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Murder of Stuart Tay

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. All of the perpetrators were students at Sunny Hills High School. Most of the perpetrators had planned to attend elite colleges and universities, including Ivy League schools.

The perpetrators were 18-year-old Robert Chien-Nan Chan of the Sunny Hills area of Fullerton, California, 16-year-old Kirn Young Kim of the Islands community of Fullerton, 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. All five suspects were convicted or pleaded guilty.

The ''Orange County Register'' referred to the crime as the "Honor Roll Murder". The victim and most of the perpetrators were Asian American.

The film ''Better Luck Tomorrow'' (2002) was loosely based on the murder. Provided by Wikipedia