BANGKOK — An American tourist from Colorado was killed on the Thai island of Phuket after a British man allegedly picked a fight with him at a bar, followed him back to his hotel and stabbed him to death, police said Sunday.
The body of Dashawn Longfellow, 23, was found before dawn Saturday at the Yanui Paradise Resort with several stab wounds in his chest, said police Lt. Col. Anukul Nuket. Longfellow’s passport said he came from Littleton, police said.
According to witnesses, Longfellow was at a bar with a Thai girlfriend when a British man identified as a regular picked a fight with him, Anukul said. The Briton was known for “getting drunk and picking fights and bragging that he’s invincible,” Anukul said.
Longfellow fended off the attacker and left with his girlfriend.
The Briton is thought to have followed the couple back to their hotel, where a fight ensued and Longfellow was stabbed, Anukul said.
Longfellow had served in the Marines and was a machine gunner for the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, said Matt Gronbach, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, who was in the same unit with Longfellow.
