Florida authorities on Monday arrested a man on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with the killing of a woman from the United Kingdom who vanished last month during a trip to the state.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said agents took 53-year-old Dwain Hall, from Ocala, into custody on Nov. 17 after investigators linked him to the death of the woman, whose remains were found in Marion County, located south of Gainesville, just days after she was reported missing. Hall was already in jail on charges of fraudulent use of credit cards and unlawful use of a two-way communication device, allegations tied to the victim’s stolen credit cards, FDLE said in a press release.
According to FDLE, U.K. authorities contacted Florida investigators through INTERPOL on Oct. 13 after the woman failed to board her scheduled flight back to England…