Sonia Exelby | She Told Her Family About a Network of Sadistic Men… and Disappeared (Part 1)
About this episode
The episode explores the gradual disappearance of Sonia Exelby, who struggled with mental health and isolation.
Consider supporting and donating to The Kaylee Goncalves Foundation/Murder Has a Name here: https://www.murderhasaname.com/ There are some people who disappear all at once - One day, they're there, and the next day, they're gone. But sometimes, a person disappears slowly. So slowly that the people who love them don't realize what's happening until they look back and understand that they had been losing them for years. 32-year-old Sonia Exelby was the youngest of six children, and for much of Sonia's life, there were people who loved her very much. But somewhere along the way, Sonia began slipping away from them. At first, it looked like depression. Then isolation. She stopped going out, stopped answering invitations. Stopped letting people in. Until eventually, much of Sonia's world existed through a screen. Online, she could be whoever she wanted to be. She could talk to strangers about the things she was afraid to tell the people who loved her - but listening and helping are not always the same thing...
People in this episode
Hosts: Stephanie Harlowe, Derrick Levasseur
Topics covered
- disappearance
- mental health
- isolation
- family dynamics
- online identity
Keywords
- Sonia Exelby
- disappearance
- mental health
- isolation
- true crime
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Kaylee Goncalves Foundation, Murder Has a Name
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