CAPTURED: Jennifer Pan
The Pan Family seemed to have it all until a shocking home invasion upended their lives in the most vicious way imaginable.
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Episode Source Material
- CBC: Woman killed in ‘random’ home invasion, by CBC News
- CBC: Car ruled out in fatal home invasion, by CBC News
- CBC: Daughter charged in deadly Markham home invasion, by CBC News
- Edmonton Journal: Daughter charged in deadly home invasion, by Vincent McDermott & Megan O’Toole
- CBC: Arrests made in fatal Markham home invasion, by CBC News
- National Post (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): 2 ARRESTED FOR HOME INVASION, by Megan O’Toole
- CBC: 4th arrest in Markham home invasion homicide, by The Canadian Press
- The Star: Fifth suspect arrested in deadly Markham home invasion, by Wendy Gillis
- CBC: Jennifer Pan plotted to have parents killed, says Crown, by The Canadian Press
- The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada): Crown sets out daughter’s plot to kill parents, by Christie Blatchford
- The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada): Daughter accused of murder asked for $1,200, by Christie Blatchford
- Red Deer Advocate: Dad woke to find gun pointing at forehead, by The Canadian Press
- Guelph Mercury Tribune: Markham murder trial resumes with father still on stand
- York Region: Jennifer Pan’s father sticks by story at daughter’s murder trial, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Jennifer Pan’s father defends memory during murder trial, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Jennifer Pan murder trial resumes as forensic officer takes stand, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: York Regional Police testify at Jennifer Pan murder trial, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Markham murder suspect’s ex-boyfriend tried to get her help, court hears, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Court shown video of agitated Jennifer Pan, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada): ‘Trapped’ by family, accused daughter says, by Colin Perkel
- York Region: Cellphone signals could help determine person’s location, expert testifies at Pan trial, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- Durham Region: Jennifer Pan betrays her own ‘web of lies’ in videotaped interview, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: ‘I thought you were on my side’, Pan tells York Police, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Next witness expected in Pan trial, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Suspected accomplices grilled during Jennifer Pan murder trial, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- The Star: Crown finishes presenting evidence against Jennifer Pan in murder trial, by Alyshah Hasham
- York Region: Jennifer Pan murder trial resumes Tuesday in Newmarket, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Pan paid man $1,500 to kill her father, but hired man ripped her off, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: ‘I didn’t want it to happen’: Jennifer Pan, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- National Post (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): Woman tells trial she ordered her own death, by Paola Loriggio
- York Region: Woman accused of plotting mother’s murder testifies home intruders were not co-accused, Jeremy Grimaldi
- The Star: The astonishing testimony of Jennifer Pan, by Rosie Dimanno
- York Region: Pan tells murder trial she wasn’t obsessed with co-accused, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Jennifer Pan’s credibility questioned during murder trial, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Pan trial reaches closing arguments, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: UPDATED: Pan’s lawyer points to ‘psychopathic killer with a bad shot’, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- Toronto Sun: Pan played ‘sickest games’ with boyfriend, trial told, by Tracy McLaughlin
- Whitehorse Daily Star: Crown alleges woman used phony home invasion to mask plot to murder parents, by The Canadian Press
- York Region: Texts show plot behind murder: Crown, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- York Region: Cellphone records prove Pan’s guilt: Crown, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- Cambridge Times: Texts between a juror and his wife in Jennifer Pan trial nearly caused a mistrial — twice, by Alyshah Hasham
- The Star: Jennifer Pan found guilty of murdering her mother, attempting to murder her father, by Alyshah Hasham
- The Star: Jennifer Pan: Life with no parole for 25 years in murder of mother, attempted murder of father, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- Winnipeg Free Press: Life in prison for arranging parents’ murder, by Paola Loriggio
- York Region: Woman who plotted parents’ death seeks appeal, by Paola Loriggio
- Toronto Life: Jennifer Pan’s Revenge: The inside story of a golden child, the killers she hired, and the parents she wanted dead, by Karen K. Ho
- Washington Post: Tragedy of ‘golden’ daughter’s fall resonates with Asian immigrant children, by Yanan Wang
- Oxygen: Snapped Killer Couples, S6 E3: Jennifer Pan & Daniel Wong
- York Region: Carty gets 18 years for his part in Markham’s Pan murder, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- Identification Discovery: Deadly Women, S11 E11: Keep It In The Family
- York Region: Eric Carty, linchpin in Jennifer Pan murder plot, dies in jail, by Jeremy Grimaldi
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2013 ONSC 7865, RULING ON ADMISSIBILITY OF STATEMENT OF JENNIFER PAN, HEARD: August 6, 7, 8, 16, 19 and 22, 2013
- CanLII: R. v. Carty, 2014 ONSC 212, RULING ON MR. CARTY’S APPLICATION TO EXCLUDE TEXT MESSAGES, HEARD: January 6-7, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 3328, RULING ON APPLICATION TO EXCLUDE “GAME TIME” TEXT. HEARD: May 29, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 3800, RULING ON APPLICATION TO ADDUCE ALERNATE SUSPECT EVIDENCE. HEARD: May 5, June 2 and June 11, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 3964, RULING ON RECUSAL APPLICATION. HEARD: June 27, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Mylvaganam, 2014 ONSC 4056, RULING ON MR. MYLVAGANAM’S APPLICATIONTO INTRODUCE PROPENSITY EVIDENCE AGAINST MR. CARTY AND MR. CARTY’S APPLICATION FOR SEVERANCE. HEARD: July 3, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 4287, RULING ON MISTRIAL APPLICATIONS. HEARD: July 15, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 4455, ENDORSEMENT RE SUPPMENTAL JURY INQUIRY. HEARD: July 23, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 4645, RULING ON APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE A JUROR. HEARD: July 25, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 4645, RULING ON THE USE OF AN OPP POWER POINT PRESENTATION. HEARD: July 25 and August 11, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Mylvaganam, 2014 ONSC 5625, ADMISSIBILITY OF BAD CHARACTER EVIDENCE RELATING TO THIRD PARTY SUSPECT. HEARD: September 26, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 5753, RULING ON CROWN’S APPLICATION TO EXCLUDE THE HEARSAY STATEMENT OF LOUISE BYNOE. HEARD: October 1-2, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 5932, REVISED RULING ON RE-CALLING HANN PAN AND OTHER ISSUES. HEARD: October 8 and 10, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 6053, RULING ON CROWN’S APPLICATION TO ADDUCE REPLY EVIDENCE AND OTHER ISSUES. HEARD: October 15, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Pan, 2014 ONSC 6055, RULING ON AIDS TO JURY DELIBERATIONS. HEARD: October 16, 2014
- CanLII: R. v. Carty, 2015 ONSC 8144, R E A S O N S F O R S E N T E N C E. Heard: December 7, 2015
- YouTube: Jennifer’s Solution, uploaded by JCS Criminal Psychology
- Markham Economist & Sun: Home invasion random: cops
- The Cut: My Tiger Mom Prepared Me For The Ultimate Sin: Not Being The Perfect Daughter, by Diana Tsui
- YouTube: Jennifer Pan’s revenge on her ‘Tiger Parents,’ uploaded by True Crime Daily
- Markham Economist & Sun: Updated: Jennifer Pan shows emotion at murder trial, by Jeremy Grimaldi
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