Qinxuan Pan Sentenced to 35 Years for Murder of Yale Student Kevin Jiang
The former MIT researcher pleaded guilty to the murder, which occurred in 2021, and expressed remorse during his sentencing.
- Qinxuan Pan, 33, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang.
- Pan apologized in court, acknowledging the impact of his actions on the victim's family and friends.
- Kevin Jiang, a U.S. Army veteran and Yale student, was shot multiple times after leaving his fiancée’s apartment.
- The motive for the murder remains unclear, though Pan and Jiang's fiancée had a prior acquaintance.
- Pan had evaded arrest for three months, using a fake identity and was caught with significant cash and multiple phones.