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Jennifer Pan

Markham, Ontario · 2010–2026

BP

Bich-Ha Pan

Victim

HP

Hann Pan

Surviving victim

Bich-Ha Pan died on the night of November 8, 2010. Hann Pan was seriously hurt and survived.

Where it stands now

Checked Oct 7, 2026

Jennifer Pan pleaded guilty in March 2026 to manslaughter in her mother's death and has a life sentence. Her conviction for the attempted murder of her father still stands, and she can apply for parole.

Watched What Jennifer Did?

People look Jennifer Pan up because of the court case. Her brother, a family member who gave a statement to the court, wrote that he had seen the family's tragedy turned into entertainment for strangers.

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What happenedNov 8, 2010 · around 9:30 p.m.

Movement

Bich-Ha Pan comes home

Approximate. The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court dissent both say "around 9:30 p.m."

Earliest source on this page: The Canadian Press, via CBC News, Aug 21, 2014, 3 years, 9 months later.

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Markham Civic Centre, a brick municipal building with a rotunda, behind a pond with a fountain.
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Around 9:30 p.m., Bich-Ha Pan returned home from line dancing. Jennifer Pan went downstairs to say goodnight to her. At trial she denied the 's suggestion that she unlocked the front door then.

What the sources say

  1. At around 9:30 p.m., Pan's mother returned home from line dancing. Pan went downstairs to say goodnight to her mother. At trial, Pan denied the 's suggestion that she took this opportunity to unlock the front door. She said she had lied to the police about this in her November 22, 2010 statement.

    Confirmed(as the Court of Appeal summarized the trial evidence)Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Pan, 2023 ONCA 362, May 19, 2023, para. 30Decision ↗

  2. The home invasion occurred only after the mother returned home around 9:30 p.m., rather than in the two-and-a-half-hour period before when only the father was home.

    Confirmed(in the dissenting reasons; the majority ordered a new trial)Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12, para. 197 (Karakatsanis J., dissenting in part)Decision ↗

    Note: This is the dissent's reading of the timing. The majority held that the jury should have been allowed to consider a plan aimed only at Hann Pan.

  3. At trial, Pan categorically denied unlocking the door to let the intruders in, as the alleged.

    Reported(as her testimony)The Canadian Press, via CBC News, August 21, 2014Story ↗

  4. At about 9:30 p.m., Bich Ha Pan came home from line dancing. Jennifer Pan went downstairs to say good night to her and, as she later admitted, unlocked the front door, a statement she eventually took back.

    Reported(in Toronto Life's account of the case)Karen K. Ho, Toronto Life, July 22, 2015Feature ↗

Where

  • Markham · City only

Who

  • BPBich-Ha PanVictim
  • JPJennifer PanThe accused on this case