the same day the video was recorded, Exelby messaged someone on Discord saying she was having second thoughts of dying.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made it clear there was no way out unless I shoot him. I was questioning it last night. I can\u2019t kill anyone,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Hall told investigators he met Exelby on a fetish website where he started \u201cmentoring\u201d her to make her life \u201cbetter and that he didn\u2019t want her to kill herself,\u201d according to the affidavit. Facebook\/Stevie Hunt<\/p>\n

Exelby allegedly told the unidentified person that Hall had gave her a rundown on how to use a gun.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he\u2019d do it quick and not give my mind time to stew and realize this is the last thing I\u2019ll ever day [sic] to anyone if I don\u2019t take his offer of shooting him,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so so scared I\u2019m so broken and in so much pain all I can do is lay here and doing what gee [sic] wants makes him respect me enough not to do the things I really hate,\u201d Exelby said.<\/p>\n

She also told the person Hall made her record three disclaimer videos and write a letter to her family because it was \u201cfunny.\u201d<\/p>\n

Exelby, looking subdued and rarely looking up, sat on furniture inside the Airbnb she rented, telling Hall why she wanted to be killed in the four minute video. Instagram<\/p>\n

Hall told investigators he met Exelby on a fetish website where he started \u201cmentoring\u201d her to make her life \u201cbetter and that he didn\u2019t want her to kill herself,\u201d according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

During the first interviews with police, Hall made several statements that were inconsistent before revealing to officials it was part of a cover story Exelby wanted him to use so her death wasn\u2019t a \u201cburden to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The alleged murderer never revealed the location of Exelby\u2019s body as part of a promise he made that she didn\u2019t want to be found.<\/p>\n

Police located Exelby\u2019s body in a shallow grave in the woods of Marion Oaks on Oct. 17.<\/p>\n

Her death was ruled homicide caused by four sharp force injuries likely by a knife, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The last time Hall saw Exelby he said she \u201cwas happy because she was going to get what she wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Exelby\u2019s death was ruled homicide caused by four sharp force injuries likely by a knife, according to officials. Instagram<\/p>\n

Hall was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the disappearance of Exelby on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n

He was already in jail for an Oct. 18 arrest for alleged felony fraudulent use of credit cards and unlawful use of a two-way transmission device.<\/p>\n

He pleaded not guilty to the murder and kidnapping charges during a court appearance on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He is being held in Marion County Jail without bond.<\/p>\n

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24\/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to\u00a0SuicidePreventionLifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The suicidal UK woman who flew to Florida to be \u201csexually abused and possibly murdered\u201d by a man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4864,10822,28,30,3475,29,6888,4538,7489,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-55227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-deaths","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-man","13":"tag-florida-news","14":"tag-missing-persons","15":"tag-murders","16":"tag-suicide","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}