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Murder of Stuart Tay
Stuart Tay | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Stuart Tay in the Orange County Register | |
| Born | Stuart Anthony Tay December 8, 1975 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | December 31, 1992 (aged 17) |
| Cause of death | Asphyxiation from blunt force trauma |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Foothill High School |
Stuart Anthony Tay (December 8, 1975 – December 31, 1992), was an American teenager from Orange County, California and a student at Foothill High School. Five teenagers believed that Tay was planning to betray them in a planned theft of computer equipment, so they arranged to kill him.[1] All of the perpetrators were students at Sunny Hills High School.[2] Most of the perpetrators had planned to attend elite colleges and universities, including Ivy League schools.[1]
The perpetrators were 18-year-old Robert Chien-Nan Chan of the Sunny Hills area of Fullerton, California,[3][2][4] 16-year-old Kirn Young Kim of the Islands community of Fullerton,[2][4] 16-year-old Abraham Acosta of Buena Park, 17-year-old Mun Bong Kang of Fullerton, and 17-year-old Charles Bae Choe of Fullerton.[3][4] All five suspects were convicted or pleaded guilty.[1]
The Orange County Register referred to the crime as the "Honor Roll Murder".[3] The victim and most of the perpetrators were Asian American.[3]
The film Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) was loosely based on the murder.[5]
- ^ a b c Lynch, Rene. "Last 2 Youths Convicted in Murder of Student : Courts: Stuart A. Tay was killed after teen-agers in plot to steal computer equipment feared he would betray them. Three others have already been sentenced." Los Angeles Times. July 2, 1994. Retrieved on December 14, 2012. "Kirn Kim, 18, and Abraham Acosta, 17, were the last of five youths convicted[...]who pleaded guilty[...]"
- ^ a b c Tran, De. "Profiles of Tay Case Suspects: Schoolmates Who Didn't Hang Out Together." Los Angeles Times. January 7, 1993. 1. Retrieved on December 18, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Lavin, Cheryl. "Young, Well-to-do, Intelligent - And Charged With A Brutal Murder." Chicago Tribune. February 1, 1993. December 16, 2012. "Stuart Tay was a 17-year-old Chinese-American honor student[...]"
- ^ a b c Lynch, Rene (May 8, 1994). "O.C. Murder Mystery: Why Tay Was Killed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ^ Yi, Daniel. "They're the bad seeds?". Archived from the original on March 21, 2006. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Los Angeles Times. April 6, 2003. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
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