On February 6, 2021, Yale grad student Kevin Jiang was driving home when he was rear-ended. But this was no accident. Within seconds, the driver pulled out a gun and shot him eight times.

Investigators soon uncovered a disturbing motive. The killer, MIT researcher Qinxuan Pan, was secretly obsessed with Kevin’s fiancée, Zion Perry. After the shooting, Pan vanished, sparking a months-long manhunt across multiple states.

He was eventually found hiding in Alabama after a suspicious phone call from his mother led police to a hotel. In 2024, Pan pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 35 years in prison with no parole.

Does 35 years equal justice for Kevin Jiang’s murder, or is it far from enough?

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