Tennessee man convicted of killing his bride on honeymoon in Fiji allegedly gets life in prison
Tennessee’s man was sentenced to life prison in Fiji after being convicted of the murder of his wife On their honeymoon 2022, according to local media.
Bradley Dawson, 40, was convicted of killing his wife, Christe Chen, 36, December 2024.
On Tuesday, he was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. Justice Riyaz Hamza, a High Court Judge in Fiji, said Dawson would have to serve at least 18 years before being considered for pardon, According to Fiji Times.
Hamza said that an eight -day trial proved that Dawson was behaving, which caused Chen’s death while staying in an exclusive island resort, Fiji Times said. Hamza also said that Dawson intended to cause Chen’s death or reckless of what she caused, according to Fiji Times.
Chen, graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Center, at the time of her death she worked as a pharmacist, a CBS CBS branch reported.
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The staff members heard a couple of quarrels before the murder, and Chen found the resort staff the next day, with multiple blunt wounds of trauma to the head. 2022. A. said a lawyer who represents his parents Christe Chen Their daughter’s body was so severely damaged that she could not deal with her return to the US, and her remains were cremated.
Dawson escaped Kayak on a nearby island after killing Chen. It was found about 36 hours after Chen’s body was discovered, with his passport and other things with him. Hamza said it indicates that he was planning to escape.
“Your behavior after the incident was awful. You cause serious and dangerous injuries to the deceased, you have escaped from the crime scene, leaving the deceased alone and helpless,” Hamza said during his sentence, partly, according to the Fiji Times.
