Brian Walshe’s Murder Trial Begins Nearly 3 Years After Wife Ana VanishedNewsWithLala November 21, 2025Nearly three years after Massachusetts mom and real estate executive Ana Walshe vanished over New Year’s 2023, her husband Brian Walshe is finally facing a jury. In Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, jury selection wrapped this week in his murder trial, officially moving the case into its opening phase, with evidence expected to begin in early December.

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A Deal With Death: UK Woman Flies to Florida and Is Killed After Seeking ‘Torture and Murder’ Online NewsWithLala November 22, 2025 What began as an online connection between a vulnerable woman in the United Kingdom and a Florida man she thought she could trust ended in a shallow grave in Marion County. Investigators say 32-year-old Sonia Exelby, who had long struggled with her mental health, met 53-year-old Dwain Hall on a fetish website where they discussed dark fantasies about bondage, abuse and her desire to die at someone else’s hands. Despite earlier intervention from police in the UK, Sonia booked a ticket from England to Gainesville, determined to follow through on what she’d written in a suicide note: that she could be mutilated or even killed if she made it to “him.” On October 10, Sonia landed in Florida. Investigators say Hall was caught on surveillance video buying a shovel, rope and other items before picking her up and taking her to an Airbnb in Marion Oaks. Messages later recovered from Sonia’s devices show her telling a friend she was terrified, injured and in pain, and that Hall told her the only way she could leave was if she shot him. Detectives say he made her record “disclaimer” videos and write letters to her family to make it look like she wanted what was happening, while attempts were made to move money from her accounts toward Hall or his small roadside assistance business. A deleted video recovered from Hall’s phone reportedly shows Sonia bruised an