ESCAPED BY KAYAK

Newlywed Learns Fate in Murder of Wife on Fiji Honeymoon

Bradley Robert Dawson was found guilty of killing his newlywed Christie Chen just two days upon arriving in Fiji.

A Fiji court has found a Memphis, Tennessee, man guilty of killing his wife on their honeymoon in 2022. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, killed his new wife Christie Chen, 36, just two days after arriving in Fiji, the AP reported, with Dawson fleeing the scene of the hotel room by kayak. Chen was found in their hotel room after the two were reportedly heard arguing over dinner and resort staff didn’t see the couple at breakfast or lunch the next day. Chen had multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head, her family’s lawyer claimed that her body was so badly damaged she couldn’t be embalmed to be returned to the United States. Dawson, who is still in Fiji, will face a mandatory term of life in prison. The AP reported that the judge said he was “satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt” that Dawson committed the murder. The resort, located in Turtle Island, has a capacity for 14 couples on the remote 500-acre island.