Court documents reveal new details of the case against Qinxuan Pan, a Massachusetts man suspected of killing a Yale graduate student. Pan was arrested on May 14.
Qinxuan Pan, accused of gunning down Yale University graduate student and U.S. Army veteran Kevin Jiang earlier this year, is expected to ask a judge in Connecticut to reduce his $20 million bail in a hearing scheduled for next month.
According to prosecutors, Pan’s family owns two homes in Massachusetts and recently bid on a North Carolina home.
Miranda asked the judge to set bail at $50 million, saying Pan’s family is wealthy and he is a flight risk. The judge ordered Pan held on $20 million.
Pan’s lawyer, William Gerace, said Pan intends to plead not guilty to the charges. He said Pan, 30, has no criminal record and is an “affable” young man.
“I can’t imagine him doing this crime . and I look forward to finding out the true facts,” Gerace said in a phone interview after the court hearing.
Published May 20. 2021 11:27PM
By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press
A Connecticut judge set $20 million bail Thursday for a man charged with killing a Yale graduate student and eluding authorities for three months before being arrested in Alabama, where officials said he was caught living under a fake name with $19,000 in cash, a passport and several cellphones.
Qinxuan Pan was extradited to Connecticut on Wednesday night and arraigned Thursday in New Haven Superior Court. He is charged with murder and larceny in connection with the fatal shooting of Kevin Jiang on a New Haven street on Feb. 6.
Pan s lawyer, William Gerace, said Pan intends to plead not guilty to the charges. He said Pan, 30, has no criminal record and is an “affable” young man. Pan appeared during the hearing via video from a lockup.