US Politics | Shocking details of husband’s escape after newlywed bride ‘found beaten to death’ in her honeymoon hotel room
NEW details have emerged of a husband's ...escape... after his new bride was found dead in their honeymoon bungalow. Newlyweds Christe Chen Dawson, 39, and Bradley Robert Dawson, 38, were on a Fiji honeymoon this month when Christe's body was found inside their luxury hotel. InstagramBradley Robert Dawson (left) and Christe Chen Dawson (right) were on their honeymoon in Fiji when the new bride was found dead '/ ' InstagramChriste's husband allegedly fled the scene to an island 1.2 miles from the resort where the couple was staying '/ ' Just two days after the couple checked into their bungalow at the Turtle Island Resort, Christe was found dead by her butler and Bradley was reportedly nowhere to be found. The Dawsons' personal butler ended up finding Christe after the couple went missing for half the day on July 9. When the Dawsons didn't show up for breakfast, their butler went to the couple's bungalow only to be greeted with a ...do not disturb sign... on the door, the Daily Mail reported. The butler then waited until lunch and when the Dawsons didn't show up again, he entered the bungalow. Read more in tourist horror CRASH MAUL HORROR Trio 'eaten by BEARS after chopper comes down and beasts drag them away' MID-AIR TERROR Two hurt as tourist-packed Egyptian hot air balloons CRASH 200ft in the air He went back to their room and unlocked the door with a spare key, Daily Mail reported. The butler apparently started to clean other rooms inside the bungalow before noticing blood stains on a bathroom wall. This led him into the bathroom, where he allegedly found Christe's body, bloody and beaten to death, according to the Daily Mail. The outlet reported that according to a coroner's exam, Christe suffered from multiple traumatic injuries on her body and blunt force trauma to her head. Most read in The US Sun HAIR RAISER! Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo is unrecognizable in MAJOR transformation KEEPING IT REAL Kim shows off butt stretch marks & hoses down Khloe in unedited bikini pics ACT FAST Over 100,000 families can apply $750 direct payments - deadline is in ONE WEEK DASH DOLL Kourtney Kardashian looks unrecognizable as she shows off dramatic makeover ARE YOU OK? Travis Barker concerns fans with 'disturbing' new photo after hospital stay HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW? Today fans predict Hoda or Savannah 'will be FIRED' amid 'feud' The butler then alerted hotel management, who called the authorities. Police reportedly couldn't find Bradley at the scene of the alleged crime. What authorities didn't know at first was that Bradley had already traveled 1.2 miles across the water from the resort, according to a local witness. According to Manoa Ratulele, a 49-year-old local man, Bradley used a kayak to flee to Matacawalevu island between 2am and 3am on July 9, as he told the Daily Mail. ...But he landed on a secluded beach and I don't know what he was doing after that,... Ratulele said to the news outlet. Bradley was apparently bruised and bleeding from his palms and feet, which may have been from falling on coral, the Daily Mail reported. ...At first he kept refusing food and water and insisted he was OK, but I insisted he had some water and after that he said, ...Please, I need to call the police,'... Ratulele alleged. Ratulele said that Bradley told villagers who began to gather that he was very drunk. ...I could still smell alcohol on him,... Ratulele said. ...He continued to repeat that ...we had a fight' and offered no start or end to that story, just kept saying ...we had a fight,'... Ratulele claimed. Police eventually found Bradley and took him to Lautoka, where he was charged with the alleged murder of his new wife. Read More on The US Sun 'DAILY STRUGGLE' Gabby Petito's mom shares heartbreaking message amid legal battle WHAT HE OWES I found out the guy I was dating was engaged - I made him pay in the best way The suspect's lawyer previously told the local Fox affiliate in Memphis that his client maintains his innocence. The Sun contacted Bradley's lawyer, Iqbal Khan, for comment on Thursday but did not immediately receive a response. InstagramChriste and Bradley were pictured at their wedding looking lovingly into each other's eyes '/ '
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