A sadist pagan-worshipper accused of stabbing a suicidal woman to death in a fetish killing at a remote Florida cabin tried to dispose of the alleged murder weapon by mailing it to a pal, according to authorities.
Dwain Hall, 53, is alleged to have murdered Sonia Exelby, a 32-year-old British music tutor, after they met on an extreme fetish website, stabbing her four times with a customized knife before burying her body in a shallow grave, according to police.
“Dorkworfy point end goes into the other guy,” reads a message on the blade of the 7-inch customized steel knife, an apparent reference to one of Hall’s online usernames, “Darkwolf,” according to authorities.
Exelby, who had severe mental health issues, had arranged to pay Hall, a former pizza delivery driver who worships Anubis, the Egyptian god of death, to torture and kill her, according to arrest affidavits and law enforcement records seen by the Telegraph.
On Oct. 10, 2025, Hall bought paracord, gun cleaner, rope, and a shovel at Walmart before picking up Exelby at Gainesville Regional Airport and driving to a remote Airbnb in Reddick, according to police.
On the afternoon of Oct. 11, Hall transferred $1,200 from Exelby’s bank card and recorded a chilling video of her on his cellphone, according to cops.
In the 4-minute video, a heavily-bruised Exelby tells the camera she traveled to the US to die and was not forced to be there.
“I’ve crushed everyone who ever loves me,” she says at one point in the video, which Hall deleted from his cellphone before authorities were able to recover it.
However, around the same time, Exelby messaged a friend on Discord, expressing intense pain and regret.
“I thought he’d do it quick and not give my mind time to stew and realise this is the last thing I’ll ever day [say] to anyone if I don’t take his offer of shooting him,” she wrote in the garbled message.
“I’m trying to be quick and [sic] My times up,” she signed off.
On Oct. 12, Hall bought a plastic tarp from an Ocala Lowe’s and drove to a remote wooded area in Marion Oaks, where cell tower data showed he stayed for approximately an hour.
Authorities believe Hall then dumped Exelby’s belongings in a clothes donation bin in Gainesville, Fl., where they were recovered by detectives, before driving home to his wife and stepson.
On Oct. 13, the same day Exelby’s family reported her missing when she missed her return flight, Hall messaged a friend on Facebook, according to police.
“Might be a big storm coming for me,” he wrote in the message to Richard “Rick” Snider, before sending a package to his pal’s home address in Ohio the following day.
“Will need this back in six months if this storm passes over with no lingering fallout. Please for the love of shadows don’t lose this box,” Hall wrote in the follow-up message.
The box contained the bloodstained knife, its sheath and a bracelet containing the victim’s DNA, according to authorities.
That same day he mailed the package, Hall met voluntarily with detectives, who had discovered the $1,200 charge on Exelby’s card, and bizarrely claimed she had tried to buy roadside assistance but insisted the pair hadn’t met in person.
Exelby’s body was discovered in the shallow grave in Marion Oaks on Oct. 17, and on Oct. 27, Hall was arrested on credit card fraud charges related to the victim’s bank account.
He was officially charged with her murder and kidnapping in November, 2025, and held without bond.
Hall pleaded not guilty to both charges.
His trial is set to begin with jury selection on Nov. 16, 2026, in Marion County, Florida.
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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