Family’s tribute to British woman who flew to the US to be ‘violently murdered’

Sonia Exelby’s body was found by US investigators in Marion County, Florida, on October 17 (Picture: Family Handout/PA)

The family of a British woman thought to have flown to the US to be ‘violently murdered’ by a man she met online said she was a ‘truly beautiful person’ and the ‘gentlest soul’.

Sonia Exelby, 32, was reported missing from her home in Portsmouth after failing to board a return flight from Florida last October.

Her body was found by US investigators in Marion County, Florida, on October 17.

Dwain Hall, 53, of Ocala, was subsequently arrested on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping ...