On November 8, 2010, Bich Pan was fatally shot and her husband Hann Pan was blinded during a staged home-invasion in Markham, Ontario. Investigators determined the couple's daughter, Jennifer Pan, had arranged the attack with hired men after her parents restricted her personal life and discovered years of deception about her education.
On November 8, 2010, police in Markham, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, responded to a report of a robbery and assault at the Unionville home of Hann and Bich Pan, ethnically Chinese immigrants from Vietnam. Both had been shot repeatedly; Bich died of her injuries, and Hann was permanently blinded. Investigators soon concluded the incident was not a robbery but a kill-for-hire arranged by the couple's daughter, Jennifer Pan, who had expected to inherit her parents' money and was angered by restrictions placed on her after her parents discovered she had lied to them about attending university and had been secretly seeing a boyfriend, Daniel Chi-Kwong Wong.
Police became suspicious of the robbery narrative because valuables in the house had not been taken, and because Jennifer had been left unharmed and was able to dial 9-1-1 despite claiming to have been bound. Hann, after waking from a coma, told police he recalled seeing Jennifer speaking softly and in a friendly manner to one of the intruders. Jennifer was arrested on November 22, 2010, during her third police interview; investigators used the Reid technique, including false claims about technology capable of analyzing statements and satellite surveillance, a practice permitted under Canadian law. Jennifer admitted to hiring the men but claimed the intended target had been herself, not her parents.
Additional suspects were arrested in 2011: David Mylvaganam, Eric Carty, Daniel Wong, and Lenford Crawford. The Crown's case connected Wong, who had been contacted by Jennifer using a secret phone, to Crawford, who contacted Carty, who in turn contacted Mylvaganam. Carty later said he had driven and helped select the men who entered the house.
The trial of Pan and her co-defendants began in March 2014 in Newmarket and lasted ten months, involving over 200 exhibits and more than 50 witnesses. Evidence included extensive cellphone and text-message records, including more than 100 messages between Pan and Wong in the six hours before the killing. Carty's case ended in a mistrial after his lawyer fell ill; he later pleaded guilty to conspiracy and received an 18-year sentence, and died in prison in 2018. Pan, Wong, Mylvaganam, and Crawford were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with no parole eligibility for 25 years.
In May 2023, the Court of Appeal for Ontario ordered a retrial on the first-degree murder charge concerning Bich's death, ruling the jury should have been permitted to consider that the defendants may have intended to kill only Hann; the court upheld the attempted-murder convictions related to Hann's shooting. In April 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada, in a 7–2 decision, upheld that ruling. Following the ordered retrial, the Crown allowed the surviving co-defendants to plead guilty to reduced charges in early 2026: Wong to manslaughter, Crawford to conspiracy to commit murder, and Pan to manslaughter in her mother's death, each becoming eligible for parole substantially earlier than under their original sentences. As of April 2026, Mylvaganam had not yet been retried.
Bich and Hann Pan are shot in their Markham, Ontario home; Bich dies of her injuries and Hann is permanently blinded.
2010-11-22
Jennifer Pan is arrested during her third police interview after investigators grow suspicious of inconsistencies in her account.
2010-11-19
Bich Ha Pan is buried, following a funeral held at Ogden Chapel in Scarborough.
2011-04
David Mylvaganam is arrested at Jane Finch Mall in North York; Daniel Wong is arrested on April 26 at work.
2014-03
Trial of Jennifer Pan and co-defendants begins in Newmarket, Ontario.
2015-12
Eric Carty pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and is sentenced to 18 years.
2018-04-26
Eric Carty is found dead in his cell at Kent Institution.
2023-05
The Court of Appeal for Ontario orders a retrial on the first-degree murder charge for Bich's death, while upholding attempted-murder convictions for Hann's shooting.
2025-04
The Supreme Court of Canada upholds the Court of Appeal's decision in a 7-2 ruling.
2026-02-02
Daniel Wong pleads guilty to manslaughter, becoming eligible for parole.
2026-03-13
Lenford Crawford pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, becoming eligible for parole.
2026-03
Jennifer Pan pleads guilty to manslaughter in the killing of her mother, becoming eligible for parole earlier than under her original sentence.
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Lenford Roy Crawford
CONVICTED
Convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in 2014; convictions later overturned on appeal, and in 2026 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder.
Hann Pan
VICTIM
Shot and permanently blinded during the November 8, 2010 attack; survived.
William Goetz
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Police interrogator who obtained Jennifer Pan's confession using the Reid technique.
Bich Pan
VICTIM
Killed in the November 8, 2010 shooting at her Markham home.
Daniel Chi-Kwong Wong
CONVICTED
Convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in 2014; convictions later overturned on appeal, and in 2026 pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
David Mylvaganam
CONVICTED
Convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in 2014; conviction later overturned on appeal; as of April 2026 had not yet been retried.
Jennifer Pan
CONVICTED
Convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in 2014, sentenced to life with no parole for 25 years; convictions related to her mother's death were overturned on appeal, and in 2026 she pleaded guilty to manslaughter, retaining convictions related to the attempted murder of her father.
Eric Shawn Carty
CONVICTED
Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in December 2015 and was sentenced to 18 years; also separately convicted of an unrelated 2009 murder; died in prison in 2018.
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On November 8, 2010, Bich Pan was fatally shot and her husband Hann Pan was blinded during a staged home-invasion in Markham, Ontario. Investigators determined the couple's daughter, Jennifer Pan, had arranged the attack with hired men after her parents restricted her personal life and discovered years of deception about her education.
Where did the killing happen?
Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Who was convicted?
Lenford Roy Crawford (Convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in 2014; convictions later overturned on appeal, and in 2026 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder.), Daniel Chi-Kwong Wong (Convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in 2014; convictions later overturned on appeal, and in 2026 pleaded guilty to manslaughter.), David Mylvaganam (Convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in 2014; conviction later overturned on appeal; as of April 2026 had not yet been retried.), Jennifer Pan (Convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in 2014, sentenced to life with no parole for 25 years; convictions related to her mother's death were overturned on appeal, and in 2026 she pleaded guilty to manslaughter, retaining convictions related to the attempted murder of her father.), and Eric Shawn Carty (Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in December 2015 and was sentenced to 18 years; also separately convicted of an unrelated 2009 murder; died in prison in 2018.).
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