Bich Ha and Hann Pan immigrated to Canada from Vietnam with the dream of becoming successful and giving their children a better life. They believed that their daughter was a straight-A student on the path to becoming even more successful than her parents. But Jennifer’s academic career was a complete work of fiction supported by a web of lies that eventually led to a murder-for-hire plot.

SOURCES

Grimaldi, Jeremy. A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story. Dundurn Books, November 12, 2016

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/08/20/jennifer_pan_tells_court_she_tried_to_call_off_hired_killers.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jennifer-pan-s-father-testifies-at-murder-trial-1.2585146

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/07/27/tragedy-of-golden-daughters-murder-plot-against-parents-resonates-with-asian-immigrant-children/

https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/11/13/youre-a-good-person-thats-made-a-mistake-here.html

https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/08/13/crown_finishes_presenting_evidence_against_jennifer_pan_in_murder_trial.html

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