The Tennessee bride whose husband has been charged with murdering her on their honeymoon in Fiji was so badly crushed, her household was unable to carry her physique dwelling to the US, their lawyer has revealed.
Memphis-based pharmacist Christe Chen, 36, was “unable to be taken again to her dwelling due to the character of her accidents,” her dad and mom’ lawyer, Ronald Gordon, advised DailyMail.com.
“So she needed to be cremated right here in Fiji and her ashes had been taken again,” he mentioned of the brand new bride who was discovered lifeless in her room within the $3,500-a-night Turtle Island Resort earlier this month.
“She is the one baby of her dad and mom, and clearly they're fairly devastated and so they need to be certain that justice … is given to her,” he mentioned.
The lawyer spoke out as Chen’s new husband, Bradley Robert Dawson, 38, appeared in Lautoka Excessive Court docket late Tuesday.
Dawson — who claims his bride’s loss of life was an “accident,” based on his lawyer — was pictured arriving with a small blue suitcase in anticipation of being launched on bail, the Mail mentioned.
As a substitute, he was held for a minimum of one other three weeks till August 21, the Fiji Instances famous.
Chen’s household plans to take civil motion towards Dawson if he isn't held criminally accountable for the loss of life, and haven't dominated out authorized motion towards the unique resort, their lawyer advised the Mail.
“The household will observe the proceedings to make sure justice is served for Christe given the horrific accidents she endured,” Gordon advised the outlet.
Chen’s loss of life appeared to have adopted an argument between the honeymooners, the lawyer mentioned.
It got here as such a shock to her dad and mom, “they thought it was a prank name” when somebody from the State Division broke the harrowing information to them, he mentioned.
The lawyer additionally revealed that Dawson is understood to have been to the identical resort a minimum of as soon as earlier than — however with a earlier spouse.
The newlywed had been discovered by a butler in a pool of blood, lifeless from a number of traumatic accidents, together with blunt power trauma to the pinnacle, based on a autopsy report considered by the Mail.
Regardless of the grotesque accidents, Dawson’s lawyer, Iqbal Khan, insisted the loss of life “seems like an accident.”
“There is no such thing as a approach he will be convicted of homicide,” Khan beforehand insisted to the Mail.
“On the proof that they've introduced thus far, there’s no proof of the cost of homicide with intention to kill or premeditation. Nothing of that kind in any way,” he insisted.
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