caseline.

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.

1 of 35
Netflix documentary
What happened
Investigation
Courts
Media
Sources disagree AI draft Date is a best placement Key moment Quiet years folded, not to scale
What happenedNov 8, 2010 · morning

Message

Morning text message

Day. The Court of Appeal says the text came in the morning. No clock time is given.

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

Drafted by AI research. An editor hasn’t reviewed this moment yet.

Markham Civic Centre, a brick municipal building with a rotunda, behind a pond with a fountain.
Markham Civic Centre, the city hall. A public building, not the home or the street. Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0 1.0

On the morning of November 8, 2010, Lenford Crawford texted Jennifer Pan that after work would be "game time." She testified it was about collecting a cancellation fee. The relied on it as part of the plan.

What the sources say

  1. In the morning, Crawford texted Pan "To after work ok will be game time". Pan testified that this was a reference to Crawford picking up his cancellation fee after he finished work. Pan also deleted some texts between her and Wong on that day.

    Confirmed(as the Court of Appeal summarized the trial evidence)Court of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Pan, 2023 ONCA 362, May 19, 2023, paras. 12 and 28Decision ↗

    Note: The Supreme Court quotes the same text as "after work ok will be game time" (2025 SCC 12, para. 13). The wording differs by one word; both stay.

  2. Jennifer Pan testified that she had earlier arranged with Crawford to have herself killed, then cancelled that plan when her home life improved, and that the two agreed to a cancellation fee of $8,500.

    Confirmed(as her testimony, summarized by the Supreme Court)Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12, April 10, 2025, paras. 11 to 13Decision ↗

    Note: This is her account. The Crown's theory at trial was different; see the December 13, 2014 event.

  3. Pan testified that she spent most of that day trying to collect money to pay off the man she had hired, whom she knew only as Homeboy. She said he was demanding $8,500 in cancellation fees on what had been a $10,000 deal.

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

  4. On the morning of November 8, Crawford texted Jennifer Pan: "After work ok will be game time."

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

    Note: Toronto Life gives the same wording as the Supreme Court.

Where

  • Markham · City only

Who

  • JPJennifer PanThe accused on this case
  • DWDaniel Chi-Kwong WongCo-accused
  • LCLenford CrawfordCo-accused