Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their Fiji honeymoon

A man from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022. A Fiji High Court official said on Friday that Bradley Robert Dawson will have to serve at least 18 years in prison before he can be considered for release. Dawson was convicted in December of murdering his wife, Christe Chen, at the exclusive Turtle Island resort in the Yasawa archipelago two days after the newlyweds arrived in the South Pacific nation. He then fled by kayak to a nearby island. He was sentenced by Justice Riyaz Hamza on Wednesday. Chen's body was discovered in the couple’s room by resort staff with multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head after the couple was heard arguing.