 Dashawn Longfellow, a former U.S. Marine, in Thailand to study Thai boxing was killed by a British kickboxer, Lee Aldhouse. Police say that Aldhouse followed the Purple Heart recipient back to his hotel and stabbed him several times in the chest leading to his death.
Witnesses say that hours earlier Aldhouse and Longfellow got into a barroom fight after the Briton tried to block the former Marine from getting to the bathroom. Aldhouse, who was known for getting drunk, picking fights and bragging about being invincible, had been losing the fight when other patrons separated the two.
| Male ego being what it is, of course he had to get a knife and follow up ... |
Longfellow left the bar with his Thai girlfriend shortly after the fight but Aldhouse followed the couple to their hotel. Longfellow dropped his girlfriend off and then walked to a nearby convenience store. Aldhouse later ambushed Longfellow outside his hotel room, stabbing him twice in the chest as his girlfriend looked on.
| Ah, brave fellow in seeking his revenge by staging an ambush ... |
"At first it didn't look like [Aldhouse] had anything," the girlfriend said. "We didn't know he had a knife because his hands were in his pockets." She said a fistfight began between the American and the Brit and the latter pulled out a knife and stabbed Longfellow. She said that her boyfriend rushed inside and shut the door to protect her from Aldhouse. She called the police and an ambulance, but Longfellow died before they got there.
Longfellow had served in the Marines and was a machine gunner for the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.| Thai police have launched a manhunt to find Aldhouse. Here's hoping that Aldhouse gets what he deserves. |
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