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A man is accused of killing his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji.
An “illuminating romance” and a tragic honeymoon. A man from Memphis, United States, is accused of killing the woman he married last February. The couple were in Fiji to celebrate this new union when the tragedy occurred. Christe Chen was found dead on July 9 in a hotel in the Yasawa archipelago, reports Fox 13, which indicates that her husband Bradley Robert Dawson is now charged with murder. The lawyer of the latter affirms that his client is innocent and that he does not know how or why his wife died. To advance the investigation, the local authorities ordered that a DNA test be carried out by the suspect, who after his arrest had refused to do one.
Before their trip, the couple who lived in Memphis had moved in together in the Cooper-Young neighborhood of the city, after the start of what was described as a “lightning romance”. A neighbor told TV that Christe was “thrilled” with the planned trip to Fiji to celebrate their honeymoon. A co-worker of the victim told the ‘Daily Beast’ that her romance with the suspect was so quick that few people met her boyfriend before the wedding.
Christe Chen was a pharmacist at Kroger and a graduate of the University of Tennessee. Bradley Robert Dawson worked in the IT department of a non-profit organization that helps children, but had been suspended. The association wrote in a statement: “Bradley Dawson was an IT professional at Youth Villages. He has been suspended pending further information. We understand that Ms. Chen was his wife and our condolences go out to her family.”