MIT grad student wanted for questioning in slaying of Yale student in Conn.; car stolen in Mansfield
By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated February 11, 2021, 4:45 p.m.
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Qinxuan Pan, 29.New Haven Department of Police Services
Qinxuan Pan was calm and chatty, not edgy or nervous, when the MIT graduate student showed up at a Mansfield car dealership around 11 a.m. last Saturday to pick up the 2015 GMC Terrain SLE he claimed he was so interested in buying he wanted his mechanic to look it over, a salesman said.
James P. Roane, who was confident after 21 years in the business that he had made a sale and that Pan was someone who could be trusted, said he attached dealer plates to the $15,000 SUV and watched the 29-year-old drive out of the lot.