According to Gordon, a lawyer hired by her family, Ms. Chen, a newlywed woman of Chinese descent in Tennessee, who was beaten to death by her husband on July 9 at an upscale resort in Fiji, said Ms. Chen's body had been cremated and brought back to the United States.
Gordon told the media that Chen's body was "severely injured" and that "the deceased's body injuries could not be sent home directly, but had to be cremated in Fiji, and the ashes have been brought back". Gordon also said that when police first informed her parents of her death, they thought they had received a "prank call."
Authorities alleged that Fijian police found Chen beaten to death in the bathroom of a room at Turtle Island Resort on Great Nanua Island on July 9. Chen was 39 years old at the time of his murder and worked as a pharmacist during his lifetime; She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, which awarded her the Clinical Communication Excellence Award last year.
Police arrested her husband, 38, Dawson, on murder charges in Nadi, Fiji's third-largest city, two days after chen's death was discovered. Dawson allegedly told a local man that he left Turtle Island in a kayak after a fight with his wife. Turtle Island Resort said the couple was living in their property at the time of the crime and they were working with authorities.
Dawson and Chen reportedly flashed their marriage in February just three months after dating. Gordon told the Daily Mail that Chen was Dawson's second wife; He also took his first wife to Fiji in 2020.
Dawson appeared in court on July 26 accompanied by a lawyer. Photos show Dawson appearing in court wearing a mask, handcuffs, a short-sleeved buttoned shirt and a blue suitcase. His next hearing is scheduled for August 18. The State Department confirmed the death of a U.S. citizen in Fiji but declined to comment further.
Dawson's lawyer, Conn, told FOX 13 Memphis Radio last week that Dawson denied the allegations, insisting he was innocent. Dawson, an IT professional at the nonprofit Youth Villages, was suspended after being charged, the radio reported.
Source: China Overseas Chinese Network Comprehensive American "World Journal"
Editor: Han Hui