Sonia Exelby's body was discovered in a shallow grave just a week after she arrived in the United States on October 10.

The alert was raised when the 32-year-old from Portsmouth, Hampshire, failed to board her return flight home three days later.

However, it has since emerged that what appeared to be a tragic murder was far from straightforward and had roots as far back as 2023.

Sonia - whose friends say suffered from mental health issues - allegedly began talking to a man about bondage and suicide on a fetish website, reports the Mirror .

According to police, Sonia travelled to the US to meet Dwaine Hall, 53, after asking him to kill her. Fear

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