Overview
- Investigators say 32-year-old Sonia Exelby arrived in Florida on October 10, missed her return flight on October 13, and was found in a shallow grave on October 17.
- Court filings state Exelby had communicated online about traveling to the United States to be killed and later messaged a friend that she had made a mistake and was afraid.
- Police report Hall met Exelby at an Airbnb in Reddick and recorded video showing her bruised, subdued, and responding to questions about consenting to harm.
- Forensic findings cited by investigators include Exelby's fingerprints, her DNA on a shovel in Hall's garage, alleged purchases linked to her credit cards, and a knife with suspected blood recovered from a package Hall sent to Ohio.
- Hall, 53, has been arrested in Marion County and charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, credit card fraud, and unlawful use of a communication device.