A Tennessee man has been reportedly sentenced to jail for killing a bride in Fiji honeymoon
A Tennessee man sentenced to life imprisonment in Fiji Convicted for murdering his wife According to local media reports, on the honeymoon in 2022.
Bradley Dawson, 40, was convicted in December 2024 for killing his wife, Christe Chen.
On Tuesday, February, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Fiji Times said Riyaz Hamza, a judge in the Fiji Lautoka High Court, said that according to the Fiji Times, Dawson will have to serve at least 18 years.
The Fiji Times said that the eight-day trial proved that Dawson was engaged in Chen's death while at the exclusive island resort. According to the Fiji Times, Hamza also said that Dawson intends to cause Chen's death or recklessness to cause Chen.
Chen, a graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, graduated as a pharmacist at the time of her death.
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Members of the staff heard the couple quarreling before the murder, and the next day, staff at the resort found Chen's head, which had suffered multiple blunt trauma in her head. In 2022, a The lawyer representing Christ Chen's parents said Their daughter's body was so severely damaged that she could not return to the United States, and her body was cremated.
After Dawson killed Chen, he escaped to a nearby island by kayaking. Chen's body was found about 36 hours, and his passport and other items were found with him for about 36 hours. Hamza said it showed his plan to escape.
“Your behavior after the incident was shocking. You caused serious and life-threatening injuries, you fled the crime scene and left the deceased alone and helpless,” Hamza said during the sentencing.
