The suicidal UK woman who flew to Florida to be “sexually abused and possibly murdered” by a man she met on a fetish website recorded a video with her alleged killer days earlier, describing how she wanted to die.
Sonia Exelby’s haunting interaction with accused murderer Dwain Hall was captured on a cellphone recording inside an Airbnb in Reddick on Oct. 11.
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.
The video, obtained by police from Hall’s phone, was recorded two days before Exelby was reported missing after not arriving for her scheduled flight home to England on Oct. 13.
Hall allegedly revealed to police that Exelby was supposed to bring $4,000 with her, to help him pay back the IRS.
He was only able to get $1,200 out of Exelby until her card was declined during the transaction process.
Exelby, looking subdued and rarely looking up, sat on furniture inside the Airbnb she rented, telling Hall why she wanted to be killed.
“Because I’m an awful person,” she told the 53-year-old behind the camera. “I’ve crushed everyone who ever loved me.”
Exelby became visibly emotional in the video before she is asked how she would want to die.
The frazzled woman hesitated before saying she wanted to be stabbed, police said.
“This is how you wanted to die, right? You wanted to be beaten and made to suffer because you’re such a piece of s–t,” Hall said, according to the document.
Throughout the 4-minute and 16-second video, Hall continuously asks if “this” was what she consented to, and Exelby agreed.
“I needed to be beaten and suffer cause I’m such a piece of s–t,” Exelby said to Hall’s agreement. “Good, good.”
Police described the woman as subdued, hesitant, never looking up towards the camera and Hall while visibly emotional with tears in her eyes.
On the same day the video was recorded, Exelby messaged someone on Discord saying she was having second thoughts of dying.
“He made it clear there was no way out unless I shoot him. I was questioning it last night. I can’t kill anyone,” she wrote.
Exelby allegedly told the unidentified person that Hall had gave her a rundown on how to use a gun.
“I thought he’d do it quick and not give my mind time to stew and realize this is the last thing I’ll ever day [sic] to anyone if I don’t take his offer of shooting him,” she wrote.
“I’m so so scared I’m 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,” Exelby said.
She also told the person Hall made her record three disclaimer videos and write a letter to her family because it was “funny.”
Hall told investigators he met Exelby on a fetish website where he started “mentoring” her to make her life “better and that he didn’t want her to kill herself,” according to the affidavit.
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’t a “burden to him.”
The alleged murderer never revealed the location of Exelby’s body as part of a promise he made that she didn’t want to be found.
Police located Exelby’s body in a shallow grave in the woods of Marion Oaks on Oct. 17.
Her death was ruled homicide caused by four sharp force injuries likely by a knife, according to officials.
The last time Hall saw Exelby he said she “was happy because she was going to get what she wanted.”
Hall was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the disappearance of Exelby on Nov. 17.
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.
He pleaded not guilty to the murder and kidnapping charges during a court appearance on Tuesday.
He is being held in Marion County Jail without bond.
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 SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
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