Extra data has been revealed about Christe Chen’s surprising Turtle Island dying.
Final month we reported information of a Memphis, Tennessee couple that determined to spend their honeymoon on the unique Turtle Island Resort in Fiji which ended in a tragedy. On the time no data concerning the particular reason for Christe’s dying was accessible — simply that her husband, Bradley Robert Dawson, was sustaining his innocence.
Nevertheless, in an unique tell-all shared with DailyMail, extra particulars have now been revealed. Apparently the newlyweds had engaged in a “drunken argument” after he allegedly danced “inappropriately” with a fellow visitor of a “household enjoyable evening” occasion the 2 have been in attendance at. An nameless witness defined:
“They have been having fun with themselves and ingesting quite a bit however in the direction of the tip they appeared troubled.”
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The couple, who married three months after assembly in November 2021, then left the celebration and continued arguing on the seashore earlier than returning to their $3,500 an evening bungalow round midnight. The nameless witness added:
“Not lengthy after that, friends within the bungalow subsequent door mentioned they heard arguing, a loud scream, after which silence.”
By no means signal…
A private butler would then arrive on the room on July 9 round noon — and it was then he discovered Christe useless, bloody, and jammed in a small house between the bathroom and the wall. On the invention, DailyMail defined:
“She had suffered a number of traumatic accidents to her physique and shoulders, lacerations to her face and blunt power trauma to the pinnacle, in accordance with a autopsy examination report.”
A supply revealed that the lid for the bathroom’s tank was really “cracked and damaged.” Ronald Gordon, lawyer for the Chen household defined that the 36-year-old’s physique was so badly broken that her dad and mom have been pressured to cremate her on the island versus embalming her, because the fluid would have leaked out of the deep lacerations on either side of her head and close to her eyes.
How horrific!
As for Bradley, he was seen by an island watchman the evening of Christe’s dying strolling the size of the seashore. He had apparently left his gps watch and cellular phone within the bungalow, which was paid for by his spouse’s dad and mom, however took off along with his pockets and passport to flee 1.2 miles away to a special secluded seashore on Matacawa Levu Island. Gordon prompt the 38-year-old was headed for the mainland as an try to flee Fiji altogether. Nevertheless, he was discovered with cuts and bruises on his arms and toes round 3 p.m. on July tenth by native man Manoa Ratuele, who advised DailyMail that Bradley had defined he used a kayak to depart the island after his combat with Christe. The alleged kayak was by no means discovered. Manoa defined that Dawson “appeared disturbed,” so he provided him assist, including:
“At first he stored refusing meals and water and insisted he was okay, however I insisted he had some water and after that he mentioned ‘Please, I must name the police.’ He didn’t inform us he had killed his spouse however I may nonetheless odor alcohol on him. He continued to repeat that ‘we had a combat’ and provided no begin or finish to that story, simply stored saying ‘we had a combat.’”
So eerie…
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A Turtle Island Resort supervisor referred to as Fiji Police after Christe’s physique was found, who rapidly went to apprehend Bradley on Matacawa Levu to take him to Lautoka on Fiji’s major island Viti Levu. That is the place we had beforehand reported that Bradley refused to offer a DNA pattern to authorities and was scheduled to seem in excessive court docket in late July, nevertheless the looks has since been rescheduled to August 18.
Chen’s lawyer warned if Bradley was not held criminally liable, that they might take civil motion in opposition to him and probably Turtle Island resort as nicely, explaining:
“The household will observe the proceedings to make sure justice is served for Christe given the horrific accidents she endured.”
In the meantime, Bradley’s lawyer, Iqbal Khan revealed final week that his shopper was “too distraught” to speak about what occurred, including:
“Bradley’s okay now however he was actually distressed when it occurred. Final week he was in a determined situation however he’s selecting up now. It’s a horrendous factor to occur in your honeymoon.”
What a ugly dying for poor Christe. We hope to see justice served on August 18. Tell us your ideas on the case within the feedback under.
R.I.P. Christe Chen.
[Images via Christe Chen/Instagram & Good Morning America/YouTube]