Bradley Robert Dawson, 38, is charged with murdering his pharmacist wife, Christe Chen, 36, whose body was found in an exclusive scenic Fiji resort in the Yasawa Islands on July 9, two days after checking in. The new bride had been found by a butler in a pool of blood in the Memphis couple’s bungalow, dead from multiple traumatic injuries, including blunt force trauma to the head, according to a post-mortem report. The groom was not found until the next day, having kayaked to a remote island more than a mile away in the early hours, the outlet said. He would not cooperate when asked for DNA samples, the outlet said. Bradley Robert Dawson and Christe Chen were married after a “whirlwind romance” before the bride died during their honeymoon in Fiji this month. One local told the Mail that the newlyweds had fought the day Chen died, saying, “There was a heated argument.” However, Dawson’s attorney, Iqbal Khan, insisted to the same outlet that despite gruesome reports of her death, “there is no way he can be convicted of murder.” “On the evidence that they have presented so far, there’s no proof of the charge of murder with intention to kill or premeditation. Nothing of that sort whatsoever,” he insisted of the new husband. “On the face of it, it looks like an accident,” he said. Dawson and Chen married after a "whirlwind romance." Dawson was located on a remote island more than a mile away after his wife’s death. The attorney said the IT specialist had been too distraught initially to discuss his new wife’s death. “Something surprising happened … he was really distressed when it happened,” Khan reportedly said. “Last week he was in a desperate condition but he’s picking up now. It is a horrendous thing to happen on your honeymoon,” he stressed. Bradley Robert Dawson and Christe Chen were on their honeymoon in an exclusive Fiji resort when the new bride was found dead this month. Christe Chen married Bradley Robert Dawson earlier this year after a “whirlwind romance” before she was found beaten to death on their honeymoon in Fiji this month. The couple wed in February after a “whirlwind romance,” friends told the Daily Beast. #FijiHoneymoonDeath #FijiMurder #JusticeForChriste #ChristeChen SUPPORT MY WORK Buy Me a Coffee ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/deeptrue... ☕ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA www.twitter.com/deeptruecrime www.facebook.com/deeptruecrime www.tiktok.com/@deeptruecrime www.instagram.com/deeptruecrime Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.
