A 53-year-old man is accused of killing a 32-year-old woman who traveled from the United Kingdom to Florida to be murdered in a disturbing plot involving online fetishism, financial exploitation, and coercion.

Dwain C. Hall is facing multiple felony charges , including first-degree murder, kidnapping , and credit card fraud, in the slaying of Sonia Exelby last month, records show.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Hall is accused of killing Sonia Exelby, a resident of Portsmouth, England. Exelby, who had a documented history of mental health struggles, traveled to the United States on Oct. 10 after communicating with Hall on a fetish website where he used the screen name "alphasadist." While Hall initially claimed he was merely a "mentor" helping Exelby, investigators uncovered ev

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