Remembering Dashawn Longfellow (personal photo)
A British kick boxer is wanted for killing a former United States Marine. Investigators say Lee Aldhouse, 28, fatally stabbed American tourist DeShawn Longfellow, 23, on Saturday in Thailand.
Reportedly, it all started after a fight broke out at the Freedom Bar on the island of Phuket in Bangkok. This is a bar Aldhouse is known to visit frequently, and an establishment where DeShawn’s girlfriend is a bartender. Patrons broke up the fight and DeShawn and his girlfriend left to go back to their hotel.
I spoke to DeShawn’s first cousin Sabre Anderson today. She said the embassy told her family he left the hotel at some point to go to a convenience store where he was reportedly spotted by Aldhouse. The suspect allegedly stole two knives from a 7-11 in the area and followed Deshawnback to his room and attacked him from behind. A fight broke out in the hallway before DeShawn was stabbed in the chest. DeShawn’s girlfriend called police and an ambulance, but it was too late. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the murder weapons were found nearby.
Sabre says DeShawn was learning more Thai fighting style and was expected to be in Thailand for 11 months. His goal was to come back to America to teach students how to defend themselves.
Matt Gronbach, a friend and fellow marine of Longfellow’s, said he served two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Longfellow was a machine gunner who got out of the military last year and was training in Muy Thai in Thailand. He was originally from Norman, Oklahoma. His cousin Sabre says he carried a purple heart for saving lives in Iraq.
Sabre said, “He is my first cousin, he was a brother to me, he lived with us for 12 years. He does not deserve this, anyone you can ask, he would give anyone the shirt off his back. He would help anyone before he helped himself. I can’t believe someone would do this for him.”
If you have any information on this case, please contact the Bangkok-Thailand Embassy.
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