48 Hours: True Crime Investigations by Anne-Marie Green

The Kevin Jang Homicide

• 🎯 Kevin Jang, a Yale graduate student, was fatally shot eight times in New Haven on February 6th, 2021.
• 🎯 The shooting occurred after his car was rear-ended by a dark-colored SUV, a tactic also seen in previous shootings.
• 🎯 Detectives linked the 45 caliber shell casings from Kevin's murder to four earlier shootings targeting residences.
• 💡 Investigators discovered the SUV involved in Kevin's murder was a GMC, and the driver was later identified as Kenshin Pan.

Unraveling the Connection

• 🔍 The earlier shootings, occurring over two months, involved firing shots into occupied homes, but no one was injured.
• 🧩 The commonality across all incidents was the use of .45 caliber shell casings and a dark-colored SUV.
• 💡 A key break occurred when Kenshin Pan was found stuck in a scrap metal yard in North Haven shortly after Kevin's murder.
• 🔑 A handgun and ammunition matching the crime scene were found at an Arby's near where Pan had been dropped off.

Kenshin Pan: The Suspect

• 🕵️‍♂️ Kenshin Pan, an MIT graduate student, was identified as a person of interest due to a connection with Kevin's fiancée, Zion Perry, also an MIT alumna.
• 💡 Pan had contacted car dealerships for test drives around the dates of the shootings, suggesting a pattern.
• 🧩 Investigators believe Pan staged the earlier shootings to mislead authorities into thinking Kevin's murder was a random act.
• ⚠️ Pan and his parents fled Connecticut, but were eventually tracked down in Georgia, leading to his arrest.

Evidence and Conviction

• ⚖️ Evidence included a license plate imprint on Kevin's car matching Pan's SUV, and DNA linking Pan to the recovered gun.
• 🩸 Kevin's blood was found on Pan's hat and the SUV's gear shift.
• 🤝 Pan pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 35 years in prison without parole.
• ❓ The motive behind the targeted killing of Kevin Jang remains unexplained by the perpetrator.