On August 11, 1984, 18-year-old Troy Kunkle and three friends drove from their homes in San Antonio, Texas to Corpus Christi for a day at the beach. That evening, drunk, high, and looking for someone to rob, they offered a ride to a stranger, Stephen Horton, who was walking home. After the 31-year-old took a seat in the car, however, his fellow passengers demanded his wallet. When Horton refused, Troy Kunkle shot him in the head, and his lifeless body was thrown out of the car into a field.
According to evidence later given at his murder trial, after shooting Horton Troy Kunkle sang, "Another day, another death, another sorrow, another breath", a lyric from Metallica's No Remorse, from their 1983 debut album Kill 'Em All.
Metallica learned of their unwitting connection to the killing while on an American tour, according to drummer Lars Ulrich.
