Wellington, New Zealand AP —A man from Memphis, Tennessee, has been found guilty by a judge in Fiji of murdering his wife during their honeymoon in 2022, the prosecutor’s office said Monday.
Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, killed his wife, Christe Chen, who was 36, at the exclusive Turtle Island resort in the Yasawa archipelago two days after the newlyweds arrived in Fiji, then fled by kayak to a nearby island.
Chen worked as a pastry chef before returning to school to become a pharmacist, and had worked in that capacity at a Kroger supermarket in Memphis.
Dawson worked in the information technology department at Youth Villages, a nonprofit child welfare and support organization based in Memphis, the organization confirmed when he was arrested.
The Turtle Island resort, where the pair stayed, is an exclusive and remote 500-acre island that accommodates only 14 couples at a time.
Persons:
Bradley Robert Dawson, Christe Chen, Chen, Justice Riyaz Hamza, Dawson, Hamza, Christe, Ronald Gordon —, —
Organizations:
New Zealand AP, Public Prosecutions, Fiji Times, U.S, Kroger
Locations:
Wellington, New Zealand, Memphis , Tennessee, Fiji, Lautoka, Memphis, Youth, Shelby County, Pacific